Review: The Global Playground, Manchester International Festival 3.0Overall Score The Global Playground, a vibrant piece of physically engaged theatre, leaves me asking a lot of questions ab…
Review: Bloody Elle, Royal Exchange Theatre5.0Overall ScoreWaking up in Manchester, I'm looking through my notes to figure out if my memories are true. I'm not hungover, at least not from dr…
Review: Talent, Crucible Theatre2.0Overall ScoreVictoria Wood's Talent follows ambitious 24-year-old Julie (Lucie Shorthouse) chasing her dreams of stardom and escaping her dead-end job. The…
Review: Beyond These Walls, Sheffield Crucible Studio3.0Overall ScoreIs it Tennessee Williams if there isn't any jazz? Director Laurie Sansom certainly doesn't think so. Sansom does a fantas…
Review: The Dream, Brighton Fringe4.0Overall ScoreThe Dream, a radio-play by Nnenna Samson Abosi, is a reminder of how important context is to how a production is received. Where, when and h…
Review: Reset the Stage, Mono Box/Apatan Productions 4.0Overall Score Reset the Stage does what it says on the tin: dismantling traditional structures of theatre to pave way for the new. The…