From axis to axis: Verity Healey writes on the shifting social ties and inequalities of Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti.
Verity Healey

Articles by Verity Healey
3 November 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: When The Crows Visit at Kiln Theatre
28th October - 30th November
By Verity Healey
Toxic legacies: Verity Healey writes on cycles of gendered violence in Anupama Chandrasekhar’s reimagining of Ibsen’s Ghosts.
19 September 2019
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Faith, Hope & Charity at the National Theatre
By Verity Healey
People watching: Verity Healey writes on Alexander Zeldin’s compelling study of a community centre.
22 February 2019
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train, Young Vic
By Verity Healey
‘Who has the freedom to force choices onto whom and why?’: Kate Hewitt’s new take on Stephen Adly Guirgis’s play questions the possibility of free will within the penal system, writes Verity Healey.
1 February 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Orchestra at Omnibus Theatre
29 January - 17 February
By Verity Healey
‘Sharp and witty’: Verity Healey reviews Kristine Landon-Smith’s production of Anouilh’s farce about a struggling orchestra in post-war France.
16 December 2018
Reviews
Review: One Jewish Boy at the Old Red Lion Theatre
11th December - 5th January
By Verity Healey
Verity Healey writes on Stephen Laughton’s new play, which explores the impact of an antisemitic attack on a relationship.
10 October 2018
Features
Milo Rau’s Theatre of Cooperation and Openness
By Verity Healey
Swiss theatre director Milo Rau’s working methods let members of the public into the rehearsal room. Here, he tells Verity Healey why “community theatre IS theatre”.
15 September 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: An Adventure at Bush Theatre
Until 20 October 2018
By Verity Healey
Youth and age, past and future: Verity Healey reviews Vinay Patel’s new play about an Indian couple and their route to London via Kenya.
13 April 2017
Features
How verbatim work is bringing protests into theatres
By Verity Healey
“Shouldn’t more plays be activist?” Verity Healey explores how shows including E15, My Country and Denmarked intersect with real-life protest movements.
14 November 2016
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: An Inspector Calls at the Playhouse Theatre
Playhouse Theatre ⋄ Until 4th February 2017
By Verity Healey
Interrupting the cycle: Verity Healey reviews Stephen Daldry’s production of An Inspector Calls.
10 October 2016
Features
Riotous Company: “The industry is different in Britain, everyone is looking for the next thing that will push their careerâ€
By Verity Healey
Verity Healey interviews the members of Riotous Company about their working methods, what makes British theatre different from the European mainstream, and their new performance, Scherzo for Piano and Stick.
29 August 2016
Features
Burning Doors
By Verity Healey
Belarus Free Theatre’s newest performance Burning Doors tells the stories of three dissident artists, and stars Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina. Verity Healey joined them in the rehearsal room to explore their incendiary creative process.
11 July 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe
Review: Cargo at the Arcola
6th July - 6th August 2016
By Verity Healey
Dystopian drama: Verity Healey reviews Tess Berry-Hart’s depiction of the fight to leave a burning country.
19 May 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe
Review: The End at the Print Room
The Print Room ⋄ 17th - 5th June 2016
By Verity Healey
“It gets you in the pit of your stomach.” Verity Healey reviews Conor Lovett’s performance as part of Beckett in London.
9 May 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe
Review: After Independence at Arcola Theatre
Arcola Theatre ⋄ 4th - 28th May 2016
By Verity Healey
“Oppression lies at the heart”: Verity Healey reviews May Sumbwanyambe‘s debut play.