950 stories by "Laura Kressly"
Dollywould is a blast of campy queer fun. If you're knackered with a life of 9 to 5 normality, put some pink on and buy a ticket.
Beowulf has two monsters " a bog standard monster and a dragon " and many choices that first lead to his victory, then a tragic end. Since Seth Kriebel tells this story on his own, he enlist…
Performer Ultimate Dancer gives a fairly emotionless performance, but in the hyper-worldly circumstances this distinctive atmosphere evokes, it oddly fits.
Although it is a bit rocky in places, there is an interesting twist at the end of Lock and Key that makes it easier to digest.
Dirty Little Machine is this close to smashing through theatrical boundaries, what with its dalliances into non-linear storytelling, but it could certainly go further.
Tristan Bernays' final scene is simple and heartbreaking " the whole room burst into tears at the exact same moment. Suddenly all of the bits that don't work tremendously well don't seem to …
Big Bad is a polished, complete play with a confrontational viscerality necessary in the world today. With greater emotional range applied to the performance, this would be a really fantasti…
Boxed Up is a beautifully surreal and dark take on the ridiculousness that is advertising culture, deftly delivered. If you're after something off-beat and tongue-in-cheek, you'd be hard-pre…
Brazilian choreographer and performer Ella Mesma uses a wide range of dance styles, such as rumba, rock and South American ritual dances in Ladylike.
Br'er Cotton is an exemplary play that both honours the memories of those murdered by the state without repercussions, and presents the issues at hand with a care that respects their complex…
There are really moving moments and confessions in Boots, especially relevant in a time like ours, where more and more people are speaking up about sexual abuse.
Equally endearing and moving with light touches of comedy, Tatty Hennessy's A Hundred Words For Snow coming-of-age monologue is well-crafted, staged simply and performed with an easy vulnera…
Foreign Body is a brave and abstract way of presenting a horrific act that leaves the stories wide open to the audience's individual interpretation without coming across as preachy.
PlayList offers a musical twist to the scratch night formula. Write a play inspired by your favourite song, which is the exact same length as that song. It's a smart invitation and one that …
Follow Suit is a slick, dark comedy of the absurd which satirises the dry routine and empty pointlessness of office life. The four main cast members barely utter a word from start to finish,…
Part of why I love Vault Festival so much is the range of work programmed. Established performers run alongside brand new companies. Some work is polished, some are in progress, and the rest…
Though a great opportunity to see/hear Beckett's Not I in performance, the additional aspects of the event make this a rich experience of acceptance, learning and critical discourse. If only…
I want to like the fantasy and the colours of Pippin, to totally give in to the world of the play, but its problems are too many. Though I'm likely to be the humming the opening number for a…
In Nest, Katy Warner sets up the characters with such detail and ease, it's difficult to not be pulled into their world and left wanting to know more when the intense 60 minutes is over.
Overall, Words Words Words is an accomplished piece of writing about a very personal subject but it wants more. With more time or some fresh eyes on it, this piece could really fly.
Blackboard Theatre's Stardust is a truly extraordinary piece of theatre which made me want to talk, to evoke change, to make people see that cocaine is not worth any feel-good factor if it i…
In Trust, the attack on capitalist structures that have ruined the lives and livelihoods of an entire generation is sharp and well-staged, with striking imagery and conflict that lingers to …
At the end of Ian Done a Bad Thing one of the actors asks us a question about what has challenged our ethical beliefs. This makes you feel involved and further activates the production. I wi…
The narrative arc of Foul Pages at the Hope Theatre is woolly and lacks clear authorial intent, making for a frustrating experience of unfulfilled potential.
Kathryn Gardner's script for Treading Water at The Vaults is beautifully paced and observed, drawing nice humour as well as poignancy from the three characters, each of whom variously finds …
