Jealousy, longing, loneliness and insecurity: Chris McCormack reviews a revival of Eugene McCabe’s rarely-performed play set in rural Ireland.
Reviews
13 October 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: On the Shore of the Wide World at Linda Gross Theater
Linda Gross Theater ⋄
By Jordan G. Teicher
Jordan G. Teicher reviews Simon Stephens’ play about three generations of a dysfunctional family.
13 October 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Beginning at the National Theatre
4 October - 14 November 2017
By Miriam Gillinson
A very lovely play in lots of very lovely ways: Miriam Gillinson reviews David Eldridge’s new play about the start of a relationship.
13 October 2017
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: Hair at The Vaults
By Francesca Peschier
“Like stumbling, joyously stoned, through Camden Market”: Francesca Peschier takes a trip into The Vaults to review Johnathan O’Boyle’s fully immersive revival of Hair.
13 October 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The End of Hope at Soho Theatre
10 October – 11 November 2017
By Francesca Peschier
Sex in a mouse onesie: Francesca Peschier reviews a new comedy by David Ireland.
13 October 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Saint George and the Dragon at National Theatre
4 October - 2 December 2017
By Fergus Morgan
A sledgehammer made of metaphor: Fergus Morgan reviews Rory Mullarkey allegorical play about the history of Britain.
13 October 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Labour of Love at the Noel Coward Theatre
27 September - 2 December 2017
By Alice Saville
‘Oh, Jeremy Corbyn!’ Alice Saville reviews James Graham’s play about the Labour party.
12 October 2017
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Victory Condition at the Royal Court
October 5 - October 21
By Brendan Macdonald
“An intriguing, cerebral and destabilizing piece of theatre”: Brendan Macdonald on Vicky Featherstone’s production of Chris Thorpe’s bold new two-hander.
12 October 2017
Reviews
Review: Boner Killer at The Yard
By Alice Saville
New York cabaret star Erin Markey’s genre-defying performance mixes pop songs, queer fantasies, and slick feminist energy.
11 October 2017
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle at Wyndham’s Theatre
October 3 - January 6
By Holly Williams
“So this is what happens when the manic pixie dream girl grows up”: Holly Williams on the cliché-ridden romance of Simon Stephens’ new play.
11 October 2017
Reviews • National • Nottingham • Reviews
Review: All My Sons at Nottingham Playhouse
October 6 - October 21
By Peter Kirwan
Devastating and dignified: Peter Kirwan reviews Fiona Buffini’s timely revival of Arthur Miller’s classic American drama.
11 October 2017
Reviews • Opera • Reviews
Review: Hansel and Gretel at the Victoria and Albert Museum of Childhood
September 21 - November 19
By Hailey Bachrach
“Nailed it”: Hayley Bachrach overcomes her fear of the form at Pop-Up Opera’s accessible production of Englebert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel.
11 October 2017
Reviews • Dublin • National • Reviews
Review: Ulysses at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin
October 2 - October 28
By Chris McCormack
“It seems misguided to smooth over the edges in a novel like Ulysses”: Chris McCormack is disappointed by Graham McLaren’s Abbey Theatre staging of James Joyce’s modernist masterpiece.
11 October 2017
Reviews • Hull
Review: Flood at Victoria Dock, Hull
Throughout 2017
By Maddy Costa
Work that wants to change people: Maddy Costa reviews Slung Low’s Flood Parts 1 – 4.
10 October 2017
Reviews
Review: The Lie at the Menier Chocolate Factory
September 14 - November 18
By Brendan Macdonald
“Reliably unreliable”: Brendan Macdonald reviews Florian Zeller’s knotty study of truth and lies.