“A whole world between my fingers”: An expansive story about food (in)security and seedbanks sprouts from No Stone Theatre’s podcast, writes Frey Kwa Hawking.
Frey Kwa Hawking

Articles by Frey Kwa Hawking
29 November 2020
Reviews
Review: Death of England: Delroy (online)
27th November
By Frey Kwa Hawking
‘To be responsive is to be quick on your feet but no less considered for it’: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Roy Williams and Clint Dyer’s agile sequel to Death of England.
30 October 2020
Reviews
Review: Come to Bed with Me, Battersea Arts Centre
By Frey Kwa Hawking
Sleeping alone, together: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Robert Softley Gale’s ‘extremely localised but fiercely expansive’ digital performance moving through his bedtime routine.
5 March 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: TRAINERS at the Gate Theatre
By Frey Kwa Hawking
‘This trying is pointed at you, because the show felt pointed at me for once’: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Sylvan Oswald’s ‘theatrical essay’ about transness and love.
3 March 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: I Think We Are Alone at Theatre Royal Stratford East
By Frey Kwa Hawking
Are we alone? Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Frantic Assembly’s ‘unwieldy’ new show that constellates characters in grief and loneliness.
20 February 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Pass Over at Kiln Theatre
13th February - 21st March
By Frey Kwa Hawking
Waiting for transcendence: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Antoinette Nwandu’s play racist police violence and structural discrimination in America.
8 February 2020
Reviews
Review: Albion at Almeida Theatre
By Frey Kwa Hawking
How does your garden grow?: Frey Kwa Hawking digs into Mike Bartlett’s leafy exploration of Englishness.
23 January 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Scenes with girls at the Royal Court
15th January - 22nd February
By Frey Kwa Hawking
‘Does love with boys always make you banal?’ Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Miriam Battye’s ‘millennial pink’ new play.
8 January 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Tyler Sisters, Hampstead Theatre
13 December - 18 January
By Frey Kwa Hawking
‘An avalanche of years’: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Alexandra Wood’s naturalistic depiction of the relationships between sisters over forty years.
23 December 2019
Reviews
Review: Teenage Dick at Donmar Warehouse
By Frey Kwa Hawking
“I grin hard enough to hurt”: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on the joys and agonies of Mike Lew’s high school Shakespeare.
11 December 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Joan of Leeds at New Diorama Theatre
3rd - 21st December
By Frey Kwa Hawking
‘It’s time to wank jubilantly with a cross’: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Breach’s exuberant retelling of the sexual adventures of a 14th century nun.
5 December 2019
Reviews
Review: Amelie the Musical at The Other Palace
By Frey Kwa Hawking
Flights of fancy: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on a whimsical staging of the 2001 Parisian romcom.
28 November 2019
Reviews
Review: The Arrival at the Bush Theatre
28 November - 18 January
By Frey Kwa Hawking
‘Show me where you fit’: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Bijan Sheibani’s new play exploring the reconnection of two brothers.
20 November 2019
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Dear Evan Hansen at Noël Coward Theatre
By Frey Kwa Hawking
Unexpected darkness: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on the troubling depths of a Broadway hit musical.
16 November 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Unknown Rivers at Hampstead Theatre
By Frey Kwa Hawking
Wild waters: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Daniel Bailey’s production of Chinonyerem Odimba’s play exploring friendship, motherhood and recovering from trauma.