The Joe Hill-Gibbins Problem: Sally Hales reflects on Marivaux’s eighteenth-century rom-com.
OWE & Fringe
4 April 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Posh at Pleasance Theatre
Pleasance Theatre ⋄ 29th March - 22nd April
By Fergus Morgan
Old habits die hard: Fergus Morgan reviews Cressida Carrré’s all-female production of Posh.
3 April 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Sea Fret at the Old Red Lion Theatre
Old Red Lion ⋄ 28 March - 22 April 2017
By Arjun Sajip
A wet mist or haze coming inland from the sea: Arjun Sajip reviews Tallulah Brown’s new play at the Old Red Lion.
1 April 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Life at Southwark Playhouse
Southwark Playhouse ⋄ 25 March - 29 April 2017
By Holly O'Mahony
A heavy hangover from the 70s: Holly O’Mahony reviews the revival of The Life at Southwark Playhouse.
31 March 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Chinglish at Park Theatre
Park Theatre ⋄ until 22 April 2017
By Daniel Perks
The opening and shutting of doors: Daniel Perks reviews David Henry Hwang’s comedy about Americans doing business in China.
28 March 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Bausch/Forsythe/ Van Manen Triple Bill at Sadler’s Wells
Sadler's Wells ⋄ 23 March - 1 April 2017
By Ka Bradley
As darkly sexual and symbolically rich as an Angela Carter story: Ka Bradley reviews the ENB’s triple bill including Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring.
25 March 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: An Evening with an Immigrant at Tara Arts
Tara Theatre ⋄ 24 - 25 March 2017
By Daniel Perks
“Home is not where you are born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.” Daniel Perks reviews Inua Ellam’s spoken word performance.
23 March 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Run at The Bunker
The Bunker ⋄ 20 March - 1 April 2017
By Holly O'Mahony
First love: Holly O’Mahony reviews Stephen Laughton’s play about identity and loss.
21 March 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Witness Double Bill at Trinity Laban
Trinity Laban ⋄ Until 17 March 2017
By Rachel Elderkin
Honest and brave: Rachel Elderkin reviews Company Chameleon’s new double bill exploring metal health and bipolar disorder.
21 March 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Tamburlaine at the Arcola
Arcola Theatre ⋄ 15 March - 8 April 2017
By Corrie Tan
The juvenile nature of war: Corrie Tan reviews Yellow Earth Theatre’s production of Tamburlaine.
20 March 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Seventeen at the Lyric Hammersmith
Lyric Hammersmith ⋄ 2 March - 8 April 2017
By Francesca Street
Deliberately timeless: Francesca Street reviews Matthew Whittet’s “hopeful, nostalgic love letter to adolescence”.
20 March 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Flamenco Express at the Bussey Building
Bussey Building ⋄ 9 March 2017
By Anna Winter
Southern Spain is miraculously delivered to south London: Anna Winter reviews Flamenco Express in Peckham.
20 March 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Rosalind at The Place
The Place ⋄ 15 - 18 March 2017
By Ka Bradley
“Here is a space, a space to make.” Ka Bradley reviews James Cousins’ take on As You Like It.
16 March 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Project Polunin at Sadler’s Wells
Sadler's Wells ⋄ 14 - 18 March 2017
By Anna Winter
Beige bodystockings and Super Ted: Anna Winter reviews a new triple bill of works danced by Sergei Polunin at Sadler’s Wells.
15 March 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: My Brilliant Friend at the Rose Theatre Kingston
Rose Theatre ⋄ 25 February - 2 April 2017
By Rebecca Latham
A beautiful, addictive world: Rebecca Latham reviews April de Angelis’s adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels.