Polar opposites: Hailey Bachrach writes on Tatty Hennessy’s narrative of arctic exploration, and the weight of female role models.
Hailey Bachrach
Articles by Hailey Bachrach
18 February 2019
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Come From Away at Phoenix Theatre
By Hailey Bachrach
Hope and pain: Hailey Bachrach writes on a hit musical following the fates of the ‘plane people’ who landed in Newfoundland, post 9/11.
6 February 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Icarus at the Unicorn Theatre
By Hailey Bachrach
‘Believing deep down that things are, should be, can be fair’: Hailey Bachrach reviews Cressida Brown’s production of a new take on the high-flying myth.
15 January 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Approaching Empty at Kiln Theatre
By Hailey Bachrach
Buried problems: Ishy Din’s new play finds ideological conflicts in a Middlesbrough minicab office.
7 December 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Fiddler on the Roof at Menier Chocolate Factory
By Hailey Bachrach
Hailey Bachrach writes on the Menier’s wintry new staging of a musical that’s “by and for the kinds of Jews who want something to celebrate at Christmastime”.
29 November 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Ralegh Trial at Shakespeare’s Globe
Until 30th November
By Hailey Bachrach
Layers of reconstruction: Hailey Bachrach writes on a verbatim theatre event that “plays with the boundaries of ‘now’ and ‘then’.”
25 November 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Macbeth at the Garrick Theatre
20 November - 7 December
By Hailey Bachrach
‘Talented young voices’: Hailey Bachrach writes on the impressive performances at the heart of the National Youth Theatre’s Macbeth.
2 November 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Bury the Dead at Finborough Theatre
30th October - 24th November
By Hailey Bachrach
The living dead: Hailey Bachrach writes on Rafaella Marcus’ new production of Irwin Shaw’s ‘strange, spiky’ WW1 play.
31 October 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Wolves at Theatre Royal Stratford East
24th October - 17th November
By Hailey Bachrach
More than teenage drama: Hailey Bachrach writes on Sarah DeLappe’s hyper-naturalistic story of a teenage girls’ soccer team.
23 September 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Marathon at the Barbican
20 - 29 September 2018
By Hailey Bachrach
WARNING: Hailey Bachrach writes on an unpredictable look at amnesia by young international collective JAMS.
15 September 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Twelfth Night at Wilton’s Music Hall
12 - 22 September 2018
By Hailey Bachrach
Hailey Bachrach reviews a flapper-era adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy.
8 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh Review: Century Song at ZOO Southside
Until 18th August 2018
By Hailey Bachrach
‘We can only bear witness’: Hailey Bachrach on an emotive journey through the history of Black women in the Americas.
8 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh Review: Underground Railroad Game at Traverse Theatre
Until 26th August 2018
By Hailey Bachrach
Guilt and Complicity: Hailey Bachrach on how a play about American slavery translates for an Edinburgh audience.
8 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh Review: Extinguished Things at Summerhall
Until 26th August 2018
By Hailey Bachrach
After a captivating start, Hailey Bachrach is left cold by this story about neighbours and homecomings.
7 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh review: An Elephant in the Garden at Underbelly
Until 27th August
By Hailey Bachrach
A slightly jumbled jumbo: Hailey Bachrach is unconvinced by a one woman adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s elephant tale.