Stages of grief: Elete N-F reviews Dipo Baruwa-Etti’s narrative of mourning at Theatre Royal Stratford East.
Reviews
6 June 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Death of a Black Man, Hampstead Theatre
28th May - 10th July
By Mert Dilek
Mert Dilek writes on Dawn Walton’s revival of Alfred Fagon’s incendiary play, ‘a crucible in which questions of race, class, and gender intermingle’.
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.
1 June 2021
Reviews
Review: Kaleider’s The Money, at London County Hall
By Lily Levinson
Money talks: Lily Levinson encounters a fractious interactive show about cash and collective decision making.
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.
30 May 2021
Reviews
Review: Walden at Harold Pinter Theatre
By Alice Saville
Sheltering in place: Alice Saville reviews Amy Berryman’s log cabin drama, set against a backdrop of global climate crisis.
28 May 2021
Reviews
Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare’s Globe
By Alice Saville
Joyful scenes: Alice Saville’s illustrated review sketches the magic of Sean Holmes production, as it reopens The Globe.
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.
27 May 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Shaw Shorts at Orange Tree Theatre
22nd May - 26th June
By Lily Levinson
Plays pleasant: Lily Levinson finds the plays in Paul Miller’s latest George Bernard Shaw production ‘solid chortlers’ if not ‘searingly urgent’.
24 May 2021
Reviews
Review: Cruise at Duchess Theatre
By Brendan Macdonald
Who tells your story? Brendan Mcdonald reviews Jack Holden’s debut play, a true story of a wild night out in gay Soho he heard while working on an LGBTQ+ helpline.
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.