Visions of the future: Unlimited Theatre and RashDash collaborate on a whirlwind of speculative scenarios on technology and the body.
National
18 October 2018
Reviews • Manchester • National
Review: Death of a Salesman at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
11 October-17 November
By Catherine Love
‘Dream space’: Catherine Love reviews Sarah Frankcom’s fresh, insightful take on the 20th Century American staple
15 October 2018
Reviews • Glasgow • National
Review: CONCERT at the Tramway, Glasgow
12-13 October
By Andrew Edwards
Dancing shadows: Colin Dunne’s tribute to Tommie Potts’ ‘undanceable’ 1972 album is a meditation on absence and time.
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.
13 October 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: DruidShakespeare – Richard III at Abbey Theatre
Until 27th October
By Chris McCormack
Crafty schemes: Druid’s production brings out all the gallows humour of Shakespeare’s play.
13 October 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: Rathmines Road at Abbey Theatre
By Chris McCormack
Agonising testimonies: Deirdre Kinahan’s new play is a densely plotted exploration of assault and speaking out.
11 October 2018
Reviews • National • Newcastle
Review: The Mountaintop at Northern Stage
9-13 October
By Tracey Sinclair
A mountain of a man? Tracey Sinclair writes on the nuanced performances in the touring production of Katori Hall’s play.
6 October 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: Everyone’s Fine With Virginia Woolf at Dublin Theatre Festival
Until 7th October
By Chris McCormack
Unafraid and magnificently surreal: Elevator Repair Service reimagines Albee’s classic, as part of Dublin Theatre Festival.
5 October 2018
Reviews • Derby
Review: ‘Abigail’s Party’ and ‘Abi’ at Derby Theatre
Until October 20th
By Emily Holyoake
Uncomfortably familiar: Emily Holyoake writes on a revival of Mike Leigh’s play, alongside Safiyya Ingar’s one-woman response.
3 October 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: The Patient Gloria at Abbey Theatre
Until 6th October
By Chris McCormack
Phallocentricity gets a beating in Gina Moxley’s interrogation of psychotherapy, and a betrayed female patient.
2 October 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: The Misfits at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
27th September - 7th October
By Chris McCormack
Chris McCormack reviews Annie Ryan’s topical adaptation of Arthur Miller’s American-West novella The Misfits
30 September 2018
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Parlour Games at The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol
26 - 27 September 2018
By Lilith Wozniak
The foibles of the ruling classes: Lilith Wozniak reviews a satire based on Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
28 September 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: Hamlet at the Gate Theatre, Dublin
21 September - 27 October 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Let the doors be locked: Rosemary Waugh reviews Yaël Farber’s Hamlet, starring Ruth Negga.
25 September 2018
Reviews • Bradford • National
Review: Radical Acts at Bradford Club
September 19th-23rd
By Catherine Love
Building community: Catherine Love writes on a quietly radical performance, part of a series of public interventions by Common Wealth.
23 September 2018
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Touching the Void at the Bristol Old Vic
8 September - 6 October 2018
By Lilith Wozniak
Ingenious design: Lilith Wozniak reviews the stage adaptation of Joe Simpson’s memoir.