Vaulting ambition: Arjun Sajip writes on Ivo Van Hove’s bold but flawed staging of a 1969 cinematic classic.
Reviews
20 June 2019
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Light in the Piazza at Southbank Centre
14th June - 5th July 2019
By Hailey Bachrach
Jagged and off-kilter: Hailey Bachrach writes on a flawed revival of a lyrical musical.
20 June 2019
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Bitter Wheat at Garrick Theatre
7th June - 21st September
By Alice Saville
A bitter draft: Alice Saville reluctantly reviews David Mamet’s Weinstein play.
18 June 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Strange Fruit at Bush Theatre
By Frey Kwa Hawking
No place like home: Frey Kwa Hawking reviews Nancy Medina’s revival of Caryl Phillips’ family drama.
18 June 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Citysong at Soho Theatre
12 June - 6 July
By Kate Wyver
‘They capture a moment and keep it hanging there, letting you bask in it all’: Kate Wyver writes on Dylan Coburn Gray’s swirling reflection of Dublin.
16 June 2019
Reviews • National • Nottingham
Review: One Night in Miami at Nottingham Playhouse
7-22 June, then touring
By Naomi Obeng
‘What about the Struggle’: Naomi Obeng writes a poetic response to Kemp Powers’ imagined account of the meeting of Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke.
16 June 2019
Reviews • National • Newcastle
Review: The Cheviot, The Stag and The Black, Black Oil at Live Theatre, Newcastle
By Tracey Sinclair
‘Sharpened like a blade’: Tracey Sinclair reviews an intimate, impromptu-feeling revival of John McGrath’s landmark play.
16 June 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Future at Battersea Arts Centre
12-29 June
By Simon Gwynn
Alarming prophecies: Simon Gwynn writes a dystopian diary in response to Little Bulb’s show exploring Artificial Intelligence.
15 June 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Woke at Battersea Arts Centre
10th-22nd June
By Emily Davis
‘The political through the personal’: Emily Davis reviews Apphia Campbell’s Woke, which depicts five decades of civil rights struggles.
14 June 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Flies at Bunker Theatre
By Freddie Machin
Swatting up: Freddie Machin writes on Exchange Theatre’s bilingual production of Jean Paul Sartre’s take on the Oresteia.
12 June 2019
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Bronx Gothic at Young Vic
1-29th June 2019
By J N Benjamin
A mighty body quake: J N Benjamin writes on Okwui Okpokwasili’s pulsating experimental dance piece.
11 June 2019
Reviews • Manchester • National
Review: Hobson’s Choice at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
31 May - 6 July
By James Varney
‘A carrot of prosperity’: James Varney writes on property, production and paternalism in Tanika Gupta’s reinterpretation of Harold Brighouse’s play.
10 June 2019
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: Hot Flushes at Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol
By Maddy Costa
Wild and well-armed: Maddy Costa reviews Documental Theatre’s country and Western musical following a BHS employee robbed of her pension.
10 June 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: J’Ouvert at Theatre 503
By Nkenna Akunna
‘Collective power’: Nkenna Akunna writes on the complex resonances of Notting Hill carnival explored in Yasmin Joseph’s play.
9 June 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh • National
Review: 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
6-8 June
By Crystal Bennes
National heroes: Crystal Bennes writes on Scottish nationalism in her review of Wonder Fools’ play about four Scottish miners who volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War.