Waking nightmare: Emily Davis writes on Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s ‘panic-strewn and nightmarish’ exploration of ‘some of the worst things that a parent could imagine happening’.
London Theatre
19 October 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy at New Diorama Theatre, London
12 October - 6 November
By Angelo Irving
Containing multitudes: Angelo Irving reviews Ryan Calais Cameron’s play about a group of Black men attending group therapy.
19 October 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Yellowfin at Southwark Playhouse
13th October - 6 November
By Brendan Macdonald
Something fishy going on: Brendan Macdonald writes on Marek Horn’s ‘delightful’ ecological satire exploring the human desire to know.
10 October 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Athena at the Yard
4 - 23rd October
By Hannah Greenstreet
En garde: Hannah Greenstreet writes on Gracie Gardner’s ‘poised, a little weird and deeply funny’ play about a friendship between two teenage fencers.
1 October 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: curious at Soho Theatre
By Farah Najib
‘Poetic lyricism and joyful irreverence’: Farah Najib writes on Jasmine Lee-Jones solo show, a personal excavation of the erasure of Black creatives through history.
20 September 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: NW Trilogy at Kiln Theatre
20 September - 9 October
By Brendan Macdonald
Rich tapestry: Brendan Macdonald writes on this ‘joyful and critical examination of the Kiln’s local community and its diverse history’.
13 September 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Memory of Water at Hampstead Theatre
3rd September - 16th October
By Brendan Macdonald
Desperate remedies: Brendan Macdonald writes on Alice Hamilton’s revival of Shelagh Stephenson’s comedy-drama that explores memory and family.
6 September 2021
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Rockets and Blue Lights, National Theatre
25 August - 9 October
By Hannah Greenstreet
Ripples from the past: Hannah Greenstreet writes on Winsome Pinnock’s epic new play exploring the legacies of Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade.
3 September 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Statements after an arrest under the immorality act, Orange Tree
By Farah Najib
‘Sucked into the void’: Farah Najib writes on Diane Page’s revival of Athol Fugard’s dense, challenging play that skewers racial injustice.
15 August 2021
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Paradise at National Theatre
By Hannah Greenstreet
A festering wound: Hannah Greenstreet writes on Kae Tempest’s ‘savagely poetic’ adaptation of Philoctetes by Sophocles.
15 August 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Carousel at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
By Emily Davis
If I Loved You: Emily Davis reviews Timothy Sheader’s outdoor production of Carousel, which leans into the knottiness of the musical’s themes.
12 August 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Big Big Sky at Hampstead Theatre
30 July - 11th September
By Elete N-F
Community living: Elete N-F writes on Tom Wells’s ‘warm, genuine portrait of life in Kilnsea’.
31 July 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Two Character Play at Hampstead Theatre
17 July - 28 August
By Brendan Macdonald
‘Bafflingly profound’: Brendan Macdonald writes on Sam Yates’ haunting revival of Tennessee Williams’ metatheatrical play.
30 July 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Somewhere to Belong at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre
By Farah Najib
Searching for a unicorn: Farah Najib writes on Kim Scopes’ playful show, which explores and celebrates experiences of bisexuality.
10 July 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Last Easter at the Orange Tree Theatre
3 July - 7 August
By Frey Kwa Hawking
How the light gets in: Frey Kwa Hawking reviews Tinuke Craig’s revival of Bryony Lavery’s gentle comedy about light and life shared between friends.