950 stories by "Laura Kressly"
Sami and his mum are preparing for her to go to Mars for years and years and years. Both obsessed with space, Sami's proud of her but worried that he might never see her again.
Frankie Meredith's script has a solid, viable core, but the short, episodic scenes spanning a long time period make for a skeletal whole that feels like the first act of a longer play.
I've seen sexist theatre. I've seen ableist theatre. But it's rare to come across a show that is so openly and unashamedly both of these things.
Chile has suffered regular bombings since 2005. Unlike the current spate of terrorism the UK is experiencing, more than 80 disparate, domestic anarchist groups have claimed responsibility fo…
Atir is a young boy living in Egypt, working as a servant to The Pasha. When the ruler wants to send a gift of a baby giraffe to the King of France, he asks Atir to take her.
Oh Dionysus, as someone who grew up in Poland, I really do miss political theatre. The real thing, you know? The thing that grabs you, makes you stand up and cheer for the performers. The th…
Rape culture is real. Victims are blamed, perpetrators are excused and conviction rates are low. Of reported rapes " estimated to be less than 20% " only 3% are deemed to be false accusation…
A playwright wants to write a play about patricide, but with an actual criminal onstage instead of an actor. Initial research leads him to a young man called Martin Santos, serving consecuti…
Devised by the original company, this Bristol Old Vic and National co-pro has little technically wrong with it " it captures Jane's spirit reasonably well, using physical theatre to cut thro…
Some time in the past, there is an island of disparate peoples happily carrying on with their lives. Each group has its own rules, traditions and customs.
Can violent criminals be rehabilitated, and can their victims ever forgive them? The Listening Room says yes. This verbatim piece tells the stories of three violent crimes, primarily from th…
This is a beautifully made one-woman show in which Natasha Marshall plays all the characters, but chiefly Jaz, a 17-year-young woman of mixed African and British parentage.
Co-directors Frauke Requardt and David Rosenberg have created a piece of theatre which might be the closest I have ever felt to being in a dream whilst awake and not under the influence of p…
Asterion wanders through the night, in a world that doesn’t really fit them. The minotaur of Greek myth, Asterion is the only one of their kind to exist. Asterion is bull-ish, neither …
Late one night, a couple fights in bed. After falling asleep angry, Tamino fitfully dreams of a nightclub, a beautiful girl and a quest to save her.
In Shakespeare's battle-hardy tragedy, Caius Marcius is rebranded Coriolanus after defeating the Volscian army at Corioles.
Alex Gwyther's Eyes Closed, Ears Covered is a slippery play that continuously raises questions. We're immediately presented with Alyson Cummins' concrete-grey, angular set, suggestive of a b…
Inspired by the humour and spontaneity that comes from cold reading, Nassim Soleimanpour has developed what has become his trademark style of reflective, personal writing performed by an act…
You're fast asleep in your bed, in a small English town. Then some mysterious noises outside wake you, and on looking out your window you discover a gang of pirates is trying to steal your f…
There's a song for every Britney phase and mistake, combined with anecdotes (both fact and fiction). At times, it even manages to be a little bit poignant, but ultimately it's fast-paced and…
Shon Dale-Jones and Hoipolloi's Me and Robin Hood has admirable intentions in aiming to raise awareness and money for charity 'Street Child'.
First produced Off-Broadway in 1987, Eric Bogosian's brilliant drama has finally been produced in London for the first time by Covent Garden Productions and the Old Red Lion Theatre.
In a festival that worships the new and the innovative, Shakespeare adaptations are surprisingly ten a penny at the fringe. Many are school groups, though there are some from professional co…
Two men glide around the floor on small wheeled platforms. Like children, belly down on skateboards, they relish the speed and inability to control their paths.
Is there a style of comedy that Steen Raskopolous hasn't mastered? Having found the Australian comedian as half of improvisation duo The Bear Pack, I knew how quick-witted he is.
