Growing pains: Louise Jones reviews Northern Rascal’s outdoor dance piece made with a group of twenty 16-25 year olds from Calderdale.
National
11 November 2020
Reviews • Liverpool • National
Review: The Ghost Caller by Headlong
4-19 November
By Louise Jones
Grief encounter: Louise Jones reviews Headlong’s ghost story, reimagined as a performance via telephone.
6 November 2020
Reviews • Edinburgh • National
Review: Dot. Dot. Dot. at Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh (online)
1-2 November, then touring
By Andrew Edwards
‘A story without an ending’: Andrew Edwards writes on Daniel Kitson’s account of the pandemic, from within the thick of it.
2 November 2020
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: Sherlock in Homes at Bristol Old Vic (online)
By Lilith Wozniak
Interactive intrigue: Lilith Wozniak reviews a Zoom-based murder mystery by Bristol theatre company Sharp Teeth.
26 October 2020
Reviews • National • Nottingham
Review: Bubble at Nottingham Playhouse
23-24 October
By Tracey Sinclair
Lockdown retrospective: Tracey Sinclair reviews James Graham’s play which surveys the summer lockdown through the eyes of a new relationship.
25 October 2020
Reviews • Bath • National
Review: Betrayal at Theatre Royal Bath
14-31 October
By Lilith Wozniak
Menace à trois: Lilith Wozniak reviews a revival of Pinter’s reverse-chronological adultery drama
22 October 2020
Reviews • Manchester • National
Review: Don’t Go Back to Sleep: The Lockdown Album at HOME, Manchester
21-24 October
By James Varney
Covid culture: James Varney explores the new ways we engage with performance via RashDash’s documentary album, listened to from home.
11 October 2020
Reviews • National • Newcastle
Review: 10 Minutes to…Call Home, Live Theatre (online)
By Tracey Sinclair
Home from home: Tracey Sinclair writes on an ‘eclectic but entertaining’ selection of ten-minute dramas by emerging writers.
6 October 2020
Reviews • Leeds • National
Review: Connecting Voices at Leeds Playhouse
2-17 October
By Louise Jones
Unreliable connection: Louise Jones reviews a series of short performances exploring isolation and togetherness, co-presented with Opera North.
17 September 2020
Reviews • National
Review: Credit, Alphabetti Theatre
By Tracey Sinclair
Out of credit: Tracey Sinclair reviews a livestream of Laura Lindow’s new play, an ‘urban fable’ about the impact of the rollout of Universal Credit in the North East.
26 May 2020
Reviews • National
Review: The Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings show
By Natasha Tripney
A tragedy in two acts: Natasha Tripney assesses the theatrical merits of the government’s most recent instalments of live-streamed satire
21 May 2020
Reviews • National
Review: BE at Home
By Ben Kulvichit
Hope in the dark: Ben Kulvichit discovers underground caves, cardboard time capsules and durational circus feats at BE Festival’s online edition.
17 March 2020
Reviews • National • Newcastle
Review: Elevator Festival, Live Theatre
11-21 March
By Tracey Sinclair
Seeds for the future: Tracey Sinclair writes on Live Theatre’s showcase of developing work from emerging makers from the North East and beyond.
16 March 2020
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: Faustus: That Damned Woman at Bristol Old Vic
10-21 March, then touring
By Ben Kulvichit
I could do so much more: Ben Kulvichit reviews Chris Bush’s ambitious, time travelling reinterpretation of Doctor Faustus.
14 March 2020
Reviews • Glasgow • National
Review: MAIM at Tron Theatre, Glasgow
11-14 March, then touring
By Andrew Edwards
‘Head above water’: Andrew Edwards reviews Theatre Gu Leòr’s multilingual play about climate crisis and the erosion of the Gàidhlig language.