Keeping it together: Sally Hales reviews Shôn Dale-Jones’ deftly-woven storytelling piece about creativity, family and death in the wake of the pandemic.
Sally Hales
Articles by Sally Hales
31 May 2021
Reviews • Cardiff • National
Review: The Merthyr Stigmatist at Sherman Theatre, Cardiff (online)
27 May - 12 June
By Sally Hales
Open wounds: Sally Hales reviews Lisa Parry’s allegorical play about a “left-behind” Welsh town.
8 February 2020
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Endgame at Old Vic
By Sally Hales
“Existential crisis averted, for now”: Sally Hales writes on the welcome humour of Richard Jones’s take on Beckett.
27 October 2019
Reviews • Cardiff • National
Review: Hedda Gabler at Sherman Theatre, Cardiff
18 October - 2 November
By Sally Hales
Surgical precision: Sally Hales writes on Hedda’s struggle ‘to be seen on her own terms’ in Chelsea Walker’s crystal-clear production.
4 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Our Lady of Kibeho at Theatre Royal Stratford East
25 September - 2 November
By Sally Hales
‘A quiet warning that it’s wise to believe women, even when doing so challenges your worldview’: Sally Hales writes on Katori Hall’s play about the visions of three Rwandan school girls.
20 April 2019
Reviews
Review: Sweet Charity at Donmar Warehouse
8th April - 8th June 2019
By Sally Hales
Give ’em the old razzle dazzle: Sally Hales writes on an all-out (but subtly icky) staging of the musical classic.
21 February 2019
Reviews
Review: Shipwreck at Almeida Theatre
By Sally Hales
Paralysing pontifications: Sally Hales writes on Anne Washburn’s brilliant new satire of an America that can’t save itself from Trump.
7 February 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Cougar at Orange Tree Theatre
1 February - 2 March
By Sally Hales
Sweating the small stuff: Sally Hales reviews Rose Lewenstein’s new play, which explores climate change through an intimate depiction of a relationship.
31 January 2019
Reviews
Review: Leave to Remain at the Lyric Hammersmith
18 January - 16 February
By Sally Hales
‘The carefully papered-over cracks in their identities are ripped open’: Sally Hales reviews Matt Jones and Kele Okereke’s timely play about an international gay couple, with music from Bloc Party.
22 December 2018
Reviews
Review: Circus 1903, Southbank Centre
By Sally Hales
Nights at the Circus: Sally Hales reviews an uneven attempt to bring the big top back in time.
3 November 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: ear for eye at Royal Court
25th October - 24th November 2018
By Sally Hales
“debbie tucker green’s genius lies in how she excavates the functioning of power” – Sally Hales writes on her new work, ear for eye.
19 October 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Stories at the National Theatre
Until 28th November
By Sally Hales
Same old story: Nina Raine’s play ends up reaffirming a depressingly familiar set of stereotypes about childless women.
17 September 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Foxfinder at Ambassadors Theatre
6 September - 5 January 2019
By Sally Hales
An enemy of the people: Sally Hales reviews the West End debut of Dawn King’s ‘neat, slick, streamlined four-hander’.
8 June 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Utility at the Orange Tree Theatre
1 June - 7 July 2018
By Sally Hales
Emotional Labour: Sally Hales reviews Emily Schwend’s play about an overstretched Texan mother.
1 June 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Translations at the National Theatre
May 22 - August 11
By Sally Hales
Words, words, words: Brian Friel’s masterful meditation on language is magnificently revived by Ian Rickson.