Are we alone? Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Frantic Assembly’s ‘unwieldy’ new show that constellates characters in grief and loneliness.
London Theatre
28 February 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Meat at Theatre503
By Mert Dilek
Food fight: Mert Dilek writes on Gillian Greer’s exploration of appetites and consent.
27 February 2020
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Prince of Egypt at Dominion Theatre
By Hailey Bachrach
Hailey Bachrach gets swept up in the Biblical storytelling and daffy design choices of an epic new West End musical.
24 February 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: When It Breaks It Burns, Battersea Arts Centre
By Maddy Costa
Bodies in a movement: Maddy Costa writes on Coletiva Ocupação’s ‘radiant’ show telling the stories of some of the Brazilian students who occupied their schools in 2015.
20 February 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Pass Over at Kiln Theatre
13th February - 21st March
By Frey Kwa Hawking
Waiting for transcendence: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Antoinette Nwandu’s play racist police violence and structural discrimination in America.
18 February 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The High Table at the Bush Theatre
8th February - 21st March
By Hannah Greenstreet
Heaven-sent: Hannah Greenstreet writes on Temi Wilkey’s moving queer Nigerian love story, set in London and the afterlife.
17 February 2020
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Visit at National Theatre
By Rosemary Waugh
Elegantly wasted: Rosemary Waugh writes on Tony Kushner’s elaborate, infuriating rewrite of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s play.
16 February 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: NOW Week 4 at The Yard
11-15 February, then touring
By Ben Kulvichit
Gods and myths: Ben Kulvichit reviews a double bill of shows about spirituality and Black representation, and queering Greek mythology.
13 February 2020
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Nora at the Young Vic
By Hannah Greenstreet
Nora, in triplicate: Hannah Greenstreet writes on the historical and economic themes of Stef Smith’s reimagined ‘A Doll’s House’.
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.
8 February 2020
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Endgame at Old Vic
By Sally Hales
“Existential crisis averted, for now”: Sally Hales writes on the welcome humour of Richard Jones’s take on Beckett.
1 February 2020
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Sugar Syndrome at Orange Tree Theatre
24th January - 22nd February
By Ava Wong Davies
‘A sugary surface with an achingly bitter aftertaste’: Ava Wong Davies writes on Oscar Toeman’s revival of Lucy Prebble’s play about chatrooms and an unlikely friendship.