The path of most resistance: Lilith Wozniak reviews a multi-stranded project from Headlong, made with four communities from across the UK.
Reviews
16 April 2019
Reviews • Manchester • National
Review: West Side Story at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
6-25 May
By Catherine Love
Someday, somewhere: Catherine Love on what Sarah Frankcom’s fresh, stark revival of West Side Story has to say about the world the young inherit.
15 April 2019
Reviews • National • York
Review: Tensile Strength (or How To Survive at Your Wit’s End) at York Theatre Royal
11 April, then touring
By Louise Jones
‘Life’s metaphorical bucket’: Louise Jones reviews Holly Gallagher’s solo storytelling show about the three Millennials under stress.
14 April 2019
Reviews • National • Newcastle • Reviews
Review: The Seed Carriers and Seaside Terror at Moving Parts Festival
12th April, then touring
By Tracey Sinclair
Scuttling sand-creatures and killer hairballs: Tracey Sinclair reviews a duo of surreal puppet shows at Newcastle’s Moving Parts Festival.
14 April 2019
Reviews • Glasgow • National
Review: Drone at the Tron, Glasgow
11-13 April, then touring
By Andrew Edwards
‘Locked in crosshairs’: Andy Edwards on the disorienting experience of watching Harry Josephine Giles’ catalogue of contemporary violences.
11 April 2019
Reviews
Review: The Crucible at Yard Theatre
By Alice Saville
Into the woods: Alice Saville writes on an eerie staging of Arthur Miller’s thorny narrative of hysteria.
11 April 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: She Persisted at Sadler’s Wells
4-13th April
By Ka Bradley
‘Repeated motions that create, segment by segment, a single monumental achievement’: Ka Bradley writes on English National Ballet’s triple-bill of work by female choreographers.
10 April 2019
Reviews
Review: Pah-La at Royal Court Theatre
By Ava Wong Davies
Catching light: Ava Wong Davies writes on Abishek Majumdar’s narrative of non-violent protest in Tibet.
9 April 2019
Reviews
Review: Ghost Stories at Lyric Hammersmith
29th March - 11th May 2019
By Kate Wyver
Night terrors: Kate Wyver writes on the sharp but fleeting chills of Dyson and Nyman’s returning horror anthology.
8 April 2019
Reviews
Review: Operation Black Antler, by Blast Theory and Hydrocracker
3rd-13th April 2019
By Frey Kwa Hawking
A moral swamp: Frey Kwa Hawking infiltrates a far right organisation as part of a tense immersive experience.
7 April 2019
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: What Does Stuff Do? at Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol
3-6 April, then touring
By Lilith Wozniak
‘The antithesis of magic’: Lilith Wozniak writes on Robin Boon Dale’s performance lecture on the philosophy and physics of juggling.
6 April 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Noises at Old Red Lion Theatre
By Henry Gleaden
‘Dogs are natural clowns’: Dog-person Henry Gleaden writes on Jacqueline Saphra’s monologue, told from the perspective of a family pet.
6 April 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Going Through at the Bush Theatre
By Simon Gwynn
‘The stage starts to feel like a living entity’: Simon Gwynn reviews Omar Elerian’s deft production of Estelle Savasta’s play about child migration.
6 April 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Wilderness at Hampstead Theatre
By Rachel Nouchi
Messy divorce: Rachel Nouchi reviews Kellie Smith’s ‘painfully funny’ new play about parental separation.
6 April 2019
Reviews • Leeds • National
Review: Glory at Albion Electric Warehouse, Leeds
1-6 April, then touring
By Louise Jones
Tensions in the ring: Louise Jones on plot and character in a wrestling ring-set co-production between Red Ladder and The Dukes, Lancaster.