‘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.
London Theatre
27 January 2020
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Fairview at Young Vic
By Naomi Obeng
As Fairview’s UK run ends, Naomi Obeng charts her conflicting reactions to Jackie Sibblies Drury’s play. [contains spoilers]
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.
14 December 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Little Miss Burden at the Bunker Theatre
4th - 21st December
By Hannah Greenstreet
Pain and prayer: Hannah Greenstreet writes on Matilda Ibini’s witty, moving coming of age story.
13 December 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Pecsmas at the Yard Theatre
9th - 20th December
By Lily Levinson
Thrusting hope in our faces: Lily Levinson writes on watching Pecs Drag Kings’ Christmas show on election night.
11 December 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Joan of Leeds at New Diorama Theatre
3rd - 21st December
By Frey Kwa Hawking
‘It’s time to wank jubilantly with a cross’: Frey Kwa Hawking writes on Breach’s exuberant retelling of the sexual adventures of a 14th century nun.
11 December 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Fitter at Soho Theatre
3rd December - 4th January
By Emily Davis
Revelling in mess: Emily Davis writes on Ell Potter and Mary Higgins’ exploration of masculinity and their relationship to it.