Material world: Ben Kulvichit reviews Rosana Cade and Ivor MacAskill’s adaptation of Pinocchio as an autobiographical gender transition allegory.
National
1 June 2021
Reviews • Brighton • National
Review: The Candle Project at Brighton Festival (online)
24-30 May
By Mostyn Jones
Returning ritual: Mostyn Jones writes on Abigail Conway’s participatory candle ceremony for turbulent times.
31 May 2021
Reviews • Cardiff • National
Review: The Merthyr Stigmatist at Sherman Theatre, Cardiff (online)
27 May - 12 June
By Sally Hales
Open wounds: Sally Hales reviews Lisa Parry’s allegorical play about a “left-behind” Welsh town.
28 May 2021
Reviews • National • Newcastle
Review: AWARE at Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle
25 May - 5 June
By Tracey Sinclair
‘Defiant optimism’: Tracey Sinclair reviews a trio of films installed at Newcastle’s Alphabetti Theatre centring neurodivergent artists.
28 May 2021
Reviews • Glasgow • National
Review: A Certain Value at Take Me Somewhere (online)
26-29 May
By Maddy Costa
Alternative living: Maddy Costa shares her correspondences with friends about Anna Rispoli and Martina Angelotti’s show about four radical European collectives.
24 May 2021
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: A Crash Course in Cloudspotting (online)
20-30 May
By Lilith Wozniak
‘Somebody else’s gravity’: Lilith Wozniak writes on Raquel Meseguer Zafe’s audio piece exploring invisible illness and resting in public.
23 May 2021
Reviews • National • Norwich
Review: A Thousand Ways (Part One): A Phone Call at Norfolk and Norwich Festival
17-22 May, then touring
By Louise Jones
On the line: Louise Jones writes on 600 Highwaymen’s intimate, exposing piece which takes place on a phone call with a stranger.
16 May 2021
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: Lady Blackshirt at Bristol Old Vic (online)
10-30 May
By Lilith Wozniak
Modernist montage: Lilith Wozniak reviews a fragmentary feature film pieced together from 100 artist commissions by Impermanence Dance.
9 May 2021
Reviews • Brighton • National • Reviews
Review: House Mother Normal at Brighton Festival (online)
5-31 May
By Harvey Bassett
Grey matter: Harvey Bassett reviews a digital installation from New Perspectives in the form of a ‘deluge’ of voices from a nursing home.
7 May 2021
Reviews • National • Newcastle
Review: Listen In at Alphabetti Theatre
By Tracey Sinclair
An empty space: Tracey Sinclair reviews a triptych of audio works responding to the physical space of Newcastle’s Alphabetti Theatre.
17 April 2021
Reviews • National
Review: The Disappearing of Vincent Gambini (online)
14-18 April
By Louise Jones
Now you see me: Louise Jones reviews a film by performance maker and magician Augusto Corrieri, made in response to a cancelled 2020 tour.
15 April 2021
Reviews • National
Review: Distance Remaining at Macrobert Arts Centre (online)
14 April - 9 May
By Tracey Sinclair
New horizons: Tracey Sinclair reviews a trilogy of quest-themed short plays by Stewart Melton.
6 April 2021
Reviews • National • OWE & Fringe
Review: Open Mic at HOME/Soho Theatre (online)
1-3 April
By James Varney
Eye contact: James Varney writes on liveness in Rob Drummond’s unsettling, loss-tinged open mic night.
29 March 2021
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: The Meaning of Zong at Bristol Old Vic (online)
21 March - 20 April
By Lilith Wozniak
Writing history: Lilith Wozniak writes on the role of storytelling in Giles Terera’s radio play about the 1781 Zong slaveship massacre and the fight for abolition.
24 March 2021
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: Is Now A Good Time? at Tobacco Factory Theatres
17-21 March, then touring
By Harvey Bassett
Office romance: Harvey Bassett reviews Out of Chaos’s interactive telephone show masquerading as a market research questionnaire.