Lockdown retrospective: Tracey Sinclair reviews James Graham’s play which surveys the summer lockdown through the eyes of a new relationship.
Reviews
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.
17 September 2020
Reviews • National
Review: Credit, Alphabetti Theatre
By Tracey Sinclair
Out of credit: Tracey Sinclair reviews a livestream of Laura Lindow’s new play, an ‘urban fable’ about the impact of the rollout of Universal Credit in the North East.
16 September 2020
Reviews • Reviews
Review: Letters at Gate Theatre/ Zoom
By Lily Levinson
Rain, sun, cloud: Lily Levinson reviews a letter-based performance that revisits the blurry days of lockdown.
24 August 2020
Reviews • Redux Reviews
Redux Review: Call It A Day/Crack of Dawn by Greg Wohead
By Ben Kulvichit
Give it time: Ben Kulvichit writes on how durational performances are perfectly suited to the present moment.
21 August 2020
Reviews • Dance • Redux Reviews
Redux review: Manon
By Ka Bradley
Come to the party: Ka Bradley reflects on two communal viewings of Manon – one on a big screen, one on a small screen.
21 August 2020
Reviews • Opera
Review: Opera Helps by Joshua Sofaer
By Rosemary Waugh
Friendly overtures: Rosemary Waugh writes on her confidence-boosting one-to-one therapy session from an opera singer.
18 August 2020
Reviews • Redux Reviews
Redux Review: Anatomy of a Suicide
By Hannah Greenstreet
Echoes through time: Hannah Greenstreet writes on her encounters with Alice Birch’s haunting exploration of intergenerational trauma.
11 August 2020
Reviews • Redux Reviews
Redux review: work.txt and work_from_home
By Alice Saville
Essential work: Alice Saville explores how Nathan Ellis’s interactive play works better from home.