A wistful trip back: Chris McCormack reviews the second part of Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown Trilogy.
Reviews
20 June 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Legally Blonde at New Wimbledon Theatre
Until 23 June 2018, then touring
By Francesca Peschier
‘Margot didn’t lend Elle her lucky scrunchie to be almost entirely written out of the narrative’: Francesca Peschier reviews the stage version of the classic (CLASSIC) film.
19 June 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Notes from the Field at Royal Court Theatre
13 - 23 June 2018
By Duska Radosavljevic
‘The broken among us teach us to be human’: Duška Radosavljević reviews Anna Deavere Smith’s verbatim show as part of LIFT 2018.
19 June 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Romeo and Juliet by Birmingham Royal Ballet
12 - 13 June 2018
By Anna Winter
‘Headlong, hormonal passion’: Anna Winter reviews Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet at Sadler’s Wells.
19 June 2018
Reviews
Review: My Beautiful Circus by Gifford’s Circus
On tour 2018
By Freddie Machin
‘Vintage, village green circus at its absolute best’: Freddie Machin reviews Gifford’s Circus’ latest show.
19 June 2018
Reviews • Newcastle
Review: The Believers are but Brothers at Northern Stage
14 - 16 June, then touring
By Chris Collett
The Grey Zone disintegrates: Chris Collett reviews Javaad Alipoor’s interactive show on the internet as a space for extreme violence.
18 June 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: An Octoroon at National Theatre
7 June - 18 July 2018
By Jennifer-Jane Benjamin
Defiance is at the heart of its genius: Jennifer-Jane Benjamin reviews the National Theatre transfer of Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins’s play.
18 June 2018
Reviews • Glasgow
Review: The Reason I Jump at The Children’s Wood at North Kelvin Meadow, Glasgow
Until 23 June 2018
By David Pollock
‘A vivid plea for understanding’: David Pollock reviews a promenade adaptation of Naoki Higashida’s book about the experience of autism.
16 June 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Smack That (a conversation) at Barbican
12 - 16 June 2018
By Ka Bradley
‘We’re all Beverlys here’: Ka Bradley reviews Rhiannon Faith’s dance-based work about domestic abuse.
14 June 2018
Reviews • Sheffield
Review: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at Crucible, Sheffield
8 - 23 June 2018
By John Murphy
Pertinent and unsettling: John Murphy reviews a stage adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel.
14 June 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: Lovers: Winners and Losers at Pavilion Theatre, Dublin
12 - 16 June 2018
By Chris McCormack
Love and playwriting: Chris McCormack reviews Brian Friel’s two-part play.
13 June 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives at the Arcola Theatre
June 7 - June 21
By Hailey Bachrach
Hope, comedy, violence and suffering: Rotimi Babatunde’s stage adaptation of Lola Shoneyin’s novel is a sweet show that leaves a sour taste.
12 June 2018
Reviews • Brighton • National • Reviews
Review: Legally Blonde The Musical at the Theatre Royal Brighton
June 11 - June 16
By Tracey Sinclair
A tough act to resist: Tracey Sinclair falls for the big-hearted charm of Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin’s stage adaptation on its national tour.
12 June 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Machinal at Almeida Theatre
4th June to 21st July
By Rosemary Waugh
Messy, flawed, slippery: Rosemary Waugh on an intriguing revival of Sophie Treadwell’s 1928 play.
11 June 2018
Reviews • Dance • Reviews
Review: Portraits in Otherness at Sadler’s Wells
June 8 - June 9
By Rachel Nouchi
Folklore or fun: this double-bill of solo dances curated by the Akram Khan Company compelling blends tradition and innovation.