64 stories by "Gabriel Wilding"
Review: Coming Clean, Trafalgar Studios3.0stars"Have an éclair dear, calm yourself down," and boy do we need calming down! With a wit, pace and intensity that almost sweeps us off our feet,…
Sumptuous, salacious and utterly stupendous! Leave the kids at home, dodge your prudish boyfriend and don't invite Nana, because Club Briefs promises a raunchy night of high class cabaret, c…
Why do we watch the same plays over and over again? Is it a testament to the innate genius of the writers? Because they cover issues constantly facing humanity? Is it a lack of imagination, …
Ambitious, infectious, yet seemingly never-ending, Cuckoo is a boiling pot of talent and potential that would have to be subject to a considerable sizing-down before becoming a hit show. Tou…
Whimsical, nonsensical, and sadly lacking heart, Seussical the Musical aims to blend many of Dr. Seuss's characters into one flashy surreal tale filled with rhyming, joy and well…more rhym…
Telling the lesser-known tale of German movie star Marlene Dietrich, this cool production is both heartwarming and side-splitting. Mixing Drag, cabaret, songs and… duty? together, Peter Gr…
Imagine if Urinetown and Little Shop of Horrors had a baby while the sounds of Nashville and New Orleans blared into the night, well that's Hadestown! Spinning the classic Greek myth of Orph…
Henrik Ibsen‘s classic play The Wild Duck is reinvented for a modern time, and with a modern style. The evergreen issues that underline the story stand out even more because of the …
Traditional Irish dancing; the springing, the fiddling, the stiff upper bodies, and stony faces. As someone who knows very little about this cultural phenomenon, I jumped at the chance to wa…
A romp through the Regency and a tryst with the Tudors; revelling in the salacious, unseen and tumultuous lives of the queer folk of the past and present has never been so much fun. "Lord" G…
Doilies and deception, surveillance in the 60's, and more cups of tea than the Great British Bake Off. Pack of Lies is a moving play based on a true story, focusing on the way political turm…
Moving sheets billow, and the waves begin to look as although they are dancing as we stare out to sea. So the stage is set for this nautical themed dance piece set in a far-flung lighthouse.…
"I am here to repair", calls out our lead, surrounded by the sun-drenched desert. His story is entrapped by its own ideas, aesthetically interesting, but thematically stunted. The Prisoner i…
Lip gloss and murder, a deadly concoction. One that Heathers brews up with camp, infections and gleeful enjoyment. The adaptation of the cult classic '80s film zips with wit, humour and some…
A life dreamed of, yet built using sand that can be easily crumbled into the sea. With Fabric, we have an insight into a story far too familiar and a fate far too common. The issues discusse…
All singing (except without the singing), all dancing (except without the dancing), Dust is a show that has its hands tightly around your heart and won’t let go. Depending on your e…
Memories of sticks of rock and walks along the pier are quickly smashed as Caterpillar puts its well-written fist through
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Can Swan Lake ever disappoint? Is the famous love story ever able to fall flat on its….beak? When something becomes
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A bed very similar to Tracey Emin's famous squalid art show greets us as we crowd into the basement theatre
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"Do not take my anger away from me!" screams Emilia Bassano Lanier as she accuses the audience and the world
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The circus, but not as you know it! Gravity & Other Myths truly live up to their name; following up
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Humour at its darkest and writing at its best, Callum O'Brian’s play Coelacanth drags us to the lowest point of
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A tale spanning the sheer destructive power of a bad break up, Getting over Everest is a nippy production that is
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"What is going to happen to us all?" a plaintive call that echoes throughout the complex and heart-wrenching Bluebird. This
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A story of complex morality and the battle within us all to find the strength to carry on in the
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