Louise Jones submits her examination paper for Jonathan Lewis’ play. (And promises she didn’t cheat.)
Reviews
15 May 2018
Reviews • Bristol
Review: Contact Gonzo at Mayfest 2018
Next on 20 May in Weston-super-Mare
By Lilith Wozniak
‘Push and pull and stumble; pain and discomfort’: Lilith Wozniak reviews a show by Osaka-based collective Contact Gonzo at Bristol’s Mayfest.
15 May 2018
Reviews • York
Review: Half Breed at York Theatre Royal
UK tour 16 April- 9 June 2018
By Louise Jones
Chrysalis-like: Louise Jones reviews Natasha Marshall’s semi-autobiographical solo show
14 May 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Engine Brake at the New Diorama
Touring until 9 June 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Dream on: Rosemary Waugh reviews a new work-in-progess from The Plasticine Men about selling cars to the Indian market
14 May 2018
Reviews • Brighton
Review: Rope at Brighton Fringe 2018
5 - 6 May, 10 - 12 May 2018
By Tracey Sinclair
‘Mounting claustrophobia’: Tracey Sinclair reviews Patrick Hamilton’s classic, as part of the Brighton Fringe 2018.
14 May 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Crave at the Barbican
10 - 13 May 2018
By Maria Iu
‘Teetering on the edge’: Maria Iu reviews the Julie Cunningham Company’s version of Sarah Kane’s Crave
14 May 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Lessons in Love and Violence at the Royal Opera House
10 - 26 May 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Storybook kings and queens: Rosemary Waugh reviews George Benjamin and Martin Crimp’s new opera, directed by Katie Mitchell
14 May 2018
Reviews • Reviews
Review: A Six Inch Layer of Topsoil and the Fact it Rains, on tour in Perthshire
until 19 May 2018
By David Pollock
‘A pocket version of the classic Scots ‘ceilidh play’’: David Pollock reviews a piece of verbatim theatre based on farming in Perthshire
13 May 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
From Kabul to Kunduz at the Tristan Bates Theatre
May 8 - May 19
By Nathan Lucky Wood
A murky moral world: Kali Theatre’s new writing festival boasts a well-researched work-in-progress from Rukhsana Ahmad.
13 May 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Rattle Snake at the Soho Theatre
May 8 - May 19
By Francesca Peschier
One very dangerous man: Catrina McHugh’s two-hander explores the issues of coercive control within relationships.
12 May 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: Describe the Night at the Hampstead Theatre
April 30 - June 9
By Hailey Bachrach
Different hymn sheets: writer Rajiv Joseph and director Lisa Spirling don’t see eye to eye in this spiralling history of Russia.
12 May 2018
Reviews • Dance • Reviews
Review: Dolores at Dublin Dance Festival
May 9 - May 13
By Chris McCormack
Rivetingly dark: Junk Ensemble’s dance-theatre reimagining of Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is thrilling and revelatory.
12 May 2018
Reviews • Chichester • National • Reviews
Review: random/generations at Chichester Festival Theatre
May 4 - June 2
By Eve Allin
With witnessing comes responsibility: Tinuke Craig’s double-bill debbie tucker green revival forces its audience into a community.
12 May 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Nightclubbing at Camden People’s Theatre
8 – 12 May 2018
By Freddie Machin
Defiance as superpower: Freddie Machin reviews Rachael Young’s new show about Afrofuturism and the cult of Grace Jones
10 May 2018
Reviews • Germany
Review: Women in Trouble at Volksbühne
By Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson reviews “cyborg theatre” by Susanne Kennedy