39 stories by "Alexandra Wilbraham"
Review: My White Best Friend (And Other Letters Left Unsaid), Bunker Theatre 5.0stars The act of letter writing is a powerful one. To put unspoken words into writing, words of love, words of…
Review: I Run, VAULT Festival4.0Overall ScoreA man is standing on a treadmill, hunched over, readying himself. He is brightly lit by fluorescent lamps and there is something broken in his de…
Review: A Hundred Words For Snow, Trafalgar Studios5.0Overall ScoreIf I were to ask you what the three hardest places to explore on earth are, one of your answers would probably be the North…
Review: Ladykiller, VAULT Festival5.0starsDo you ever think about how to kill someone and get away with it? Play the plan over and over in your mind until you snap out of it and laugh off th…
Review: Work Bitch, VAULT Festival4.0starsFrom the start, Work Bitch portrays a sense of urgency. Waitress (Jessica Siân) strides onto the stage with the house lights on, background music…
Review: bottled. VAULT Theatre5.0starsMeet 15-year-old Katy. Her parents planned to call her Ellie but then she came out looking like a miniature sumo ringer and Ellie didn't really fit. Kat…
Review: Soft Animals, Soho Theatre5.0stars"It's like we're happy she's dead. Like we bonded over her being dead. Like we're celebrating. Like we're heartless." If it hadn't been for that day…
Review: I Would Like To Get To Know You Better, VAULT Festival5.0Overall ScoreThe way we first learn about love is often through films and fairy tales. The moment two pairs of eyes meet acro…
Review: Fight Night, VAULT Festival4.0Overall ScoreIt's snowing in London and I'm off to a boxing match. Tonight is Fight Night. Joe Williams (Peter Grimwood) squares up to Ian 'BAM BAM' Bra…
Review: Thomas, The Vaults5.0Overall ScoreIt takes a bit of winding down side streets and being led through locked gates, but I've managed to find my way to the Network Theatre. It's day one…
Review: Murder, She Didn't Write, Leicester Square Theatre4.0starsHow do you write a review for a show where the performance doesn't have a script and the jokes have to be made up on the spo…
Review: Rosenbaum's Rescue, Park Theatre 3.0Overall Score Written by A. Bodin Saphir, Rosenbaum's Rescue is set at Hanukkah in 2001. At a remote home on the snowy Danish coast, it's time for…
I'm still feeling slightly frosty as I sit down in Alexandra Palace's recently reopened gloriously gilded theatre space, ready to enjoy a spot of Horrible Christmas magic. It's a massive spa…
Normally, when a play calls for audience participation, I would kindly decline, tip my hat and moonwalk out of the building. It's also why I avoid sitting in the front row. Laura, however, i…