Gift shop Frida Kahlo: Lilith Wozniak writes on Deborah Antoinette and China Blue Fish’s sketch show, and asks what we want from feminist theatre.
Reviews
14 November 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Hadestown at National Theatre
By Alice Saville
The boy with the lyre: Alice Saville writes on Anais Mitchell’s infernal concept album-turned-musical.
14 November 2018
Reviews • National • Newcastle
Review: It’s Different for Girls at Live Theatre, Newcastle
15-17 November
By Tracey Sinclair
‘I hope for better stories than these’: Tracey Sinclair writes on the prevalence of violence against women as plot device in her review of She Production’s devised play.
11 November 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: vessel at Battersea Arts Centre
6th - 24th November
By Lauren Mooney
‘Let’s talk about speaking’: Lauren Mooney writes on Sue MacLaine Company’s new show, inspired by the practice of Anchoritism.
11 November 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Fat Blokes at Southbank Centre
Until 11th November
By Freddie Machin
Hilarious, and electric: Freddie Machin writes on Scottee’s celebration of fat bodies.
10 November 2018
Reviews • National • York
Review: Sense and Sensibility at York Theatre Royal
6-10 November
By Louise Jones
A broad brush: Louise Jones finds this adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel yields uneven results.
9 November 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: White Teeth at Kiln Theatre
26th October - 22nd December
By Nathan Lucky Wood
‘a play about what makes a community, and what divides it’: Nathan Lucky Wood reviews Kiln Theatre’s take on Zadie Smith’s novel
9 November 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Hoes at Hampstead Theatre
26th October - 1st December
By Ava Wong Davies
‘Simultaneously radical and commonplace’: Ifeyinwa Frederick’s debut play captures the joyous thorniness of female friendship, writes Ava Wong Davies
8 November 2018
Reviews • National • Nottingham
Review: The Madness of George III at Nottingham Playhouse
2-24 November
By Peter Kirwan
Holding fiction to account: Peter Kirwan writes on the representation of madness in Nottingham Playhouse’s revival of Alan Bennett’s play.
8 November 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Funeral Director at Southwark Playhouse
Until 24th November
By Hannah Greenstreet
Depth and complexity: Hannah Greenstreet writes on Iman Qureshi’s Papatango Prize-winning play.
8 November 2018
Reviews • National • Newcastle
Review: Under Milk Wood at Northern Stage, Newcastle
2-17 November
By Tracey Sinclair
‘Shiny baubles’: Tracey Sinclair reviews Elayce Ismail’s production of Dylan Thomas’s radio play.
7 November 2018
Reviews • Manchester • National
Review: The Mysteries at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
25 October - 11 November
By James Varney
‘A myth sceptical of myths’: James Varney writes on place and ownership in Chris Thorpe’s cycle of contemporary Mystery plays.
6 November 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Mirabel at Ovalhouse
2 - 17 November 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
I won’t spoil the ending: Rosemary Waugh reviews Chris Goode’s post-apocalyptic story of a girl and her cat.
6 November 2018
Features • West End & Central
If we stormed the West End…
By Exeunt Staff
We dreamed a dream: Exeunt’s writers imagine a takeover of London’s creakiest, most storied theatres.
6 November 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Dealing With Clair at Orange Tree Theatre
26th October - 6th December
By Alice Saville
Suspicious stains: Martin Crimp’s unsettling 1988 play picks away at a real estate-selling couple’s hypocrisy and greed.