En garde: Hannah Greenstreet writes on Gracie Gardner’s ‘poised, a little weird and deeply funny’ play about a friendship between two teenage fencers.
Reviews
8 October 2021
Reviews • Manchester • National
Review: Peaceophobia at Q-Park First Street Car Park, Manchester
29 September - 2 October
By James Varney
Details and background: James Varney writes on Common Wealth’s portrait of three Bradford men, taking in the city, Islamophobia and modified car culture.
8 October 2021
Reviews
Review: What If If Only by Caryl Churchill, at Royal Court Theatre
By Brendan Macdonald
Acts of tireless creation: Brendan Macdonald reviews Caryl Churchill’s latest exercise in exacting miniature.
6 October 2021
Reviews
Review: Rainer at Arcola Outside
By Miriam Sallon
Soaking up the city: Miriam Sallon reviews Max Wilkinson’s play about a female delivery driver who cycles away from her problems.
5 October 2021
Reviews • Liverpool • National
Review: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at Liverpool Playhouse
22 September - 2 October
By Mostyn Jones
Text surgery: Mostyn Jones writes on Anthony Almeida’s new production of the Tennessee Williams classic for English Touring Theatre.
1 October 2021
Reviews
Review: The Normal Heart at National Theatre
By Hailey Bachrach
A snapshot of a crisis: Hailey Bachrach reviews Larry Kramer’s polemical but dated AIDS play.
1 October 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: curious at Soho Theatre
By Farah Najib
‘Poetic lyricism and joyful irreverence’: Farah Najib writes on Jasmine Lee-Jones solo show, a personal excavation of the erasure of Black creatives through history.
30 September 2021
Reviews • National • Sheffield
Review: Typical Girls at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
24 September - 16 October
By Angelo Irving
Freedom in music: Angelo Irving writes on Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s new play about a group of female prisoners who form a punk band.
30 September 2021
Reviews • National • Nottingham
Review: The Glad Game at Nottingham Playhouse (online)
24 September - 31 October, then touring
By Naomi Obeng
Living with hope: Naomi Obeng reviews Phoebe Frances Brown’s frank, warm story of navigating life with incurable cancer.
26 September 2021
Reviews
Review: The Interrogation at Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol
21-26 September, then touring
By Lilith Wozniak
Neighbourhood watch: Lilith Wozniak reviews Access All Area’s app-based promenade performance revealing ableism in the policing of public behaviour.
23 September 2021
Reviews • Manchester • National
Review: Glee & Me at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
11 September - 30 October
By James Varney
Not falling down: James Varney reviews Stuart Slade’s Bruntwood Judges’ Prize-winning play about a sixteen year-old girl diagnosed with a terminal illness.
22 September 2021
Reviews
Review: Camp Siegfried at Old Vic Theatre
By Ava Wong Davies
Stuttering romance: Ava Wong Davies reviews Bess Wohl’s stop-start look at young love and fascism.
21 September 2021
Reviews
Review: Is God Is by Aleshea Harris, at Royal Court Theatre
By Elete N-F
Shared scars: Elete N-F writes on Aleshea Harris’s gripping, tongue-in-cheek story of kinship and vengeance.
20 September 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: NW Trilogy at Kiln Theatre
20 September - 9 October
By Brendan Macdonald
Rich tapestry: Brendan Macdonald writes on this ‘joyful and critical examination of the Kiln’s local community and its diverse history’.
18 September 2021
Reviews
Review: Blue Remembered Hills at GDIF
By Alice Saville
Lost wildness: Alice Saville reviews De Roovers’ outdoor version of Dennis Potter’s play, performed deep in Thamesmead’s wilderness.