Tom Wicker

Tom is a freelance writer and editor, based in London. He has acted in the past, but the stage is undoubtedly better off without him on it. As well as regularly contributing to Exeunt and OffWestEnd.com, he reviews for Time Out, has reviewed Broadway productions for The Telegraph. He has also written for The Guardian and the online world affairs magazine openDemocracy.

Articles by Tom Wicker

8 June 2017

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Animal at Atlantic Stage 2

Atlantic Stage 2 ⋄ To 2nd July 2017

By Tom Wicker

Clare Lizzimore gets in the head of a woman trying to hold herself together. Tom Wicker reviews.

6 December 2016

Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Peter Pan at the National Theatre

National Theatre ⋄ 1st December 2016 - 4th February 2017

By Tom Wicker

The giddy rush of escape: Tom Wicker reviews Sally Cookson’s Peter Pan at the National Theatre.

24 October 2016

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Duat at The Connelly Theater

Connelly Theater ⋄ 11th October - 6th November 201

By Tom Wicker

Tom Wicker reviews Daniel Alexander Jones’ ode to race, queerness and difference.

16 May 2016

Features

James Fritz: â€œThe language of love sets everybody up for failure.”

By Tom Wicker

Ross and Rachel is a hit play that picks apart the romantic politics of Friends. As it embarks on a New York run, followed by a UK tour, Tom Wicker chats to its author James Fritz about why we should question the seductive language of love.

14 March 2016

Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Luce at Southwark Playhouse

Southwark Playhouse ⋄ 9th March - 2nd April 2016

By Tom Wicker

“No one is immune from sounding like an op-ed piece in the New Yorker.” Tom Wicker reviews the UK debut of JC Lee’s play.

15 December 2015

Features • Q&A and Interviews

David Dawson: “If you drop the ball, the rhythm is gone.â€

By Tom Wicker

Tom Wicker speaks to The Last Kingdom actor about found spaces, language, and co-starring with Andrew Scott in The Dazzle.

28 November 2015

Reviews • OWE & Fringe

The Drunken City

Tabard Theatre ⋄ 24th November - 5th December 2015

By Tom Wicker

An incredibly well-trodden path.

10 November 2015

Features • Essays

Not on My Watch

By Tom Wicker

Tom Wicker talks new Who, Peter Capaldi and The Zygon Inversion – and how a TV show can be a source of hope and optimism in a hard world.

30 October 2015

Reviews • Off-Broadway

The Humans

Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ Until 3rd January 2016

By Tom Wicker

The bleed between place and person.

30 October 2015

Reviews • Broadway

ThÃ©rÃ¨se Raquin

Studio 54 ⋄ 29th October - 3rd January 2016

By Tom Wicker

The feverish intoxication of Paris.

20 October 2015

Reviews • Off-Broadway

Waiting for Godot

NYU Skirball Center ⋄ 13th - 17th October 2015

By Tom Wicker

Slip in to something more comfortable.

14 October 2015

Reviews • Off-Broadway

Cloud Nine

Atlantic Theater Company ⋄ 16th September - 1st November 2015

By Tom Wicker

The ageing process of plays.

9 October 2015

Reviews • Broadway

Fool for Love

Manhattan Theatre Club ⋄ 8th October - 6th December 2015

By Tom Wicker

Compelling, sad poetry.

28 September 2015

Reviews • Off-Broadway

Fondly, Collette Richland

New York Theatre Workshop ⋄

By Tom Wicker

The insular echo of self-applause.

17 August 2015

Reviews • Edinburgh

Jonny and the Baptists: The End is Nigh

Roundabout @ Summerhall ⋄ 6th-30th August 2015

By Tom Wicker

A communal experience.