Bullish, gentle, broken, blazing: Simon Stephens, Karl Hyde and Scott Graham’s interrogation of father-son relationships gets to you eventually.
Miriam Gillinson
Articles by Miriam Gillinson
24 April 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: Mayfly at the Orange Tree Theatre
April 19 - May 26
By Miriam Gillinson
It’s the little stuff that counts: Joe White’s debut is another special play from a special theatre.
6 April 2018
Reviews • Dance • Reviews
Review: My First Ballet: Swan Lake at the Peacock Theatre
March 29 - April 7
By Miriam Gillinson
What might’ve been: the ENB’s Tchaikovsky for kids fails to spark the imagination.
22 March 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: Caroline, or Change at the Hampstead Theatre
March 12 - April 21
By Miriam Gillinson
You lucky, lucky people: Michael Longhurst’s Chichester production makes a triumphant London transfer.
14 March 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Buggy Baby at The Yard
7 - 31 March 2018
By Miriam Gillinson
Self-aware and triumphantly obscure: Miriam Gillinson reviews Josh Azouz’s new play involving a giant talking baby.
7 February 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Long Day’s Journey into Night at Wyndham’s Theatre
27 January - 7 April 2018
By Miriam Gillinson
Heart-ache: Miriam Gillinson reviews the West End transfer of Richard Eyre’s production of Eugene O’Neill.
14 December 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Pinocchio at the National Theatre
Until 10 April 2018
By Miriam Gillinson
It’s mad. It’s ambitious. It’s silly and frightening and really annoying: Miriam Gillinson reviews the National Theatre’s stage version of Pinocchio.
13 October 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Beginning at the National Theatre
4 October - 14 November 2017
By Miriam Gillinson
A very lovely play in lots of very lovely ways: Miriam Gillinson reviews David Eldridge’s new play about the start of a relationship.
28 September 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Jane Eyre at the National Theatre
Until 21 October 2017
By Miriam Gillinson
Here is a woman who listens only to herself: Miriam Gillinson reviews the return of Jane Eyre to the National Theatre.
21 August 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Against at the Almeida
12 August - 30 September 2017
By Miriam Gillinson
Trying to be big and brilliant: Miriam Gillinson reviews Christopher Shinn’s new play about a tech billionaire on a mission.
6 August 2017
Features
First Drafts at The Yard Theatre
By Miriam Gillinson
Miriam Gillinson discovers some intriguing beginnings at The Yard’s festival of bold, untested new work.
29 July 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Girl from the North Country at the Old Vic
8 July - 7 October 2017
By Miriam Gillinson
Stuff – just – happens: Miriam Gillinson reviews Conor McPherson’s new play based around Bob Dylan songs.
23 June 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Gloria at the Hampstead Theatre
15 June – 22 July 2017
By Miriam Gillinson
It’s all me, me, me: Miriam Gillinson reviews Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ play set in the publishing industry.
8 May 2017
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: Dogs Don’t Do Ballet at Little Angel Theatre
April 22 - July 16
By Miriam Gillinson
My first theatre trip: Miriam Gillinson takes her two-year-old nephew to see Little Angel’s adaptation of Anna Kemp’s children’s book, and goes just a little bit bonkers.
4 May 2017
Reviews
Review: The Ferryman at the Royal Court
By Miriam Gillinson
The future is snuffed out by the past: Miriam Gillinson reviews Jez Butterworth’s epic new Irish family saga.