Reviews Archive - Page 8 of 461

9 July 2021

Review: Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe

By Ava Wong Davies

Screwed-up Shakespeare: Ava Wong Davies reviews Ola Ince’s take on the much-adapted teenage love story.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Review: Skin Hunger, Stone Nest

15 - 27 June

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’.