47 stories by "Joseph Winer"
Review: Shoe Lady, Royal Court 3.0Stars Viv loses her shoe on the commute to work one morning. And she tells us this. She reminds us a lot actually. She's your typical middle-class working m…
Review: The Wolves in the Walls, Little Angel Theatre4.0StarsToby Olié's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's graphic novel is an imaginatively crafted piece of puppetry theatre, fusing music, live …
Review: Be More Chill, The Other Palace 3.0stars Technology is taking over our lives and, if we give into it too much, it might just control our every move. The scene opens, our protagonist …
Review: RAGS The Musical, Park Theatre 4.0stars It seems no surprise from a read of the programme note that composer Charles Strouse wrote the music to RAGS before collaborator and lyricist …
Review: As You Like It, Barbican 3.0stars There's much to admire in Kimberley's Sykes's production of Shakespeare's lively comedy, although something seems to be lurking behind the scenes in…
Review: The Seven Ages of Patience, Kiln Theatre5.0starsOh wow! That seems like a good place to start when trying to write up about The Seven Ages of Patience at the Kiln, a community play p…
Review: Vulvarine: A New Musical, Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, Edinburgh Fringe4.0starsFollowing their smash hit musical Buzz about the history of the vibrator, Fat Rascal Theatre return to …
Review: James Rowland's Songs of Friendship, Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe4.0starsJames Rowland is performing his Songs of Friendships trilogy across the month, mostly on separate evenings, b…
Review: Your Sexts are Shit: Older Better Letters, Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe 3.0stars Writer and performer Rachel Mars wants to show us that sex isn't new, and queer desire has been aroun…
Review: Sex Education, Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe 4.0stars Growing up in a household in Blackpool with a god-fearing mother and a father who gave him his first porn DVDs aged fourteen, Har…
Review: Mustard Doesn't Go With Girls, Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Fringe 4.0stars In the colourful world of Bow-On-Tie, boys must be boys and girls must be girls. There are hundreds of r…
Review: seven methods of killing kylie jenner, Royal Court4.0starsCleo has had enough of Kylie Jenner. Of the way she appropriates black bodies and culture, and of the way that her fanbase f…
Review: Superhoe, Royal Court Theatre 4.0Overall Score Written and performed by Nicôle Lecky, Superhoe sees aspiring singer-songwriter Sasha Clayton turn to sex work to make an income whi…
Untold Stories has produced its latest festival of new writing work for the Pleasance Theatre and it's an absolute treat. Eight short pieces explore politics, football, employment law, immig…
In the Globe's 2016 production of The Taming of the Shrew, there's a moment when Biondello (performed by the brilliant
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★★★★ It's 1999. The millennium is on its way. And up and coming punk band The G-Stringz are playing at
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★★★ Penelope Skinner's Meek explores the negative impacts that the right to freedom of expression has on both individual and
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★★★★ B is doing a great job at work. She's supported other people throughout their careers and balances a fast-paced,
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★★★★ We meet at the Jeelie Piece Café on Leven Street. The barista comes around with a menu and we
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★★★★ "It's easier to speak to a stranger than define the parameters of your relationship with a partner." Middle Child theatre
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★★ A play set in a school classroom in attempt to explore class struggles sums up what Iseult Golden and
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★★★ This is a place where the buses aren't running anymore. There's no fire station. And there's no jobs. Three
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★★★★★ Performed by Katy Dye, Baby Face probably genres as a sort of in-yer-face performance art where the spectators are blamed,
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★★★ Tightrope Theatre's Eat Your Heart Out focuses on seventeen year old Bel Jones (played by Ella McCallum), a bright
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★★★★★ Sometimes a show does something a little bit special. Poltergeist Theatre's Lights Over Tesco Car Park is a disco-infused,
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