Touching the void: Brendan Macdonald writes on Dante or Die’s interactive exploration of touch, which is a reminder of theatre’s ‘ability to provoke deep, intimate connections between audience and performer’.
Brendan Macdonald
Articles by Brendan Macdonald
24 May 2021
Reviews
Review: Cruise at Duchess Theatre
By Brendan Macdonald
Who tells your story? Brendan Mcdonald reviews Jack Holden’s debut play, a true story of a wild night out in gay Soho he heard while working on an LGBTQ+ helpline.
4 March 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Christopher Green: No Show at the Yard
By Brendan Macdonald
The reluctant critic: Brendan MacDonald writes on Christopher Green’s tricksy performance of a crisis of faith in theatre.
11 February 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Autoreverse at Battersea Arts Centre
3rd - 22nd February
By Brendan Macdonald
Tangled tapes: Brendan Macdonald writes on Florencia Cordeu’s autobiographical exploration of Argentinian history through cassette tapes.
11 January 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Edit at Theatre 503
By Brendan Macdonald
Under the microscope: Brendan MacDonald writes on Sarah Gordon’s tender but familiar play about two lovers seeking closure.
6 December 2019
Reviews
Review: Midnight Movie at Royal Court Theatre
By Brendan Macdonald
Dizzying depths: Brendan Macdonald writes on Eve Leigh’s plunge into life online.
2 December 2019
Reviews
Review: Superstar at Southwark Playhouse
By Brendan Macdonald
Overshadowed: Nicola Wren’s monologue explores what it’s like to pursue stardom when you’ve got a famous sibling.
21 November 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: #WeAreArrested at the Arcola Theatre
By Brendan Macdonald
A rallying cry for freedom of the press: Brendan MacDonald writes on the stage adaptation of journalist Can Dündar’s account of his imprisonment.
7 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: We Anchor in Hope at Bunker Theatre
25 September - 19 October
By Brendan Macdonald
Last orders: Brendan Macdonald reviews Anna Jordan’s play that transforms the Bunker into a working pub.
10 September 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Until the Flood at Arcola Theatre
4 September - 28 September
By Brendan Macdonald
Bearing witness: Brendan MacDonald writes on Dael Orlandersmith’s powerful one-woman show, constructed from interviews conducted following the shooting of Michael Brown.
15 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: Sex Education by Harry Clayton-Wright
By Brendan Macdonald
Brendan Macdonald responds to Harry Clayton-Wright’s sex-positive coming-of-age performance with a (hypothetical) letter to his mum.
14 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: On the Other Hand, We’re Happy by Daf James
By Brendan Macdonald
Human and complicated: Brendan Macdonald writes on Daf James’ adoption narrative.
13 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: Sea Sick by Alanna Mitchell
By Brendan Macdonald
Warm, breathless, sour; Brendan Macdonald writes on Alanna Mitchell’s dramatic diagnosis of the earth’s changing oceans.
7 July 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Whitewash at Soho Theatre
3rd-27th July
By Brendan Macdonald
‘A blistering and entertaining examination of the privilege of disengagement’: Brendan Macdonald writes on Gabriel Bisset-Smith’s semi-autobiographical play.
3 July 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Rust at Bush Theatre
4th-27th July
By Brendan Macdonald
In the bedroom: Brendan Macdonald reviews Kenny Emson’s rule-bound new play exploring the dynamics of an affair.