64 stories by "Gabriel Wilding"
Review: Figure a Sea, Southbank Centre2.0starsAs we pile into the Southbank Centre's cavernous Royal Festival Hall, we are greeted by 17 dancers limbering up in full house lights. This is cl…
Review: The Secret River, National Theatre 4.0stars Still reeling from the death of Ningali Lawford-Wolf (the original narrator and creative spine of The Secret River), Andrew Bovell's stage…
Review: Appropriate, Donmar Warehouse4.0starsThe great tradition of watching a family be horrible to one-another is given a fresh undercurrent in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' 2014 play Appropriat…
Review: Tales of the Turntable, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre 5.0stars ZooNation crashes into the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall for a follow up on their 2013 hit show Groo…
Review: Willis & Vere: The Starship Osiris, Soho Theatre4.0starsThe comedy of catastrophe is a very British pleasure (Brexit anyone?). The same is true in theatre and Willis & Vere: …
Review: Schlong Song, King's Head Theatre4.0starsDeliciously devilish, irrepressibly irreverent, Woody Shticks entertains, astounds and glistens in his new one-man show Schlong Song. As expe…
Review: The View Upstairs, Soho Theatre5.0starsBe sure to have plenty of tissues at the ready as the European premiere of Max Vernon's Musical The View Upstairs sashays into the Soho Theatre…
Review: Grey, Ovalhouse 4.0stars A show about a young black woman's struggle with depression and misconception is understandably not a laugh a minute affair, but then again (at times) neithe…
Review: Peter Gynt, National Theatre 2.0stars Can money swing a show? It's a real worry in this business. Does having a large, famous cast set against an expensive or moving set always guara…
Review: Strange Fruit, Bush Theatre5.0starsRare is it that a first attempt at any art is so emotionally complex, brimming with potential, bitterness and written skill. Think about the last t…
Review: Flux, Camden People's Theatre3.0starsWith a dully radiating stage, and a rather disturbingly lifelike full-sized puppet, award-winning theatre company Smoking Apples's latest product…
Review: Hot Flushes, Camden People's Theatre2.0starsWith its heart in the right place and huge amounts of potential, Hot Flushes springs from a genuinely exciting place. That's unfortunately…
Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Southwark Playhouse5.0starsOccasionally, approaching a review is an absolute breeze, with very little to be critical of. This is a rare joy. The …
Review: Breakin' Convention, Sadler's Wells5.0Overall ScoreCelebrating their 16th year, Breakin' Convention explodes into the Sadler's Wells theatre filling every corner with noise, life, hi…
Review: The Picture of Dorian Grey, The Richmond Theatre2.0Overall ScoreSex, murder hedonism, and art. What more could anyone want from a tale? The Picture of Dorian Grey as a fallen hero sh…
Review: Vessel, Sadler's Wells4.0starsFrom the primordial darkness, inhuman shapes begin to shift as slow eerie sounds begin to build. This is Vessel's first touch down at Sadler's Wells, th…
Review: Toast, The Other Palace 4.0stars Welcomed in by the comforting smell of toast, I enter The Other Palace which plays host to the latest incarnation of the food writer Nigel Slater's a…
Review: 3 Rounds of Amp, The Place4.0starsPulling together three different pieces all within the dance style of Krump (Kingdom Radically Uplifted Mighty Praise) Artists 4 Artists nurture the…
Review: Hair, New Wimbledon Theatre3.0starsKicking off the fiftieth-anniversary production, Hair grooves into the night as the audience is left breathless, entertained and flummoxed. Â Thi…
Review: 10, VAULT Festival3.0Overall ScoreIn the dramatic and dripping cavern space at the Vaults, a light is shone onto ten women whom history has relegated, or in some cases completely for…
Review: The Son, Kiln Theatre 4.0Overall Score Florian Zeller's The Son comes crashing into the Kiln Theatre, with emotional clout, ice cold writing, and knife-twisting brutality. The …
Review: Bon Voyage, Bob, Sadler's Wells 4.0stars Last night was momentous, not just within the world of experimental dance, but beyond. Pina Bausch's legendary company, Tanztheater Wupper…
Review: Cuzco, Theatre5034.0starsWe have all had our own holidays from hell, the pressure to enjoy oneself, the sights, the sounds, the partner you never realised you disliked until it's jus…
Review: Approaching Empty, The Kiln Theatre3.0starsPlunging into the detailed microcosm of a taxi firm in Middlesbrough as Margaret Thatcher dies; we are reminded of the Iron Lady's far-reac…
Review: Witness for the Prosecution, London County Hall4.0starsAn Agatha Christie legal drama set in a 1920's Courtroom? You might as well watch Death on the Nile on a boat? Or Murder on the…
