‘It requires work’: Andrew Edwards writes on Karen Christopher and Tara Fatehi Irani’s rewardingly dense durational performance.
Birmingham
27 September 2019
Reviews • Birmingham • National
Review: Rebel Music at Birmingham REP
19 September - 5 October
By Naomi Obeng
‘Why and when did the other side stop Rocking Against?’: Naomi Obeng on music and activism in Middle Child’s new show about the Rock Against Racism movement.
30 July 2019
Reviews • Birmingham • National
Review: Summer Rolls at Bristol Old Vic
By Ben Kulvichit
Say cheese: Ben Kulvichit reviews Tuyen Do’s finely wrought domestic drama, the first Vietnamese-British play to be seen on a UK stage.
20 July 2019
Reviews • Birmingham • National
Review: The Color Purple at Birmingham Hippodrome
16-20 July
By Ben Kulvichit
‘I’m beautiful and I’m here’: Ben Kulvichit reviews Tinuke Craig’s soulful, stirring production of the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s famous epistolary novel.
20 April 2019
Reviews • Birmingham • National
Review: The Half God of Rainfall at Birmingham REP
16-20 April, then touring
By Ben Kulvichit
Improbable feats: Ben Kulvichit writes on heroes and villains in Inua Ellams’ new play, which fuses Greek and Yoruba mythology.
9 February 2019
Reviews • Birmingham • National
Review: Blue/Orange at Birmingham REP
1-16 February
By Eve Allin
Nightmare room: Eve Allin reviews Daniel Bailey’s surreal production of Joe Penhall’s dissection of systemic racism in the mental health care system.
10 January 2019
Reviews • Birmingham • National
Review: Commonism at Birmingham REP
8-11 January
By Eve Allin
Starting a conversation: Eve Allin reviews a new collaboration between Andy Smith (UK) and Amund Sjølie Sveen (Norway)
28 October 2018
Reviews • Birmingham • National
Review: The Capital at Birmingham REP
24-27 October
By Eve Allin
Walking, standing still: Eve Allin writes on Stan’s Cafe’s new show about urban inequality, performed on two travelators.
15 October 2018
Reviews • Birmingham • National
Review: All You Need Is LSD at Birmingham REP
4-13 October
By Eve Allin
A bad trip: Eve Allin writes on Leo Butler’s surreal new play for Told by An Idiot.
25 October 2017
Reviews • Birmingham
Review: i ride in colour and soft focus, no longer anywhere at Fierce Festival
19 October 2017
By Eve Allin
A subtle, gracefully outlined coping mechanism: Eve Allin reviews Jamila Johnson-Small’s solo project as part of Fierce Festival 2017.
22 April 2016
Reviews • Birmingham • National • Reviews
Review: Folk at Birmingham Rep
Birmingham Repertory Theatre ⋄ 14th - 30th April 2016
By Catherine Love
“Sort of exquisite in its own tender, unassuming way.” Catherine Love reviews Tom Wells’ Folk.
25 September 2013
Reviews • Birmingham
Hopelessly Devoted
Birmingham Repertory Theatre ⋄ 23rd September - 5th October 2013
By Stewart Pringle
Kate Tempest’s soaring second play.
5 April 2012
Reviews • Birmingham
Time has Fallen Asleep in the Afternoon Sunshine
Birmingham Central Library ⋄ 30 March - 07 April 2012
By Natasha Tripney
Living books.
6 March 2011
Reviews • Birmingham
The Cleansing of Constance Brown
1st - 19th March 2011
By Natasha Tripney
Corridor of power.