Not falling down: James Varney reviews Stuart Slade’s Bruntwood Judges’ Prize-winning play about a sixteen year-old girl diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Reviews
22 September 2021
Reviews
Review: Camp Siegfried at Old Vic Theatre
By Ava Wong Davies
Stuttering romance: Ava Wong Davies reviews Bess Wohl’s stop-start look at young love and fascism.
21 September 2021
Reviews
Review: Is God Is by Aleshea Harris, at Royal Court Theatre
By Elete N-F
Shared scars: Elete N-F writes on Aleshea Harris’s gripping, tongue-in-cheek story of kinship and vengeance.
20 September 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: NW Trilogy at Kiln Theatre
20 September - 9 October
By Brendan Macdonald
Rich tapestry: Brendan Macdonald writes on this ‘joyful and critical examination of the Kiln’s local community and its diverse history’.
18 September 2021
Reviews
Review: Blue Remembered Hills at GDIF
By Alice Saville
Lost wildness: Alice Saville reviews De Roovers’ outdoor version of Dennis Potter’s play, performed deep in Thamesmead’s wilderness.
16 September 2021
Reviews • National • Oxford
Review: Can I Live? at Oxford Playhouse (online)
8-13th September, then touring
By Louise Jones
‘A rallying cry’: Louise Jones reviews Fehinti Balogun and Complicité’s filmed show about the former’s journey into climate activism.
16 September 2021
Reviews
Review: Indecent at Menier Chocolate Factory
By Hailey Bachrach
The morality of art: Hailey Bachrach writes on Paula Vogel’s intriguing play about scandal, representation, and the role of theatre.
14 September 2021
Reviews • Hull • National
Review: Faustus at The Stage at the Dock, Hull
10-11 September
By Angelo Irving
Fire and fury: Angelo Irving reviews From Below’s outdoor Faustus combining acrobatics, fire poi and pantomime.
13 September 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Memory of Water at Hampstead Theatre
3rd September - 16th October
By Brendan Macdonald
Desperate remedies: Brendan Macdonald writes on Alice Hamilton’s revival of Shelagh Stephenson’s comedy-drama that explores memory and family.
13 September 2021
Reviews
Review: Frozen the Musical, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
By Emily Davis
A richer and more complex beast: Emily Davis reviews the stage version of the beloved Disney movie.
7 September 2021
Reviews • Edinburgh • National
Review: Screensaver Series and The Rite of Spring at Horizon (online)
23-27 August
By Ben Kulvichit
Shapes and colours: Ben Kulvichit reviews two contrasting dance works as part of the Horizon showcase’s public programme.
6 September 2021
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Rockets and Blue Lights, National Theatre
25 August - 9 October
By Hannah Greenstreet
Ripples from the past: Hannah Greenstreet writes on Winsome Pinnock’s epic new play exploring the legacies of Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade.
3 September 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Statements after an arrest under the immorality act, Orange Tree
By Farah Najib
‘Sucked into the void’: Farah Najib writes on Diane Page’s revival of Athol Fugard’s dense, challenging play that skewers racial injustice.
31 August 2021
Reviews
Review: Hungry at Paines Plough
By Emily Davis
Emotional eating: Emily Davis writes on Chris Bush’s incisive new play, exploring the tangled relationship between food, class and community.
26 August 2021
Reviews
Review: May Queen at Paines Plough Roundabout
By Tom Moyser
Folklore and fury: Tom Moyser writes on Frankie Meredith’s new play, set at a Coventry folk festival.