Star Players: Rosemary Waugh writes on a site-specific show celebrating the ‘mud-splattered-flood-lit revolution’ that is women’s football.
Reviews
20 September 2020
Reviews
Review: Faith Healer, Old Vic: In Camera
By Hannah Greenstreet
“You must awake your faith”: Hannah Greenstreet writes on the Old Vic’s livestreamed production of Faith Healer with Michael Sheen.
18 September 2020
Reviews • Reviews
Review: User Not Found by Dante or Die
By Wambui Hardcastle
Digital shadows: Wambui Hardcastle encounters a video podcast about online afterlives that you can watch on your mobile phone.
17 September 2020
Reviews • National
Review: Credit, Alphabetti Theatre
By Tracey Sinclair
Out of credit: Tracey Sinclair reviews a livestream of Laura Lindow’s new play, an ‘urban fable’ about the impact of the rollout of Universal Credit in the North East.
16 September 2020
Reviews • Reviews
Review: Letters at Gate Theatre/ Zoom
By Lily Levinson
Rain, sun, cloud: Lily Levinson reviews a letter-based performance that revisits the blurry days of lockdown.
9 September 2020
Reviews
Review: Sleepless – A Musical Romance at Troubadour Theatre
By Frey Kwa Hawking and Alice Saville
Two Nora Ephron fans discuss the rain and romance of Sleepless, the first indoor musical since March.
9 September 2020
Reviews
Review: Every Time a Bell Rings at Park Bench Theatre, York
By Louise Jones
Louise Jones reviews an outdoor monologue with a soundtrack that chimes with its themes of grief and spirituality.
24 August 2020
Reviews • Redux Reviews
Redux Review: Call It A Day/Crack of Dawn by Greg Wohead
By Ben Kulvichit
Give it time: Ben Kulvichit writes on how durational performances are perfectly suited to the present moment.
24 August 2020
Reviews
Review: The House Never Wins by Kill the Cat Theatre
By Wambui Hardcastle
Pyrrhic victories: Wambui Hardcastle plays an interactive online Blackjack game that decides the planet’s future.
21 August 2020
Reviews • Dance • Redux Reviews
Redux review: Manon
By Ka Bradley
Come to the party: Ka Bradley reflects on two communal viewings of Manon – one on a big screen, one on a small screen.
21 August 2020
Reviews • Opera
Review: Opera Helps by Joshua Sofaer
By Rosemary Waugh
Friendly overtures: Rosemary Waugh writes on her confidence-boosting one-to-one therapy session from an opera singer.
18 August 2020
Reviews • Redux Reviews
Redux Review: Anatomy of a Suicide
By Hannah Greenstreet
Echoes through time: Hannah Greenstreet writes on her encounters with Alice Birch’s haunting exploration of intergenerational trauma.
11 August 2020
Reviews • Redux Reviews
Redux review: work.txt and work_from_home
By Alice Saville
Essential work: Alice Saville explores how Nathan Ellis’s interactive play works better from home.
6 August 2020
Reviews
Review: Everton vs Aston Villa
By Andrew Edwards
“What happens when you take the crowd away?: Andy Edwards reviews a football match that offers a new kind of liveness.
29 July 2020
Reviews • Redux Reviews
Redux Review: Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring
By Ka Bradley
Dancing with death: Ka Bradley reckons with Pina Bausch’s mesmerising dance ritual, across multiple encounters