“Transporting and hypnotic”: Dave Fargnoli reviews Lyndsey Turner’s production of Brian Friel’s play.
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Articles by Dave Fargnoli
22 June 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: Little Red Riding Hood and Other Lost Girls at Soho Theatre
Soho Theatre ⋄ 20th June 2016
By Dave Fargnoli
“On the night of a rare, red-tinted full moon…” Dave Fargnoli reviews Crick Crack Club’s latest evening of storytelling for grown-ups.
13 June 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe
Review: Decades at the Ovalhouse
Ovalhouse ⋄ 7th June – 25th June 2016
By Dave Fargnoli
Grubby nostalgia: Dave Fargnoli reviews a perfectly teenage commission from the BRIT School’s Bridge Company.
11 May 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: Kali at Soho Theatre
Soho Theatre ⋄ 9th May 2016
By Dave Fargnoli
The great destroyer or the great creator? Dave Fargnoli reviews the latest night of storytelling from Crick Crack Club.
21 April 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: Darknet at Southwark Playhouse
Southwark Playhouse ⋄ 14th April – 7th May 2016
By Dave Fargnoli
“And there are cat memes. Lots of cat memes.” Dave Fargnoli reviews Darknet at the Southwark Playhouse.
14 April 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie at the Arcola
7th April – 30th April 2016
By Dave Fargnoli
Trust the party: Dave Fargnoli reviews Anders Lustgarten’s exploration of China.
12 April 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe
Review: Scenes from 68* Years at the Arcola
6th April – 30th April 2016
By Dave Fargnoli
Dave Fargnoli reviews Hannah Khalil’s work that “captures a very human perspective on ordinary lives lived under extraordinary pressures.”
11 April 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe
Review: Radioman at the Old Red Lion Theatre
Old Red Lion ⋄ 5th April – 30th April 2016
By Dave Fargnoli
“It all feels a little like you’ve fallen asleep to a bedtime story and taken up the tale in a dream.” Dave Fargnoli sails downstream to the Old Red Lion.
1 April 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Fifth Column at Southwark Playhouse
Southwark Playhouse ⋄ 24th March – 16th April 2016
By Dave Fargnoli
Dave Fargnoli reviews Hemingway’s “raw, sometimes rambling cocktail of spy thriller, romance, and self-insert fiction.”
18 March 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Run at New Diorama
New Diorama Theatre ⋄ 15th March – 9th April 2016
By Dave Fargnoli
Engineer Theatre Collective’s new work is “full of posturing, privilege, and some really quite charming social awkwardness.”
9 March 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: Don’t Smoke in Bed at Finborough Theatre
Finborough Theatre ⋄ 6th - 22nd March 2016
By Dave Fargnoli
“Feels less like drama and more like a dissertation.”
15 February 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe
Review: Janis Joplin: Full Tilt at Theatre Royal Stratford East
Theatre Royal Stratford East ⋄ 11th February – 5th March 2016
By Dave Fargnoli
“Less a play with songs, and more a full-on rock concert fronted by a charismatic performer playing an even more charismatic performer.” Dave Fargnoli reviews Peter Arnott’s work.
10 February 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe
Review: In the Night Time (Before the Sun Rises) at Gate Theatre
Gate Theatre ⋄ 4th - 27th February 2016
By Dave Fargnoli
“Part Mumsnet cry-for-help, part frontline dispatch.” Dave Fargnoli reviews Nina Segal’s new play.
6 February 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: The Winter’s Tale at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse ⋄ 28th January - 22nd April 2016
By Dave Fargnoli
“Director Michael Longhurst energetically tackles all the perceived problems with the ‘problem play.’” Dave Fargnoli reviews Exeunt’s favourite Shakespeare.
10 January 2016
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
P’yongyang
Finborough Theatre ⋄ 5th - 30th January 2016
By Dave Fargnoli
Star-crossed lovers in an artificial reality.