Seeking sanctuary: Ben Monks reviews a work created by refugees that displays “humour, resilience, and unwavering courage”.
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30 March 2016
Features
FIRST festival: The truth and artistry of solo performances
By Ben Monks
Ben Monks and Will Young, Creative Producers at the Tristan Bates Theatre, explore the role and importance of truth in one-person shows ahead of their annual FIRST Festival of Solo Performances.
11 February 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe
Review: Weald at Finborough Theatre
Finborough Theatre ⋄ 2nd - 27th February 2016
By Ben Monks
“I’m rambling, you’re drunk, nobody’s talking” – the silent weight of male depression hangs over Daniel Foxsmith’s new play.
1 February 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe
Review: Pink Mist at Bush Theatre
Bush Theatre ⋄ 21st January - 13th February 2016
By Ben Monks
This staging of poet Owen Sheers’ play, drawing on verbatim stories of soldiers returning from Afghanistan, is “richly aware of its literary context”.
16 November 2015
Reviews • West End & Central
Dry Land
Jermyn Street Theatre ⋄ 3rd - 21st November 2015
By Ben Monks
The body politic.
27 October 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Treasure
Finborough Theatre ⋄
By Ben Monks
A thing unearthed.
21 October 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Joanne
Soho Theatre ⋄ 13th - 31st October 2015
By Ben Monks
A quiet hymnal to the public services.
8 June 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
buckets
Orange Tree Theatre ⋄ 28th May - 27th June 2015
By Ben Monks
Studying the b-sides.
6 May 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Portia Coughlan
Old Red Lion ⋄ 28th April - 23rd May 2015
By Ben Monks
Irish Greek Tragedy.
26 April 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Clarion
Arcola Theatre ⋄ 15th April - 16th May 2015
By Ben Monks
The front page.
9 November 2014
Reviews • West End & Central
John
National Theatre ⋄ 30th October 2014 - 13th January 2015
By Ben Monks
Intensely male.
22 October 2014
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
The House That Will Not Stand
Tricycle Theatre ⋄ 9th October – 22nd November 2014
By Ben Monks
Reclaiming a forgotten history.
20 October 2014
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
How Nigeria Became: A story, and a spear that didn’t work
Unicorn Theatre ⋄ 9th October- 9th November 2014
By Ben Monks
The naming of places.
23 September 2014
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Albion
Bush Theatre ⋄ 12th September - 25th October 2014
By Ben Monks
Karaoke nights.
9 September 2014
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
How to Disappear Completely
Battersea Arts Centre ⋄ 4th - 6th September 2014
By Ben Monks
Light and time.