Politics on a small screen: Emily Davis grapples with James Graham’s play about two pioneering political pundits.
Reviews
13 December 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Ghost Walk, New Diorama Theatre
11th-13th December
By Elete N-F
Spooky season: Elete N-F writes on Poltergeist’s audio-guided narrative walk that ‘brings life to an otherwise pretty lifeless area’.
13 December 2021
Reviews • Edinburgh • National
Review: Wilf at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
8-24 December
By Fergus Morgan
Vroom vroom: Fergus Morgan reviews James Ley’s X-rated comedy about a man who rides his car in more ways than one.
13 December 2021
Reviews • Manchester • National
Review: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
4 December - 15 January
By James Varney
Devoted to the devil: James Varney invokes David Greig’s midwinter folk story with a crown of sonnets.
13 December 2021
Reviews • National • Oxford
Review: Mrs Delgado at the Old Fire Station, Oxford
8 - 21 December
By Hannah Greenstreet
‘There is a kind of pleasure in judging other people’: Hannah Greenstreet writes on Mike Bartlett’s monologue exploring social mores in lockdown.
13 December 2021
Reviews
Review: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club (Playhouse Theatre)
By Frey Kwa Hawking
Death by tasteful: Frey Kwa Hawking is underwhelmed by an overly safe, moneyed take on Cabaret.
11 December 2021
Reviews
Review: The Four Quartets at Harold Pinter Theatre
By Brendan Macdonald
Blunt theatricality: Brendan Macdonald reviews Ralph Fiennes’ performance of a modern classic.
3 December 2021
Reviews • Reviews • Sheffield
Review: My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored at Sheffield Theatres
29-30 November
By Simon Gwynn
Talking it out: Simon Gwynn reviews Nana-Kofi Kufuor’s locked room drama about internalised racism.
3 December 2021
Reviews
Review: Measure for Measure at Shakespeare’s Globe
By Hailey Bachrach
Judgment deferred: Hailey Bachrach reviews Blanche McIntyre’s subtle, playful and refreshingly unmoralistic take on Shakespeare’s play.
30 November 2021
Reviews • Bristol • National
Review: Little Women in Black at Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol
19 November - 16 January
By Lilith Wozniak
Needlework and laser blasters: Lilith Wozniak reviews the Wardrobe Theatre’s latest pop-culture mashup Christmas show.
26 November 2021
Reviews • National • Newcastle
Review: 10 Things To Do in a Small Cumbrian Town at Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle
23 November - 11 December
By Tracey Sinclair
Home alone: Tracey Sinclair reviews Hannah Sowerby’s one-woman comedy with shades of Alan Bennett and Victoria Wood.
24 November 2021
Reviews
Review: Manor at National Theatre
By Lily Levinson
A house of cards: Lily Levinson reviews Moira Buffini’s flimsy, trope-ridden political satire.
24 November 2021
Reviews
Review: The Offing at Live Theatre, Newcastle
By Lauren Vevers
Spooks and shadows: Lauren Vevers reviews Janice Okoh’s adaptation of a haunting novel.
23 November 2021
Reviews
Review: Juliet and Romeo by Intermission Youth Theatre
By Angelo Irving
A welcome reversal: Angelo Irving reviews a flipped take on Shakespeare by an impressive youth theatre company.
22 November 2021
Reviews
Review: Rare Earth Mettle at Royal Court Theatre
By Alice Saville
A puzzle of a play: Alice Saville reviews Al Smith’s controversy-stricken story of greed on a Bolivian salt flat.