The Joe Hill-Gibbins Problem: Sally Hales reflects on Marivaux’s eighteenth-century rom-com.
Venues: Orange Tree Theatre
27 February 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Low Level Panic at the Orange Tree Theatre
Orange Tree Theatre ⋄ 16 February - 25 March 2017
By Rosemary Waugh
From 1988 to 2017: Rosemary Waugh reviews the Orange Tree Theatre’s revival of Clare McIntyre’s Low Level Panic.
20 January 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Winter Solstice at the Orange Tree Theatre
Orange Tree Theatre ⋄ 12 January - 11 February 2017
By Sally Hales
Alerts to our own weakness for soothing narratives and comforting ideologies: Sally Hales reviews a particularly timely production of Winter Solstice at the Orange Tree Theatre.
24 December 2016
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Extra Yarn at the Orange Tree Theatre
Orange Tree Theatre ⋄ 16th December 2016 - 7th January 2017
By Emma Smith
Will children like Extra Yarn? Elated child says: ‘Yes! Yes! Yes!’: Emma Smith reviews the Orange Tree Theatre’s Christmas show for young children.
30 November 2016
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Sheppey at the Orange Tree
Orange Tree Theatre ⋄ 24th November 2016 - 7th January 2017
By Miriam Gillinson
A very real character in the middle of an unreal play: Miriam Gillinson reviews Somerset Maugham’s last play.
20 October 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe
Review: Blue Heart at the Orange Tree Theatre
Orange Tree Theatre ⋄ 13th October - 19th November 2016
By Sally Hales
“Warmth and humanity… no matter how weird things get.” Sally Hales reviews the revival of Caryl Churchill’s Blue Heart.
16 September 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe
Review: Jess and Joe Forever at the Orange Tree Theatre
Orange Tree Theatre ⋄ 8th September - 8th October 2016
By Gillian Greer
Sells itself as ice cream on a dull summer’s day: Gillian Greer reviews Zoe Cooper’s “beautifully crafted, sweet and succinct” new play.
14 April 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Brink at Orange Tree Theatre
Orange Tree Theatre ⋄ 7th - 30th April 2016
By Brendan Macdonald
Scratching an itch: Brendan Macdonald reviews Brad Birch’s play about explosive truths.
11 March 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe • Reviews
Review: German Skerries at Orange Tree Theatre
Orange Tree Theatre ⋄ 3rd March - 2nd April 2016
By Tim Bano
“A sweet song of simple, lyrical beauty, sometimes blurred at the edges by heat haze, sometimes doused in sepia.”
23 October 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
French Without Tears
Orange Tree Theatre ⋄ 8th October - 21st November 2015
By Natasha Tripney
Pay attention to the hair.
8 June 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
buckets
Orange Tree Theatre ⋄ 28th May - 27th June 2015
By Ben Monks
Studying the b-sides.
20 April 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Each His Own Wilderness
Orange Tree Theatre ⋄ 15t April - 16th May 2015
By Neil Dowden
The private lives of socialists.
17 March 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Play Mas
Orange Tree Theatre ⋄ 11th March - 11th April 2015
By Neil Dowden
Carnivalesque.
9 February 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Little Light
Orange Tree Theatre ⋄ 4th February - 7th March 2015
By Catherine Love
Loaded memories.
22 December 2014
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Widowers’ Houses
Orange Tree Theatre ⋄ 17th December 2014 - 31st January 2015
By Neil Dowden
Plays Unpleasant.