As Matthew Lopez’s gay epic transfers from the Young Vic to the West End, Frey Kwa Kawking writes on its sprawling, compassionate glory.
Reviews
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.
15 October 2018
Reviews
Review: Burlesque Noir at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool
By Freddie Machin
Pleasure seekers: Freddie Machin writes on a warm, welcoming, and thoroughly enjoyable night of Blackpool burlesque.
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.
12 October 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: I’m Not Running at the National Theatre
Until 31st January 2019
By Simon Gwynn
Uncanny valley: David Hare’s satire of Labour politics might be set in the present day, but it belongs in another era.
11 October 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: othellomacbeth at Lyric Hammersmith
5th October - 3rd November
By Amy Borsuk
‘a jumble – not necessarily in a constructive, interesting or interrogative way’: Amy Borsuk reviews Jude Christian’s mashup of Shakespearean tragedies
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.
11 October 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Twelfth Night at the Young Vic
By Lauren Mooney
Shakespeare as party: Lauren Mooney writes on a fantastically warm, welcoming opener to Kwame Kwei-Armah’s reign at the Young Vic.
10 October 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: I’m a Phoenix, Bitch at Battersea Arts Centre
3rd - 20th October
By Brendan Macdonald
‘A stunning show that looks inward to thrust outwards’: Brendan MacDonald reviews Bryony Kimmings’ new solo performance
10 October 2018
Reviews
Review: The Lovely Bones at Northern Stage
9-20 October
By Tracey Sinclair
Loss of innocence: Tracey Sinclair reviews the first stage adaptation of Alice Sebold’s novel.
10 October 2018
Reviews
Review: Kindertransport at Nottingham Playhouse
5-20 October
By Peter Kirwan
‘Demons in the attic’: Peter Kirwan writes on Kindertransport’s portrayal of the immigrant experience
8 October 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Malady of Death (La Maladie de la Mort) at the Barbican
3 - 6 October 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
The waves are rolling in or moving out: Rosemary Waugh reviews Katie Mitchell and Alice Birch’s latest collaboration.
8 October 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Lesson at The Hope Theatre
25th September - 13th October
By Annegret Märten
Signs of the times: Annegret Märten and Emilie Oléron Evans give a tutorial on Matthew Parker’s production of Ionesco’s absurdist 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.