We’ll meet again: Lily Levinson writes on Kandinsky’s new show, which thoughtfully explores ‘the bleak dangers of nostalgic nationalism’.
Reviews
29 January 2022
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Glow, Royal Court Theatre
By Hannah Greenstreet
Let there be light: Hannah Greenstreet reviews Alistair McDowall’s dazzling new play.
25 January 2022
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Freud’s Last Session, King’s Head Theatre
18th January - 12th February
By Brendan Macdonald
Talking cure: Brendan Macdonald reviews a new production of Mark St Germain’s play that imagines an encounter between Sigmund Freud and Lewis Carroll.
16 January 2022
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The 4th Country, Park Theatre
By Brendan Macdonald
Anxieties of authorship: Brendan Macdonald writes on Kate Reid’s play, which explores representations of Northern Ireland through ‘an engaging and poignant drama’.
16 January 2022
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Bluebelle, Shoreditch Town Hall (LIMF)
By Lily Levinson
‘A warm twinkle and touches of wonder’: Lily Levinson writes on Theatre Re’s ensemble fairytale.
8 January 2022
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Folk, Hampstead Theatre
18th December - 5th February
By Emily Davis
A soaring voice: Emily Davis writes on Nell Leyshon’s new play that captures ‘how it feels to sing and love singing’ through the history of folk songs.
22 December 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Holiday Sauce…Booster! (Barbican, online)
By Brendan Macdonald
‘A heady, carousing festive fantasy’: Brendan Macdonald reviews Taylor Mac’s virtual vaudeville.
22 December 2021
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: Robin Hood: Legend of the Forgotten Forest at Bristol Old Vic
25 November - 8 January
By Lilith Wozniak
One last job: Lilith Wozniak reviews The Wardrobe Ensemble’s Christmas show mixing English folklore and heist movie.
21 December 2021
Reviews • National • Newcastle
Review: Santa Must Die! at Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle
16-31 December
By Lauren Vevers
Gig economy, gig theatre: Lauren Vevers reviews an DIY, punk Christmas show taking aim at zero-hour work.
20 December 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Peggy for You at Hampstead Theatre
10 December - 29 January
By Hannah Greenstreet
New writing, old tropes: Hannah Greenstreet reviews an overly reverent backward-looking take on the story of formidable literary agent Peggy Ramsay.
20 December 2021
Reviews • National • York
Review: Cinderella at York Theatre Royal and Dick Turpin Rides Again at Grand Opera House,
By Louise Jones
Head to head: Louise Jones compares two York pantos following legendary dame Berwick Kaler’s split from York Theatre Royal.
13 December 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Ghost Walk, New Diorama Theatre
11th-13th December
By Elete N-F
Spooky season: Elete N-F writes on Poltergeist’s audio-guided narrative walk that ‘brings life to an otherwise pretty lifeless area’.
13 December 2021
Reviews • Edinburgh • National
Review: Wilf at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
8-24 December
By Fergus Morgan
Vroom vroom: Fergus Morgan reviews James Ley’s X-rated comedy about a man who rides his car in more ways than one.
13 December 2021
Reviews • Manchester • National
Review: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
4 December - 15 January
By James Varney
Devoted to the devil: James Varney invokes David Greig’s midwinter folk story with a crown of sonnets.
13 December 2021
Reviews • National • Oxford
Review: Mrs Delgado at the Old Fire Station, Oxford
8 - 21 December
By Hannah Greenstreet
‘There is a kind of pleasure in judging other people’: Hannah Greenstreet writes on Mike Bartlett’s monologue exploring social mores in lockdown.