45 North's audio play series Written On The Waves kicked off Season 2 with a trilogy Lifted a couple of weeks ago. This has swiftly been followed by a second play from one of the same writer…
While The Cloak Of Visibility from The Space may not particularly break any new ground thematically or stylistically it is a solid enough piece which plays well and will give pause for thoug…
Following a rather busy week there was only time yesterday to dip a toe into the waters at the Brighton Fringe (see what I did there?). Quite by chance I came across a pair of short solo pla…
45 North's second series of Written On The Waves has opened with a trio of short plays under the collective title of Lifted. They are performed by the writers themselves who are all relative…
Noga Flaishon's immersively creepy piece Broken Link for Harpy Productions uses Zoom and other modern tech to generally good effect to tell what is, essentially, a good old fashioned ghost s…
Touching The Void is a very fine production to revive and John Chapman is glad to have finally caught up with this thrillingly staged real life story of facing mortality and winning.
Quite apart from its quirky title, A Brief List Of Everyone Who Died, what immediately strikes the viewer is the elegance of the structure of this piece from American writer Jacob Marx Rice.
One of the first to hit the airwaves is Love In The Lockdown by Clare Norburn featuring the music of medieval music ensemble The Telling.
Justin McDevitt's plays for Severed Heads deal with forms of obsession and angst in which someone loses their head " often literally.
This is a timely revival of Herding Cats from the Soho Theatre who have pushed back the barriers to find another new way to innovate.
Prompted by the recent retirement of their artistic director " the visionary Lou Stein " I decided to opt for Chickenshed's latest to video release Rapunzel which turned out to be one of the…
Verbatim testimony from New York health workers in The Line demonstrates the problems faced are universal.
With some subtle Hitchcock references and more than a hint of Sam Shephard about it, Rocky Road, like its confectionery counterpart, is a sweet moreish treat with some hidden surprises.
Folk by Nell Leyshon tells the true story of Cecil Sharp, the musicologist and collector of English folk music at the turn of the 20th century who was responsible for kick starting the reviv…
Two intricately constructed online pieces from Chronic Insanity push at the current boundary definitions of theatre.
Sometimes good things DO come in small packages " a pair of mini musicals, Suddenly and Cells, make a pleasurable watch.
A Killer Party is a camp musical comedy murder mystery based around the world of showbiz - what's not to like?
For The Secret Connection Dr Will Houstoun has taken his act online and threaded together various tricks and illusions to baffle and delight.
Philip Ridley's Tarantula is another stunning showcase for a young actor who commands the stage and leaves the viewer exhausted " in a good way.
The practice of "greenwashing" is examined in Money, a pertinent interactive drama from new company represent.
The vibrant culture of the Notting Hill Carnival is celebrated and examined in Yasmin Joseph's play about three young women, J'Ouvert.
Adam by Frances Poet was originally commissioned by the National Theatre of Scotland and is now showing as part of the BBC Lights Up Festival.
Both Benedict Salter and Joshua Oakes-Rogers have created complex characters and handle the cut and thrust of Barry McStay's dialogue with aplomb in Vespertilio.
Having missed the National Theatre production of Medea in the theatre I was pleased to catch up with it and, especially, Helen McCrory's performance for she was on blistering form.
On World Earth Day today this new piece from the creative collective GymJam, Anthropocene: The Human Era, makes its points in an unusual way.