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26 October 2021

Reviews • Leeds • National

Review: 12 Last Songs at Transform Festival, Leeds Playhouse

23 October

By Angelo Irving

Putting in a shift: Angelo Irving reviews Quarantine’s 12-hour mass portrait of the workers of Leeds.

19 October 2021

Reviews • Bristol • National

Review: I Stand For What I Stand On at Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol

13 October, then touring

By Lilith Wozniak

Ghosts from the future: Lilith Wozniak reviews Strike A Light’s show created with youth climate activists from Gloucester.

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 • National • Newcastle

Review: Road at Northern Stage, Newcastle

8-30 October

By Lauren Vevers

Snapshots from Thatcher’s Britain: Lauren Vevers reviews Natalie Ibu’s production of Jim Cartright’s seminal 1985 play, relocated to the North East.

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.

14 October 2021

Reviews • National • Newcastle

Review: Braids and Cheer Up Slug at Live Theatre, Newcastle

7-23 October

By Tracey Sinclair

Bildungsroman: Tracey Sinclair reviews a double bill of North Eastern coming of age stories.

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.

8 October 2021

Reviews • Manchester • National

Review: Peaceophobia at Q-Park First Street Car Park, Manchester

29 September - 2 October

By James Varney

Details and background: James Varney writes on Common Wealth’s portrait of three Bradford men, taking in the city, Islamophobia and modified car culture.

5 October 2021

Reviews • Liverpool • National

Review: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at Liverpool Playhouse

22 September - 2 October

By Mostyn Jones

Text surgery: Mostyn Jones writes on Anthony Almeida’s new production of the Tennessee Williams classic for English Touring Theatre.

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.

30 September 2021

Reviews • National • Sheffield

Review: Typical Girls at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

24 September - 16 October

By Angelo Irving

Freedom in music: Angelo Irving writes on Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s new play about a group of female prisoners who form a punk band.

30 September 2021

Reviews • National • Nottingham

Review: The Glad Game at Nottingham Playhouse (online)

24 September - 31 October, then touring

By Naomi Obeng

Living with hope: Naomi Obeng reviews Phoebe Frances Brown’s frank, warm story of navigating life with incurable cancer.

23 September 2021

Reviews • Manchester • National

Review: Glee & Me at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

11 September - 30 October

By James Varney

Not falling down: James Varney reviews Stuart Slade’s Bruntwood Judges’ Prize-winning play about a sixteen year-old girl diagnosed with a terminal illness.