Home alone: Tracey Sinclair reviews Hannah Sowerby’s one-woman comedy with shades of Alan Bennett and Victoria Wood.
Reviews
24 November 2021
Reviews
Review: Manor at National Theatre
By Lily Levinson
A house of cards: Lily Levinson reviews Moira Buffini’s flimsy, trope-ridden political satire.
24 November 2021
Reviews
Review: The Offing at Live Theatre, Newcastle
By Lauren Vevers
Spooks and shadows: Lauren Vevers reviews Janice Okoh’s adaptation of a haunting novel.
23 November 2021
Reviews
Review: Juliet and Romeo by Intermission Youth Theatre
By Angelo Irving
A welcome reversal: Angelo Irving reviews a flipped take on Shakespeare by an impressive youth theatre company.
22 November 2021
Reviews
Review: Rare Earth Mettle at Royal Court Theatre
By Alice Saville
A puzzle of a play: Alice Saville reviews Al Smith’s controversy-stricken story of greed on a Bolivian salt flat.
20 November 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Wife of Willesden at Kiln Theatre
20 November - 15 January
By Elete N-F
A celebration of the community of Brent: Elete N-F writes on Zadie Smith’s ‘joyous’ contemporary adaptation of The Wife of Bath.
19 November 2021
Reviews
Review: little scratch at Hampstead Theatre
5th November - 11th December
By Brendan Macdonald
Unspoken thoughts: Brendan Macdonald writes on a sonically rich adaptation of Rebecca Watson’s stream of consciousness novel.
19 November 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Straight White Men at Southwark Playhouse
By Frey Kwa Hawking
‘I find myself wishing that this production excavated some deeper weirdness’: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Young Jean Lee’s 2014 play exploring white privilege.
17 November 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: SAMSKARA at the Yard
8th - 26th November
By Farah Najib
Lasting impressions: Farah Najib writes on Lanre Malaolu’s ‘joyful and hard-hitting’ choreographic interrogation of Black masculinity.
15 November 2021
Reviews • Manchester • National
Review: Good Grief at HOME, Manchester
11-13 November, then touring
By Simon Gwynn
It’s your funeral: Simon Gwynn reviews a clown show made by Ugly Bucket to be performed at a friend’s memorial service.
15 November 2021
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: The Body Remembers at Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol
12-13 November
By Lilith Wozniak
‘Ebbs and flows’: Lilith Wozniak writes on Heather Agyepong’s meditation on trauma and the body.
14 November 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Milk and Gall at Theatre 503
By Emily Davis
A difficult birth: Emily Davis writes on Mathilde Dratwa’s ‘playful and confident’ new play that brings together the personal and the political in the Trump era.
13 November 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Sessions at Soho Theatre
24 September - 2 December
By Miriam Sallon
Talking therapy: Miriam Sallon writes on Ifeyinwa Frederick’s new play that explores masculinity and depression.
13 November 2021
Reviews
Review: We Are Not Finished by Fevered Sleep
By Lily Levinson
Child’s play: Lily Levinson reviews an energetic but oddly generic-feeling production that’s co-created with children.
5 November 2021
Reviews
Review: Indecent Proposal at Southwark Playhouse
By Miriam Sallon
An immoral dilemma: Miriam Sallon reviews this musical take on the 90s movie.