Please don’t send flowers: Rosemary Waugh reviews a revival of Arthur Kopit’s play about recovering from a stroke.
Reviews
22 September 2017
Reviews • Leeds
Review: Woke at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
20 - 22 September 2017
By Catherine Love
‘We have to stumble along the way and admit to our mistakes’: Catherine Love reviews Testament’s show about feminism and becoming a father.
22 September 2017
Reviews • Dublin
Review: Normal at the Dublin Fringe
19 - 23 September 2017
By Chris McCormack
Chris McCormack reviews an “excellent and beguiling new play” about living with autism in contemporary Ireland.
22 September 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Oh My Sweet Land in various locations
By Molly Grogan
Molly Grogan reviews the US premiere of Amir Nizar Zuabi’s 2014 play about the Syrian conflict and humanitarian crisis.
20 September 2017
Reviews • Manchester
Review: Our Town at Royal Exchange Manchester
By Catherine Love
Thornton Wilder’s 1938 play is a “giddily expansive” exploration of community and the passing of time.
20 September 2017
Reviews • Nottingham
Review: Pride and Prejudice at Nottingham Playhouse
By Peter Kirwan
Forget heteronormativity: Sara Pascoe’s hilarious reimagined Jane Austen romance breaks all the rules.
19 September 2017
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: The Unknown Island at the Gate Theatre
September 11 - October 7
By Corrie Tan
“It’s an almost slavish adherence, but it pays off eventually”: Corrie Tan reviews Ellen McDougall’s adaptation of Jose Saramago’s 1997 short story.
19 September 2017
Reviews • Stratford-upon-Avon
Review: Kingdom Come at The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon
Until 30 September 2017
By Geoff Mills
I thought you used to teach postmodernism? Geoff Mills provides the second instalment in his Stratford-upon-Avon play/reviews.
19 September 2017
Reviews • Dublin
Dublin review: Birdy at the Abbey Theatre
15 - 23 September 2017
By Chris McCormack
Sing it loud: Chris McCormack reviews a new children’s show about revolution as part of the Dublin Fringe 2017.
19 September 2017
Reviews • Newcastle
Review: PUG#3 in Newcastle
14 September 2017
By Matt Miller
Somewhere between a performance installation and a tribute to Phoenix Nights: Matt Miller reviews Newcastle’s newest night of performance art.
19 September 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ To 1st October 2017
By Curtis Russell
Curtis Russell reviews “a rare miss” from Sarah Ruhl: “safe and sane and totally harmless.”
18 September 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Oslo at the National Theatre
Until 23rd September 2017, then transferring to the Harold Pinter Theatre
By Rosemary Waugh
This is how we do business: Rosemary Waugh reviews the London premiere of J. T. Rogers’ play about the Oslo Accords.
18 September 2017
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: Bullish at Camden People’s Theatre
September 12 - September 30
By Hannah Greenstreet
Beyond bullshit stereotypes: Hannah Greenstreet on Milk Presents’ gender fluid reimagining of the Minotaur myth.
18 September 2017
Reviews • Leeds
Review: Instructions for Border Crossing at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
15 - 16 September 2017
By Catherine Love
Catherine Love reviews Daniel Bye’s new show about the “complex mix of complicity, complacency, fear and the desire to do something.”
18 September 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The March on Russia at the Orange Tree Theatre
7 September - 7 October 2017
By Brendan Macdonald
Pop the kettle on: Brendan Macdonald reviews Alice Hamilton’s revival of David Storey’s family drama.