The real deal: Ka Bradley writes on three dance pieces by Oona Doherty, exploring masculinity and working-class communities in Northern Ireland.
Reviews
17 October 2019
Reviews • National • Newcastle
Review: Isolation at Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle
15-18 October
By Tracey Sinclair
Disruptive behaviour: Tracey Sinclair writes on Elijah Young’s ‘vinegar-sharp’ piece about teenagers in a daytime detention class.
17 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Out of Order at the Southbank Centre
12-14 October
By Ben Kulvichit
The tears of a clown: Ben Kulvichit writes on the poignant chaos of Forced Entertainment’s new show.
15 October 2019
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: A History of Water in the Middle East at Royal Court
By Alice Saville
Drip, drip, drip: Alice Saville writes on Sabrina Mahfouz’s slow-building deluge of a show.
14 October 2019
Reviews • Glasgow • National
Review: GRIN at Dance International Glasgow
11-12 October
By Andrew Edwards
‘Dances for those who dance them’: Andy Edwards on V/DA’s survey of Afro-Caribbean dance and its radical ‘strategy of refusal’.
14 October 2019
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: Extraordinary Wall [of Silence] at Bristol Old Vic
5-19 October, then touring
By Lilith Wozniak
Resistance and solidarity: Lilith Wonziak reviews Theatre Ad Infinitum’s latest show exploring the challenges and prejudice faced by the Deaf community.
10 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Mephisto [A Rhapsody] at Gate Theatre
3-26th October
By Frey Kwa Hawking
‘How far does self-awareness get us?’ Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Samuel Gallet’s metatheatrical skewering of the theatre industry.
10 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Femme Fatale at Omnibus Theatre
8 - 27th October
By Lily Levinson
‘Spit in my face’: Lily Levinson writes on Polly Wiseman’s new play that imagines a meeting between Valerie Solanas and Nico.
10 October 2019
Reviews • National • Newcastle
Review: Bluebeard at Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle
8-12 October
By Tracey Sinclair
High life: Tracey Sinclair reviews Camasido Club’s ‘glitter-soaked morality tale’ about powerful men and the commodification of youth.
9 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: We Dig at Ovalhouse
By Frey Kwa Hawking
‘We’re already in the dirt’: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Emma Frankland’s performance demolition of Ovalhouse, made with a company of transfeminine artists.
7 October 2019
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Blood Wedding at Young Vic
By Ava Wong Davies
“Heteronormativity…it’s a curse!”: Ava Wong Davies writes on Marina Carr and Yael Farber’s bloody, binary take on Lorca.
7 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: We Anchor in Hope at Bunker Theatre
25 September - 19 October
By Brendan Macdonald
Last orders: Brendan Macdonald reviews Anna Jordan’s play that transforms the Bunker into a working pub.
7 October 2019
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: ‘Master Harold’… and the Boys at National Theatre
By J N Benjamin
Men of magnitude: J N Benjamin writes on Athol Fugard’s semi-autobiographical story of prejudice in a failing South African tea room.
6 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Shuck n Jive at Soho Theatre
2 - 26 October
By Emily Davis
‘What does it mean to write a play about race?’ Emily Davis writes on Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong and Simone Ibbett-Brown’s knotty, metatheatrical play.
4 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Our Lady of Kibeho at Theatre Royal Stratford East
25 September - 2 November
By Sally Hales
‘A quiet warning that it’s wise to believe women, even when doing so challenges your worldview’: Sally Hales writes on Katori Hall’s play about the visions of three Rwandan school girls.