A passionless adaptation: this new version of Manuel Puig’s story finds neither potency nor 21st century relevance.
Reviews
23 March 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: The Plough and the Stars at the Lyric Hammersmith
March 15 - April 7
By Neil Dowden
No museum piece: Sean Holmes’ self-aware modern-day Sean O’Casey revival doesn’t feel revolutionary.
22 March 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: Caroline, or Change at the Hampstead Theatre
March 12 - April 21
By Miriam Gillinson
You lucky, lucky people: Michael Longhurst’s Chichester production makes a triumphant London transfer.
20 March 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: Big Bad at Vault Festival 2018
March 14 - March 18
By Hannah Greenstreet
Jodi Gray’s wolfish one-woman play is an exploration of ‘monstrous’ femininity and the male gaze.
20 March 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Great Wave at the National Theatre
Until 14 April 2018
By Ava Davies
Blood is thicker than water: Ava Davies writes on Francis Turnly’s The Great Wave.
20 March 2018
Reviews • Manchester
Review: Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella at The Lowry
By Aniqah Choudhri
A love letter to Blitz London: Aniqah Choudhri reviews Matthew Bourne’s wartime fairy-tale.
20 March 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Ballet Black Double Bill at the Barbican
15 - 17 Mar 2018
By Ka Bradley
A teasing sext to the benchmarks of ballet: Ka Bradley reviews The Suit, and A Dream Within A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
19 March 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons: A Reimagining at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Until 21 April 2018
By Amy Borsuk
Like Fantasia – only better: Amy Borsuk reviews Gyre & Gimble interpretation of Vivaldi using puppetry
19 March 2018
Reviews • Nottingham
Review: Our Country’s Good at Nottingham Playhouse
9 - 24 March 2018 (and then on tour)
By Peter Kirwan
Silence and noise: Peter Kirwan reviews Ramps on the Moon’s new show based on a text familiar to A-Level Theatre Studies students.
15 March 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: Br’er Cotton at Theatre503
March 7 - March 31
By Sally Hales
Black Lives Matter: Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm’s new play sets a family drama against the backdrop of Charlottesville.
14 March 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Foreign Body at Vault Festival 2018
7 - 11 March 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Mirrors and warriors: Rosemary Waugh reviews Imogen Butler-Cole’s work about sexual violence and healing
14 March 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Buggy Baby at The Yard
7 - 31 March 2018
By Miriam Gillinson
Self-aware and triumphantly obscure: Miriam Gillinson reviews Josh Azouz’s new play involving a giant talking baby.
14 March 2018
Reviews • Dance • Reviews
Review: Constructions of Thin Air at The Place
March 9 - March 10
By Rachel Elderkin
Powerful and poignant: Maresa von Stockert’s return to indoor staging is a compelling study of interaction and experience.
14 March 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: Humble Boy at the Orange Tree Theatre
March 8 - April 14
By Amy Borsuk
Garden party: Paul Miller’s revival of Charlotte Jones 2001 play is a leafy, laughter-filled delight.
14 March 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: Trap Street at the New Diorama Theatre
March 6 - March 31
By Brendan Macdonald
Around the block: collaborative company Kandinsky’s new show is an intelligent history of housing.