What’s in the box?: James Varney reviews Requardt and Rosenberg’s sci-fi dance piece performed from inside a haulage truck.
National
21 June 2021
Reviews • Liverpool • National
Review: Y’MAM: Young Man’s Angry Movements at Liverpool Everyman
16-26 June
By Mostyn Jones
Performing masculinity: Mostyn Jones reviews Majid Mehdizadeh’s autobiographical show about his relationship to anger.
21 June 2021
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: Outlier at Bristol Old Vic
12-26 June
By Lilith Wozniak
Pastoral disillusionment: Lilith Wozniak reviews Malaika Kegode’s gig-theatre memoir of young friendship in rural Devon.
12 June 2021
Reviews • Glasgow • National
Review: BUZZCUT Festival (online)
3-5 June
By Naomi Obeng
Digital ritual: Naomi Obeng writes on a cornucopia of offerings from Glasgow’s DIY live art festival.
11 June 2021
Reviews • Birmingham • National
Review: Always Already at Birmingham International Dance Festival (online)
3 June
By Andrew Edwards
‘It requires work’: Andrew Edwards writes on Karen Christopher and Tara Fatehi Irani’s rewardingly dense durational performance.
6 June 2021
Reviews • National • Sheffield
Review: Screwdriver at Sheffield Theatres
By Simon Gwynn
‘Trapped by circumstances’: Simon Gwynn reviews Elin Schofield and Eve Cowley’s monologue about a female prison guard.
3 June 2021
Reviews • Glasgow • National
Review: Take Me Somewhere festival, Glasgow (online)
By Andrew Edwards
Take Me Online: Andrew Edwards reviews a selection of transporting works from Glasgow’s festival of performance and live art.
3 June 2021
Reviews • Glasgow • National
Review: The Making of Pinocchio at Take Me Somewhere (online)
21 May
By Ben Kulvichit
Material world: Ben Kulvichit reviews Rosana Cade and Ivor MacAskill’s adaptation of Pinocchio as an autobiographical gender transition allegory.
1 June 2021
Reviews • Brighton • National
Review: The Candle Project at Brighton Festival (online)
24-30 May
By Mostyn Jones
Returning ritual: Mostyn Jones writes on Abigail Conway’s participatory candle ceremony for turbulent times.
31 May 2021
Reviews • Cardiff • National
Review: The Merthyr Stigmatist at Sherman Theatre, Cardiff (online)
27 May - 12 June
By Sally Hales
Open wounds: Sally Hales reviews Lisa Parry’s allegorical play about a “left-behind” Welsh town.
28 May 2021
Reviews • National • Newcastle
Review: AWARE at Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle
25 May - 5 June
By Tracey Sinclair
‘Defiant optimism’: Tracey Sinclair reviews a trio of films installed at Newcastle’s Alphabetti Theatre centring neurodivergent artists.
28 May 2021
Reviews • Glasgow • National
Review: A Certain Value at Take Me Somewhere (online)
26-29 May
By Maddy Costa
Alternative living: Maddy Costa shares her correspondences with friends about Anna Rispoli and Martina Angelotti’s show about four radical European collectives.
24 May 2021
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: A Crash Course in Cloudspotting (online)
20-30 May
By Lilith Wozniak
‘Somebody else’s gravity’: Lilith Wozniak writes on Raquel Meseguer Zafe’s audio piece exploring invisible illness and resting in public.
23 May 2021
Reviews • National • Norwich
Review: A Thousand Ways (Part One): A Phone Call at Norfolk and Norwich Festival
17-22 May, then touring
By Louise Jones
On the line: Louise Jones writes on 600 Highwaymen’s intimate, exposing piece which takes place on a phone call with a stranger.
16 May 2021
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: Lady Blackshirt at Bristol Old Vic (online)
10-30 May
By Lilith Wozniak
Modernist montage: Lilith Wozniak reviews a fragmentary feature film pieced together from 100 artist commissions by Impermanence Dance.