A frightening picture, but not one it feels we’re on the verge of entering: Simon Gwynn reviews Theatre Ad Infinitum’s Light on its return to Battersea Arts Centre.
Reviews
5 June 2017
Reviews • Manchester • National • Reviews
Review: Persuasion at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
May 25 - June 24
By Aniqah Choudhri
“What on earth am I watching here?”: Aniqah Choudhri has her preconceptions blown away by a modernised Jane Austen adaptation.
5 June 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: 887 at the Barbican
1 - 10 June 2017
By Amelia Forsbrook
Creating a memory palace: Amelia Forsbrook reviews Robert Lepage’s play about the act of remembering.
5 June 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Island at Southwark Playhouse
until 24 June 2017
By Daniel Perks
Desperation and fragility: Daniel Perks on a revival of the 1973 play about life on Apartheid-era Robben Island.
4 June 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: La Strada at The Other Palace
Until 8 July 2017
By Francesca Peschier
A gothic vaudevillian circus: Francesca Peschier reviews Sally Cookson’s version of Fellini’s masterpiece.
3 June 2017
Reviews • Brighton
Review: WATCHING, Ceci n’est pas de deux at the Brighton Fringe
31 May – 2 June 2017
By Tracey Sinclair
Properly unsettling: Tracey Sinclair reviews Ester Natzijl’s disconcerting work at the Brighton Fringe.
2 June 2017
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Sirens at the Tobacco Factory, Bristol
1 - 3 June 2017
By Rosemary Waugh
It’s a wrap: Rosemary Waugh reviews one of the last ever performances of Ontroerend Goed’s superb Sirens.
1 June 2017
Reviews • Dance • Reviews
Review: Queen Size at Alchemy Festival
May 19
By Bridget Minamore
Full of complexity and nuance: Bridget Minamore is moved by Mandeep Raiky’s two-person dance piece exploring the criminalisation of homosexuality in India.
1 June 2017
Features • Festivals • Germany • International • Reviews
Theatertreffen: A dialogue
By Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson and Annegret Märten discover metatheatrics, total theatre and a fug of Ostalgie at Berlin’s fortnight-long festival of German theatre.
31 May 2017
Reviews • National • Nottingham • Reviews
Review: East is East at Nottingham Playhouse
May 25 - June 10
By Peter Kirwan
A careful balance of farcical comedy and shocking drama: Peter Kirwan reviews Suba Das’ Northern Stage revival of Ayub Khan Din’s much-loved play.
31 May 2017
Reviews • Performance • Reviews
Review: How to Survive a Post-Truth Apocalypse at Watch Out Festival, Cambridge
May 27
By Claire Takami Siljedahl
Claire Takami Siljedahl reviews Francesca Beard’s new show about truth and deception at Cambridge’s Watch Out Festival.
31 May 2017
Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon
Review: The Earthworks and Myth at The Other Place, RSC
Until 17th June 2017
By Geoff Mills
Oil starts to drip from the ceiling… Geoff Mills writes a short play in response to the Mischief Festival double bill.
30 May 2017
Reviews • Brighton
Review: Good Grief at The Old Market, Brighton
Brighton Fringe, 29 May; Soho Theatre 13-17 June, The Bike Shed, Exeter 20-24 June.
By Tracey Sinclair
A small gem: Tracey Sinclair reviews Jack Rooke’s debut solo show at the Brighton Fringe.
30 May 2017
Reviews • Performance • Reviews
Review: Bi-Curious George and Other Side Kicks at Watch Out Festival, Cambridge
May 27
By Lily James
A new, funny, cross intimacy: Lily James reviews Lucy and Addrian Hutson’s father-and-daughter performance at Cambridge’s Watch Out Festival
30 May 2017
Reviews • Performance • Reviews
Review: Word at Watch Out Festival, Cambridge
May 27
By Lily James
Enormous, terrifying power: Lily James writes on taking part in Jamal Harewood’s follow up to The Privileged, a collaborative show about the impact of words.