Living architecture: Andrew Edwards reviews a homage to Glasgow poet Edwin Morgan which takes the audience backstage at the Tron.
Reviews
7 December 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Fabulist Fox Sister, Southwark Playhouse (online)
4th-5th December
By Lily Levinson
“I seancéd my ass off”: Lily Levinson reviews Luke Bateman and Michael Conley’s one-man musical about ‘sozzled, sweary’, Spiritualist sisters.
30 November 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Kids Are Alright at Evelyn Estate, Deptford (online)
27 November - 2 December
By Naomi Obeng
‘Dream logic’: Naomi Obeng writes on Encounter’s strange, sad study on grief, reimagined as a filmed site-specific performance.
23 November 2020
Reviews • Halifax • National
Review: The Aftermath at The Piece Hall, Halifax (online)
18 November - 31 December
By Louise Jones
Growing pains: Louise Jones reviews Northern Rascal’s outdoor dance piece made with a group of twenty 16-25 year olds from Calderdale.
11 November 2020
Reviews • Liverpool • National
Review: The Ghost Caller by Headlong
4-19 November
By Louise Jones
Grief encounter: Louise Jones reviews Headlong’s ghost story, reimagined as a performance via telephone.
6 November 2020
Reviews • Edinburgh • National
Review: Dot. Dot. Dot. at Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh (online)
1-2 November, then touring
By Andrew Edwards
‘A story without an ending’: Andrew Edwards writes on Daniel Kitson’s account of the pandemic, from within the thick of it.
2 November 2020
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: Sherlock in Homes at Bristol Old Vic (online)
By Lilith Wozniak
Interactive intrigue: Lilith Wozniak reviews a Zoom-based murder mystery by Bristol theatre company Sharp Teeth.
26 October 2020
Reviews • National • Nottingham
Review: Bubble at Nottingham Playhouse
23-24 October
By Tracey Sinclair
Lockdown retrospective: Tracey Sinclair reviews James Graham’s play which surveys the summer lockdown through the eyes of a new relationship.
25 October 2020
Reviews • Bath • National
Review: Betrayal at Theatre Royal Bath
14-31 October
By Lilith Wozniak
Menace à trois: Lilith Wozniak reviews a revival of Pinter’s reverse-chronological adultery drama
22 October 2020
Reviews • Manchester • National
Review: Don’t Go Back to Sleep: The Lockdown Album at HOME, Manchester
21-24 October
By James Varney
Covid culture: James Varney explores the new ways we engage with performance via RashDash’s documentary album, listened to from home.
11 October 2020
Reviews • National • Newcastle
Review: 10 Minutes to…Call Home, Live Theatre (online)
By Tracey Sinclair
Home from home: Tracey Sinclair writes on an ‘eclectic but entertaining’ selection of ten-minute dramas by emerging writers.
6 October 2020
Reviews • Leeds • National
Review: Connecting Voices at Leeds Playhouse
2-17 October
By Louise Jones
Unreliable connection: Louise Jones reviews a series of short performances exploring isolation and togetherness, co-presented with Opera North.
6 October 2020
Reviews • Reviews
Review: The You Play – Small Acts from 45 North
By Lily Levinson
Internal voices: Lily Levinson encounters Rafaella Marcus’s intimate audio play, performed by Katherine Parkinson.
2 October 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Sunnymead Court at Tristan Bates Theatre
By Alice Saville
Queer longings: Gemma Lawrence’s play charts a lockdown romance forged at a distance.
18 September 2020
Reviews • Reviews
Review: User Not Found by Dante or Die
By Wambui Hardcastle
Digital shadows: Wambui Hardcastle encounters a video podcast about online afterlives that you can watch on your mobile phone.