A vivid plane of toxic femininity: Chris McCormack reviews Druid’s revival of Mark O’Rowe controversial play.
Reviews
19 July 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Puffs at New World Stages
New World Stages ⋄ Opened 17th July 2017
By Jordan G. Teicher
Jordan G. Teicher reviews Matt Cox’s tribute to the under-celebrated Hogwarts house.
19 July 2017
Reviews • Galway • National • Reviews
Review: Woyzeck in Winter at Galway International Arts Festival
July 13 - July 23
By Chris McCormack
“A blast of bitter wilderness”: Chris McCormack reviews Conall Morrison’s chilly musical adaptation of Georg Büchner’s unfinished classic.
18 July 2017
Reviews • Opera • Reviews
Review: Kát’a Kabanová at Opera Holland Park
July 15 - July 28
By Daniel Perks
“Poetically conceived and beautifully realised”: Daniel Perks admires the beauty and brevity of Leoš Janáček classic opera in Olivia Fuchs’ staging for Opera Holland Park.
18 July 2017
Reviews • Dance • Reviews
Review: ETM: Double Down at Sadler’s Wells
July 12 - July 15
By Anna Winter
“The tech doesn’t detract from the tap”: Anna Winter reviews the “strange and subtle” joy that is Dorrance Dance’s technologically and technically innovative ETM: Double Down.
17 July 2017
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: Mumburger at the Old Red Lion
June 27 - July 22
By Hannah Greenstreet
Patties of human flesh: Hannah Greenstreet can’t get the smell of cooking meat out of her nostrils after Sarah Kosar’s “visceral, disgust-provoking” two-hander.
17 July 2017
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: A Tale Of Two Cities at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
July 7 - August 5
By Simon Gwynn
Raucous, colourful and exhilarating: Simon Gwynn reviews Matthew Dunster and Timothy Sheader’s al fresco adaptation of Dickens’ classic novel.
17 July 2017
Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon
Review: Titus Andronicus at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
23 June - 2 September 2017
By Geoff Mills
Horror and humour: Geoff Mills reviews Blanche McIntyre’s contemporary version of Titus Andronicus.
17 July 2017
Reviews • Dublin
Review: The Great Gatsby at the Gate Theatre, Dublin.
12 July - 16 September 2017
By Chris McCormack
Heading towards the green light: Chris McCormack reviews an immersive staging of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous novel.
15 July 2017
Reviews • Plymouth
Review: Whey Down South at The Lab, Theatre Royal Plymouth
12 - 15 July 2017
By Chris White
A never-ending supply of cheese-based puns: Chris White reviews the Narwhal Ensemble.
14 July 2017
Reviews • Glasgow
Review: The Lying Kind at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow
6 - 22 July 2017
By Christine Irvine
Satirical comment beaten into submission: Christine Irvine reviews the Tron Theatre’s resurrection of Anthony Neilson’s Christmas-time comedy.
13 July 2017
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
Review: Two Pints at The Foxhound Inn, Dublin
July 11 - August 5
By Chris McCormack
“A suburban Dublin equivalent of Sartre”: Chris McCormack reviews the Abbey Theatre’s staging of Roddy Doyle’s Facebook dialogues.
13 July 2017
Reviews • Exeter • National • Reviews
Review: A Pint Sized Conversation at The Boat Shed, Exeter
July 10 - July 11
By Chris White
“Better off at the pub”: Chris White laments the lack of peanuts and lager at Pub Talks’ Pint Sized Conversation.
12 July 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Bodies at the Royal Court
5 July - 12 August 2017
By Bridget Minamore
The price of buying a baby: Bridget Minamore reviews Vivienne Franzmann’s new play about surrogacy.
12 July 2017
Reviews • Manchester • National • Reviews
Review: Cotton Panic! at Manchester International Festival
July 8 - July 15
By Catherine Love
Catherine Love on a flimsy gig-theatre exploration of the Lancashire Cotton Famine.