39 stories by "Alexandra Wilbraham"
Review: Blyth Spirit, Live Theatre3.0Overall ScoreWhat story would you tell in 10 minutes? That time you watched a chicken drive a forklift. The 100-year-old cup of tea you found in the arct…
Review: A Passing Dance, Pitlochry Festival Theatre5.0Overall ScoreEvery year the changing leaves comes as a surprise to me. It shouldn't. It happens every year. Still, I marvel at how the d…
Review: Trivial Dispute, Golden Age Theatre Company4.0Overall ScoreReader Rating 0 Votes"Well it's all a bit of a mess." The first words of Ian Dixon Potter's new monologue Trivial Dispute i…
Review: A Strange Romance, Golden Age Theatre Company3.0StarsTales from a Golden Age is a series of monologues inspired by past and future Golden Age Theatre Company productions.…
Review: Fiona & The Fox, Wild Geese Theatre Company 5.0Stars During the days of lockdown and furlough, having a garden has been a privilege in many ways. Both as a place to…
Review: Moon River/What a Wonderful World, Little Angel Theatre5.0StarsThe Islington based Little Angel Theatre has a long history in producing innovative puppetry for 0-11-year olds. Openin…
Review: Fireworks, Vault Festival4.0stars Heading up the stairs and along the walkway towards the river Thames and Charing Cross Station, you pass the south side of the Royal Festival Hal…
Review: Dumbledore Is So Gay, VAULT Festival 4.0stars Being Jack isn't easy. He got sorted into Hufflepuff on the official online Harry Potter quiz and his Patronus isn't some fierce animal …
Review: ParaPride, Stratford Circus Arts Centre5.0starsIn the UK, 20% of individuals are considered disabled. In the LGBTQ+ community, this percentage rises to 40. Yet no fully accessible ve…
Reviews: Augmented Chinatown 2.0, CAN Festival 3.0stars Nestled between the colourful shopfronts and bars of Soho to its north and the crowds and queues of Theatreland to its south and east,…
Review: Big Bones, VAULT Festival 5.0stars Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, gather round and take your seats. Welcome to the Big Top Circus where many a freak of nature awaits to leave …
Review: Tinted, VAULT Festival3.0starsThe Me Too Movement and #Metoo are as synonymous with this past decade as the terms Climate Emergency, March for Our Lives and Brexit. Initially used by…
Review: On Arriving, VAULT Festival 5.0stars A stage may seem a very lonely space for a single actor to fill, but in On Arriving by Ivan Faute, it's the characters we don't see that flesh ou…
Review: You Stupid Darkness!, Southwark Playhouse4.0stars"Brightline. You're through to someone you can talk to," are the words that greet you when you call into the helpline akin to the Sam…
Review: The Girl with Glitter in her Eye, The Bunker Theatre4.0starsSince the Bunker Theatre announced it will be closing its doors in March this year, it is with somewhat of a heavy heart t…
Review: Endless Second, Pleasance Theatre4.0starsThe media has almost always portrayed rape as a back-and-forth tennis match of he said-she said. Coverage focuses on the individual's backgro…
Review: Ghost Quartet, The Boulevard Theatre4.0starsThink back to the last time you sat around a campfire, literally or figuratively, shoulder to shoulder with friends or strangers. Ideas bo…
Review: Southern Belles, King's Head Theatre 4.0stars Pride month may be over, but the King's Head Theatre is ready to take on the mantle with a succession of plays which celebrate the most …
Review: Whitewash, Soho Theatre4.0starsWritten by Gabriel Bisset-Smith, Whitewash builds itself brick by brick into a sturdy, generation-bearing wall. Spanning 30 years and moving us between…
Review: Bronx Gothic, Young Vic4.0starsWritten and performed by Okwui Okpokwasili, Bronx Gothic delves into her memories of growing up in the Bronx. Set in the confusing age between childhoo…
Review: Does My Bomb Look Big In This?, Soho Theatre4.0starsAt the start of 2019, Shamima Begum's face and name were spread across national and international newspapers. British born Shamima…
Review: The Isle of Brimsker, Stratford Circus Arts Centre5.0Overall ScoreIn an attempt to escape the decline of her hometown, Kaya (Sophie Coward) finds herself shipwrecked on a beautiful y…
Review: Ain't Misbehavin', Southwark Playhouse4.0starsThe joint is jumping and the swing is sizzling at the Southwark Playhouse which sees itself transformed into a dazzling 1920s jazz club …
Review: Funeral Flowers, Bunker Theatre5.0Overall ScoreIt's not often that I leave a performance with my thoughts already fully formed. Normally, I take the time on the train ride home to le…
Review: Scary Bikers, Trafalgar Studios5.0Overall ScoreGiven that Brexit has bagged itself a spot in the UK headlines for the past three years, and the last couple of weeks have felt as thou…
