Racism, misogyny and homophobia: Golda Rosheuvel has a lot to deal with as a gender-swapped Othello in Gemma Bodinetz’s production.
Eleanor Turney
Articles by Eleanor Turney
10 May 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Tick, tick… Boom! at the Park Theatre
3 - 27 May 2017
By Eleanor Turney
Sound issues aside, Eleanor Turney still has a “highly entertaining” evening with the Park Theatre’s staging of Jonathan Larson’s early musical.
3 May 2017
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui at the Donmar Warehouse
April 21 - June 17
By Eleanor Turney
The parallels with the contemporary world are frighteningly obvious in the Donmar’s production of Bertolt Brecht’s political satire.
30 April 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: City of Glass at Lyric Hammersmith
21 Apr ‐ 20 May 2017
By Eleanor Turney
Searching for meaning among the chaos: Eleanor Turney reviews Duncan Macmillan’s adaptation of Paul Auster’s book.
16 April 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Shit-faced Shakespeare at Leicester Square Theatre
21 April - 16 September 2017
By Eleanor Turney
Eleanor Turney gets into the spirit of things with a shit-faced review of Shit-faced Shakespeare.
28 March 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Don Juan in Soho at Wyndham’s Theatre
Wyndham's Theatre ⋄ Until 10 June 2017
By Eleanor Turney
An absolute bastard, but a charming one: Eleanor Turney reviews David Tennant in Patrick Marber’s update of Molière.
18 January 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Promises, Promises at the Southwark Playhouse
Southwark Playhouse ⋄ 13 January - 18 February 2017
By Eleanor Turney
Entirely unpromising: Eleanor Turney reviews a revival of the musical based on Billy Wilder’s The Apartment.
15 December 2016
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Dreamgirls at the Savoy Theatre
Savoy Theatre ⋄ 19th November 2016 - 6th May 2017
By Eleanor Turney
Dazzles in every sense: Eleanor Turney reviews the West End premiere of Dreamgirls.
21 November 2016
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Half A Sixpence at the Noel Coward Theatre
Noel Coward Theatre ⋄ Until 11th February 2017
By Eleanor Turney
“It’s hard not to be won over.” Eleanor Turney reviews Half A Sixpence at the Noel Coward Theatre.
5 August 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Yerma at the Young Vic
Young Vic ⋄ 28th July - 24th September 2016
By Eleanor Turney
The gradual erosion from longing: Eleanor Turney reviews Billie Piper’s “blindingly good performance” at the Young Vic.
5 August 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Secret Garden at the Ambassadors Theatre
Ambassadors Theatre ⋄ 27th July - 31st August 2016
By Eleanor Turney
Mary, Mary, quite contrary…Eleanor Turney reviews a truncated and sentimental musical version of The Secret Garden.
24 June 2016
Features
What to See at Incoming Festival
By Eleanor Turney
Incoming Festival 2016 opens tonight. Here’s our guide on what to see – from the young companies performing at the fest.
20 May 2016
Reviews • Bristol • National • Reviews
Review: Salt at Arnolfini
Arnolfini ⋄ 12, 13, 18, 19 May 2016
By Eleanor Turney
Eleanor Turney reviews Selina Thompson’s unapologetic and searching show about her Transatlantic journey retracing the Slave Triangle.
19 May 2016
Reviews • Bristol • National • Reviews
Review: Wilting in Reverse at The Wardrobe Theatre
Wardrobe Theatre ⋄ 17th - 19th May 2016
By Eleanor Turney
Another day, another meta-theatrical experience for Eleanor Turney at Mayfest 2016 with Stuart Bowden’s “lovely, if strange, show”.
19 May 2016
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: The Complete Deaths at Bristol Old Vic
Bristol Old Vic ⋄ 17th - 18th May 2016
By Eleanor Turney
Eleanor Turney reviews Tim Crouch and Spymonkey’s Shakespearian death countdown at Mayfest 2016.