Eyes and ears: Catherine Love writes on attention and public space in response to Common Ground Theatre and Hannah Bruce’s audio collage.
Catherine Love
Articles by Catherine Love
28 April 2019
Reviews • Reviews • York
Review: Cult of K*nzo at York Theatre Royal
25 April, then touring
By Catherine Love
Stitching stories: Catherine Love on Paula Varjack’s complicated love letter to fashion.
16 April 2019
Reviews • Manchester • National
Review: West Side Story at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
6-25 May
By Catherine Love
Someday, somewhere: Catherine Love on what Sarah Frankcom’s fresh, stark revival of West Side Story has to say about the world the young inherit.
7 December 2018
Reviews • Manchester • National
Review: The Producers at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
30 November 2018 - 26 January 2019
By Catherine Love
‘Shimmer and sparkle’: Catherine Love reviews an unlikely Christmas show which delights as much as it unsettles.
18 October 2018
Reviews • Manchester • National
Review: Death of a Salesman at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
11 October-17 November
By Catherine Love
‘Dream space’: Catherine Love reviews Sarah Frankcom’s fresh, insightful take on the 20th Century American staple
25 September 2018
Reviews • Bradford • National
Review: Radical Acts at Bradford Club
September 19th-23rd
By Catherine Love
Building community: Catherine Love writes on a quietly radical performance, part of a series of public interventions by Common Wealth.
29 March 2018
Reviews • York
Review: Minefield at York Theatre Royal
By Catherine Love
Rituals of remembrance: Argentinian artist Lola Arias’ exploration of the Falklands War comes to York.
10 November 2017
Reviews • Manchester
Review: Jubilee at Royal Exchange, Manchester
By Catherine Love
No future: Catherine Love reviews Chris Goode’s furiously intelligent take on the punk movie classic.
27 September 2017
Reviews • Leeds
Review: The Shed Crew at Albion Electric Warehouse, Leeds
21 September – 1 October 2017
By Catherine Love
Thatcher’s children: Catherine Love reviews a stage adaptation of Bernard Hare’s Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crew.
22 September 2017
Reviews • Leeds
Review: Woke at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
20 - 22 September 2017
By Catherine Love
‘We have to stumble along the way and admit to our mistakes’: Catherine Love reviews Testament’s show about feminism and becoming a father.
20 September 2017
Reviews • Manchester
Review: Our Town at Royal Exchange Manchester
By Catherine Love
Thornton Wilder’s 1938 play is a “giddily expansive” exploration of community and the passing of time.
18 September 2017
Reviews • Leeds
Review: Instructions for Border Crossing at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
15 - 16 September 2017
By Catherine Love
Catherine Love reviews Daniel Bye’s new show about the “complex mix of complicity, complacency, fear and the desire to do something.”
12 July 2017
Reviews • Manchester • National • Reviews
Review: Cotton Panic! at Manchester International Festival
July 8 - July 15
By Catherine Love
Catherine Love on a flimsy gig-theatre exploration of the Lancashire Cotton Famine.
8 July 2017
Reviews • Manchester
Review: Castle Rock and Baardeman at Flare Festival, Manchester
6 - 17 July 2017
By Catherine Love
A very British dissection of American popular culture: Catherine Love reviews a double bill of works at Flare Festival 2017.
5 July 2017
Reviews • Manchester • National • Reviews
Review: ONE and Leopard Murders at Flare Festival, Manchester
July 4 - July 5
By Catherine Love
A pairing of the whimsical and the sinister: Catherine Love reviews an eclectic double-bill at Manchester’s Flare Festival.