Talking cure: Brendan Macdonald reviews a new production of Mark St Germain’s play that imagines an encounter between Sigmund Freud and Lewis Carroll.
Brendan Macdonald
Articles by Brendan Macdonald
16 January 2022
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The 4th Country, Park Theatre
By Brendan Macdonald
Anxieties of authorship: Brendan Macdonald writes on Kate Reid’s play, which explores representations of Northern Ireland through ‘an engaging and poignant drama’.
22 December 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Holiday Sauce…Booster! (Barbican, online)
By Brendan Macdonald
‘A heady, carousing festive fantasy’: Brendan Macdonald reviews Taylor Mac’s virtual vaudeville.
20 December 2021
Reviews
Review: A Fight Against… (Una Lucha Contra…) at Royal Court Theatre
By Brendan Macdonald
“Odd and unflinching”: Brendan MacDonald reviews Pablo Manzi’s deft study of violence, loneliness, banality, and community.
11 December 2021
Reviews
Review: The Four Quartets at Harold Pinter Theatre
By Brendan Macdonald
Blunt theatricality: Brendan Macdonald reviews Ralph Fiennes’ performance of a modern classic.
19 November 2021
Reviews
Review: little scratch at Hampstead Theatre
5th November - 11th December
By Brendan Macdonald
Unspoken thoughts: Brendan Macdonald writes on a sonically rich adaptation of Rebecca Watson’s stream of consciousness novel.
27 October 2021
Reviews
Review: Last Gasp – Recalibration by Split Britches at Barbican
By Brendan Macdonald
How to write a review: Brendan Macdonald drafts some instructions for writing about Split Britches’ latest performance.
19 October 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Yellowfin at Southwark Playhouse
13th October - 6 November
By Brendan Macdonald
Something fishy going on: Brendan Macdonald writes on Marek Horn’s ‘delightful’ ecological satire exploring the human desire to know.
18 October 2021
Reviews
Review: The Tragedy of Macbeth at Almeida Theatre
By Brendan Macdonald
Superb and surprising: Brendan Macdonald falls under the spell of Yaël Farber’s take on Macbeth.
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.
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’.
13 September 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Memory of Water at Hampstead Theatre
3rd September - 16th October
By Brendan Macdonald
Desperate remedies: Brendan Macdonald writes on Alice Hamilton’s revival of Shelagh Stephenson’s comedy-drama that explores memory and family.
31 July 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Two Character Play at Hampstead Theatre
17 July - 28 August
By Brendan Macdonald
‘Bafflingly profound’: Brendan Macdonald writes on Sam Yates’ haunting revival of Tennessee Williams’ metatheatrical play.
14 July 2021
Reviews
Review: The Invisible Hand at Kiln Theatre
By Brendan Macdonald
The enemy within: Brendan Macdonald reviews Ayad Akhtar’s immaculately well-crafted thriller about capitalism.
29 June 2021
Reviews
Review: Romeo and Juliet at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
17 June - 24 July 2021
By Brendan Macdonald
The time is out of joint: Brendan Macdonald writes on Kimberley Sykes’s streamlined production, which captures the ‘frustrated, steely impatience of young love’.