21 stories by "Rebecca Pinnington"
Two people from very different backgrounds are profoundly affected by rising sea levels in this dystopian imagining of the near future: one from an English coastal town, who sees winds and h…
“Your mum's really nice, so why'd you hate her so much?” Difficult parent/child relationships are increasingly becoming the norm. Whether an adult or an adolescent, figuring out …
Image: © Cameron Slater A mafting hot, cramped space above a pub does not traditionally a magnificent theatrical experience make. My sentiments exactly deary, until I sat through one o…
Jennifer Haley's The Nether explores an interesting and increasingly pertinent concept; the idea of catfishing, deception, and the diverse identities we adopt online. It explores the effect …
Glitterland is a country where the politicians perform daily. It is an act in which they deny their corruption, and an act in which they must present themselves as perfect citizens of a "won…
Following the success of King Charles III and Cock, Mike Bartlett's Bull lands at the Young Vic with a bang. A darkly comic and violent emotional rollercoaster of a play, Bull is some of the…
Following runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and the Courtyard Theatre, Plunge Theatre brings Private View to Theatre Delicatessen. The piece is a critical look at how women treat their bodies, an…
The Life of the Party is a musical revue celebrating the work of Broadway composer Andrew Lippa, who has written such great musicals as The Wild Party, The Addams Family, and Big Fish. Li…
Arthur Miller's All My Sons is a modern classic, the moral lessons of which remain strikingly pertinent even today, nearly 70 years after it first premiered, and which has seen some very dif…
For one night only, Murley Dance stopped off at the Shaw Theatre with their spring tour, Object of My Affection. A classical dance company that prides itself on its theatricality, Murley Dan…
Dorian Gray has the potential to truly haunt its audience, painting a picture of a society in which moral behaviour is eschewed in favour of vanity and thrill-seeking, and the man at the cen…
Sarah Daniels's The Gut Girls follows the women of Deptford Foreign Cattle Market, who work 12 hours per day chopping meat for London's many butchers. The women earn a decent living, but the…
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens is a dramatic and musical theatre piece, with music by Janet Hood and book and lyrics by Bill Russell, comprised of free verse poems and songs exp…
I Love You Because is not exactly a masterpiece: its plot is fairly generic, its characters are not especially well-developed, and its songs are in places so similar that they cannot be disc…
Joanna Murray Smith's Bombshells comprises a series of vignettes portraying the challenges of the modern woman, from the over-stressed young mother Meryl Davenport to the fading star Zoe Str…
In the final production of his ‘Season of Five Plays’, Michael Grandage brings a gripping and exciting rendition of Henry V to the stage, with an excellent lead performance from …
CONTAINS MINOR SPOILERS Former actress-turned-playwright Geraldine Alexander's new play, Amygdala, looks at how the brain responds to trauma in different people. Catherine (Hermione Gu…
Secret Theatre London is an exciting new company which doesn’t disclose the title of the show, names of the actors or production team or even the venue when audience members buy ticket…
[Contains spoilers.] The first professional revival in over 30 years of David Pinner's The Potsdam Quartet marks the beginning of a new season at Jermyn Street Theatre under artistic directo…
Infinite Space Theatre's inaugural production is a thoroughly modern retelling of Macbeth. Set in the world of corporate finance, it explores the power struggles of the business world and wh…
Distance's writer-director Gareth Lewis has made a compelling choice of subject for his latest work, which seems especially pertinent at a time when many prominent figures have been accused …
