Screwed-up Shakespeare: Ava Wong Davies reviews Ola Ince’s take on the much-adapted teenage love story.
Reviews
9 July 2021
Reviews • Liverpool • National
Review: Touchy at Unity Theatre, Liverpool (online)
from 13th May
By Mostyn Jones
Reworked intimacy: Mostyn Jones reviews a series of films by emerging artists exploring touch from different perspectives
8 July 2021
Reviews • National • Newcastle
Review: These Hills Are Ours at ARC, Stockton
6-7 July, then touring
By Tracey Sinclair
The lay of the land: Tracey Sinclair reviews Daniel Bye and Boff Whalley’s ode to hill running and the Kinder Scout mass trespass.
6 July 2021
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Review: Constellations at Vaudeville Theatre
By Mert Dilek
“Repeat, but always with a difference”: Mert Dilek writes a variation-filled response to Nick Payne’s play.
4 July 2021
Reviews • National • Newport
Review: Possible at The Riverfront, Newport (online)
29 June - 13 July
By Sally Hales
Keeping it together: Sally Hales reviews Shôn Dale-Jones’ deftly-woven storytelling piece about creativity, family and death in the wake of the pandemic.
3 July 2021
Reviews
Review: Bloody Elle at Royal Exchange Manchester
By James Varney
A gig economy: James Varney writes about Lauryn Redding’s queer love story, and the fragile structures it explores.
29 June 2021
Reviews
Review: Romeo and Juliet at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
17 June - 24 July 2021
By Brendan Macdonald
The time is out of joint: Brendan Macdonald writes on Kimberley Sykes’s streamlined production, which captures the ‘frustrated, steely impatience of young love’.
24 June 2021
Reviews
Review: Shedding a Skin at Soho Theatre
By Farah Najib
Connection is a form of rebellion: Farah Najib reviews Amanda Wilkin’s Verity Bargate Award-winning exploration of loneliness and healing.
23 June 2021
Reviews • National • Salford
Review: Future Cargo at The Lowry, Salford
19-20 June, then touring
By James Varney
What’s in the box?: James Varney reviews Requardt and Rosenberg’s sci-fi dance piece performed from inside a haulage truck.
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.
19 June 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Skin Hunger, Stone Nest
15 - 27 June
By Brendan Macdonald
Touching the void: Brendan Macdonald writes on Dante or Die’s interactive exploration of touch, which is a reminder of theatre’s ‘ability to provoke deep, intimate connections between audience and performer’.
18 June 2021
Reviews
Review: After Life at National Theatre
By Alice Saville
A cosmic filing cabinet: Alice Saville shifts through her memories of Headlong and National Theatre’s show about what lives on.
14 June 2021
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Review: Animal Farm at National Youth Theatre
By Farah Najib
Animal studies: Farah Najib delights in the perfectly-observed performances of National Youth Theatre’s farm-based fable.
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.