‘Demons in the attic’: Peter Kirwan writes on Kindertransport’s portrayal of the immigrant experience
Reviews
8 October 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Malady of Death (La Maladie de la Mort) at the Barbican
3 - 6 October 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
The waves are rolling in or moving out: Rosemary Waugh reviews Katie Mitchell and Alice Birch’s latest collaboration.
8 October 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Lesson at The Hope Theatre
25th September - 13th October
By Annegret Märten
Signs of the times: Annegret Märten and Emilie Oléron Evans give a tutorial on Matthew Parker’s production of Ionesco’s absurdist play
6 October 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: Everyone’s Fine With Virginia Woolf at Dublin Theatre Festival
Until 7th October
By Chris McCormack
Unafraid and magnificently surreal: Elevator Repair Service reimagines Albee’s classic, as part of Dublin Theatre Festival.
5 October 2018
Reviews • Derby
Review: ‘Abigail’s Party’ and ‘Abi’ at Derby Theatre
Until October 20th
By Emily Holyoake
Uncomfortably familiar: Emily Holyoake writes on a revival of Mike Leigh’s play, alongside Safiyya Ingar’s one-woman response.
5 October 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Dennis of Penge at Ovalhouse Theatre
26th September - 6th October
By Nabilah Said
‘Gold, sinew and chicken fat’: Nabilah Said reviews Annie Siddons’ epic tribute to SE20 and its residents
3 October 2018
Reviews
Review: Horses! Horses! at Bristol Beer Factory
01 October, then touring
By Lilith Wozniak
Magic realism: Lilith Wozniak reviews Wassail Theatre’s pub quiz-set tale of rural life.
3 October 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: The Patient Gloria at Abbey Theatre
Until 6th October
By Chris McCormack
Phallocentricity gets a beating in Gina Moxley’s interrogation of psychotherapy, and a betrayed female patient.
3 October 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Mrs Dalloway at Arcola Theatre
25 September - 20th October
By Frey Kwa Hawking
Frey Kwa Hawking reviews Forward Arena’s transporting adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s ‘slim, dense, irrepressible novel’
2 October 2018
Reviews • Dublin
Review: The Misfits at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
27th September - 7th October
By Chris McCormack
Chris McCormack reviews Annie Ryan’s topical adaptation of Arthur Miller’s American-West novella The Misfits
2 October 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Salome at the ENO
Until 23rd October
By Alice Saville
Desire is everything: Adena Jacobs’ staging of Strauss’s opera is full of ponytail-slick, sensuous, striking images.
2 October 2018
Reviews
Review: The Lost O’Casey at Dublin Theatre Festival
26 Sept - 13 Oct
By Chris McCormack
Memory loss: ANU and The Abbey Theatre take a lost Seán O’Casey play out for a walk.
1 October 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: 17c at The Old Vic
Until 29th September
By Josephine Balfour-Oatts
Invisible women: Josephine Balfour-Oatts reviews Annie-B Parson’s feminist dance response to Samuel Pepys’ Diary
1 October 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Pinter Two at the Harold Pinter Theatre
6 September - 23 February 2019
By Ed Nightingale
Marriage and infidelity: Ed Nightingale reviews Jamie Lloyd’s productions of The Lover and The Collection.
30 September 2018
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Parlour Games at The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol
26 - 27 September 2018
By Lilith Wozniak
The foibles of the ruling classes: Lilith Wozniak reviews a satire based on Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.