How to write a review: Brendan Macdonald drafts some instructions for writing about Split Britches’ latest performance.
Reviews
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.
19 October 2021
Reviews
Review: Hamlet at Young Vic
By Elete N-F
A conversation: Elete N-F reviews an intimate take on Hamlet, starring Cush Jumbo.
18 October 2021
Reviews
Review: Love and Other Acts of Violence at Donmar Warehouse
By Farah Najib
Destruction and ruin: Farah Najib reviews Cordelia Lynn’s bleak, mud-strewn story of a relationship.
18 October 2021
Reviews
Review: The Tragedy of Macbeth at Almeida Theatre
By Brendan Macdonald
Superb and surprising: Brendan Macdonald falls under the spell of Yaël Farber’s take on Macbeth.
16 October 2021
Reviews
Review: The Mountaintop at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
25 September - 27 October
By James Varney
Echoes in history: James Varney writes on hauntings in this revival of Katori Hall’s play set on the eve of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death.
15 October 2021
Reviews
Review: Beauty Queen of Leenane, at Lyric Hammersmith
By Alice Saville
Little house on memory lane: Alice Saville revisits Martin McDonagh’s brilliantly horrible play.
14 October 2021
Reviews
Review: Liminal at King’s Head Theatre
By Alice Saville
In-between days: Alice Saville reviews Le Gateau Chocolat’s quiet, reflective directorial debut.
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.
11 October 2021
Reviews
Review: Metamorphoses at Shakespeare’s Globe
By Miriam Sallon
“Embarrassingly perfect”: Miriam Sallon is delighted by this creative candlelit retelling of Ovid’s stories.
10 October 2021
Reviews
Review: East is East at National Theatre
By Frey Kwa Hawking
Let the good times roll: Frey Kwa Hawking writes about Birmingham Rep and National Theatre’s celebratory 25th anniversary staging of East is East.