A welcome reversal: Angelo Irving reviews a flipped take on Shakespeare by an impressive youth theatre company.
Angelo Irving
Articles by Angelo Irving
26 October 2021
Reviews • Leeds • National
Review: 12 Last Songs at Transform Festival, Leeds Playhouse
23 October
By Angelo Irving
Putting in a shift: Angelo Irving reviews Quarantine’s 12-hour mass portrait of the workers of Leeds.
19 October 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy at New Diorama Theatre, London
12 October - 6 November
By Angelo Irving
Containing multitudes: Angelo Irving reviews Ryan Calais Cameron’s play about a group of Black men attending group therapy.
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.
14 September 2021
Reviews • Hull • National
Review: Faustus at The Stage at the Dock, Hull
10-11 September
By Angelo Irving
Fire and fury: Angelo Irving reviews From Below’s outdoor Faustus combining acrobatics, fire poi and pantomime.
24 November 2020
Reviews
Review: Lament for Sheku Bayoh by Hannah Lavery (online)
By Angelo Irving
“Whose eyes are being opened?” Angelo Irving writes on a narrative of systemic racism in Scotland that feels all too familiar.
21 October 2020
Reviews
Review: Tools For Change at Traverse Theatre (online)
By Angelo Irving
Thinking inside the box; Angelo Irving writes on three films that explore the experiences of marginalised women, built around plays from the Theatre Uncut archive.
12 October 2020
Features
It’s time for artists to speak out against government gaslighting
By Angelo Irving
As artists come under pressure not to bite the hand that feeds them, Angelo Irving argues that it’s time to see the government’s actions for what they really are.