A wistful trip back: Chris McCormack reviews the second part of Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown Trilogy.
National
19 June 2018
Reviews • Newcastle
Review: The Believers are but Brothers at Northern Stage
14 - 16 June, then touring
By Chris Collett
The Grey Zone disintegrates: Chris Collett reviews Javaad Alipoor’s interactive show on the internet as a space for extreme violence.
18 June 2018
Reviews • Glasgow
Review: The Reason I Jump at The Children’s Wood at North Kelvin Meadow, Glasgow
Until 23 June 2018
By David Pollock
‘A vivid plea for understanding’: David Pollock reviews a promenade adaptation of Naoki Higashida’s book about the experience of autism.
14 June 2018
Reviews • Sheffield
Review: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at Crucible, Sheffield
8 - 23 June 2018
By John Murphy
Pertinent and unsettling: John Murphy reviews a stage adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel.
14 June 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: Lovers: Winners and Losers at Pavilion Theatre, Dublin
12 - 16 June 2018
By Chris McCormack
Love and playwriting: Chris McCormack reviews Brian Friel’s two-part play.
12 June 2018
Reviews • Brighton • National • Reviews
Review: Legally Blonde The Musical at the Theatre Royal Brighton
June 11 - June 16
By Tracey Sinclair
A tough act to resist: Tracey Sinclair falls for the big-hearted charm of Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin’s stage adaptation on its national tour.
7 June 2018
Reviews • Nottingham
Review: Shebeen at the Nottingham Playhouse
1 – 16 June 2018
By Peter Kirwan
And what an atmosphere… Peter Kirwan reviews Mufaro Makubika’s award-winning play set in 1950s Nottingham.
29 May 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: My Son My Son at Project Arts Centre, Dublin
24 - 26 May 2018
By Chris McCormack
Boom and bust: Chris McCormack reviews Veronica Dyas’ new play inspired by Bertolt Brecht’s The Mother.
28 May 2018
Reviews • Brighton
Review: Magnus Volk’s Electric Train of Thought at Brighton Fringe 2018
Until 2 June 2018
By Tracey Sinclair
Tracey Sinclair reviews a one man show about an ingenious stretch of coastal electric railway
23 May 2018
Reviews • Brighton • National • Reviews
Review: DollyWould at The Old Market, Brighton
22 May - 26 May
By Tracey Sinclair
Brains and guts beneath glitzy excess: Sh!t Theatre’s love letter to Dolly Parton is gloriously chaotic fun.
22 May 2018
Reviews • Norwich
Review: The Paper Man at Norfolk and Norwich Festival
By Alice Saville
A beautiful game: Improbable’s devised show mixes football and feminism, in a tribute to the power of teamwork.
21 May 2018
Reviews • Dance • Dublin • National • Reviews
Review: Hard to be Soft – A Belfast Prayer at Dublin Dance Festival
May 18 - May 19
By Chris McCormack
An expression of thanks: choreographer Oona Doherty crafts a religious reflection on her home town.
21 May 2018
Reviews • National
Review: The Killers at Mayfest 2018
By Lilith Wozniak
‘It’s the kind of weird theatre show that I want to bring all of my non-theatre friends to see’: Lilith Wozniak reviews Richard Allen’s show as part of Mayfest 2018.
21 May 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh
Review: Ma, Pa and the Little Mouths at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Until 19 May 2018
By David Pollock
‘The air of stifling, claustrophobic routine’: David Pollock reviews Martin McCormick’s absurdist play
20 May 2018
Reviews • Bristol
Review: The Nature of Why at Mayfest 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Rosemary Waugh reviews the British Paraorchestra’s new work inspired by the theoretical physicist Richard Feynman, as part of Bristol’s Mayfest