Gods and myths: Ben Kulvichit reviews a double bill of shows about spirituality and Black representation, and queering Greek mythology.
OWE & Fringe
11 February 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Autoreverse at Battersea Arts Centre
3rd - 22nd February
By Brendan Macdonald
Tangled tapes: Brendan Macdonald writes on Florencia Cordeu’s autobiographical exploration of Argentinian history through cassette tapes.
11 February 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Haystack at Hampstead Theatre
31st January - 7th February
By Hailey Bachrach
Hacked off: Hailey Bachrach reviews Al Blyth’s ‘briskly-plotted political drama’ about online surveillance.
11 February 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Bee in Me at Unicorn Theatre
By Ava Wong Davies
Come fly with me: Ava Wong-Daves and her 11-year-old niece team up to review Roland Schimmelpfennig’s insect-based show.
9 February 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: People Show 137: God Knows How Many at Southwark Playhouse
By Naomi Obeng
‘I felt like a wild-eyed child, riveted by strange life happening’: Naomi Obeng writes on People Show’s surrealist collection of ideas and images in their 137th show.
30 January 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Lite Metle; fire bird at the Yard
28th Jan - 1st February
By Maddy Costa
‘Blood drips across the century but the vein still binds’: Maddy Costa writes on double bill of searing performances by Ultimate Dancer and Julie Cunningham, part of NOW 20.
24 January 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: IN A WAY SO BRUTAL at the Yard Theatre
21st-25th January
By Emily Davis
Singing like an open wound: Emily Davis writes on Eirini Kartsaki and Tasos Stamou’s sonic theatre experiment exploring monstered bodies.
23 January 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Scenes with girls at the Royal Court
15th January - 22nd February
By Frey Kwa Hawking
‘Does love with boys always make you banal?’ Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Miriam Battye’s ‘millennial pink’ new play.
23 January 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Faces in the Crowd at the Gate Theatre
By Mert Dilek
Kaleidoscopic haunting: Mert Dilek writes on Ellen McDougall’s dense adaptation of Valeria Luiselli’s spectral novel.
12 January 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Antigone at New Diorama Theatre
By Hannah Greenstreet
Burial rites: Hannah Greenstreet writes on Lulu Raczka’s sensitive new version of Sophocles’ tragedy that focuses on its sisters.
12 January 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Scrounger at Finborough Theatre
7th January - 1st February
By Simon Gwynn
Broken spokes: Simon Gwynn reviews Athena Stevens’ ‘amusing, provocative’ exploration of ‘the shit disabled people have to deal with day in, day out’.
11 January 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Edit at Theatre 503
By Brendan Macdonald
Under the microscope: Brendan MacDonald writes on Sarah Gordon’s tender but familiar play about two lovers seeking closure.
10 January 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: This Time by Ockham’s Razor, Shoreditch Town Hall
8 - 19 January
By Maddy Costa
Circus at the end of the world: Maddy Costa writes on Ockham Razor’s intergenerational aerial collaboration.
8 January 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Tyler Sisters, Hampstead Theatre
13 December - 18 January
By Frey Kwa Hawking
‘An avalanche of years’: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Alexandra Wood’s naturalistic depiction of the relationships between sisters over forty years.
19 December 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Snowflake at Kiln Theatre
By Ava Wong Davies
“Yes, it’s a Brexit play”: Ava Wong Davies writes on the warm-hearted bluntness of Mike Bartlett’s story of intergenerational conflict.