I really enjoyed Schism, for the socio-political and psychological issues it raises. I also loved the depiction of how an unlikely relationship develops and how the couple destroys their rel…
The whole production of Kary Brand's 3Women is a delight from start to finish. This beautiful display of talent deserves to be seen.
Nightfall is peppered with amusing lines, which are like pithy sayings providing us with observations about a range of topics. Certainly, Nightfall could be perceived as giving us a social c…
Sarah Kendall's gift for finding the cosmic coincidence within near misses, loss and the everyday mundane comes to the fore here.
Whatever happens, or unhappens, whatever nuttiness and confusion you're in for, you'll experience something special in the Spike Milligan-inspired A Sockful of Custard from Jeremy Stockwell.
Great British Mysteries? is a real audience pleaser, which keeps audiences mostly amused throughout. It's an example of a great parody that harms nobody, except maybe Noel Edmonds.
The Land of Nod is as immersive as it gets, you may not get 100% of the story but what you do see shapes your entire attitude to young people and inner-city life.
This may not be Shakespeare or Ibsen but Tonight At 8.30 it is a hell of an entertainment. Whether it is effective in reappraising Coward is a moot point but it is unquestionably a worthwhil…
The joy of Matilda is not just that it celebrates cleverness, not just that it delights in naughtiness, but that it sees each as the essence of the other. All the joy in life is in bringing …
It will be important for dramatists like the author Robert Schenkkan to keep asking the questions raised in Building the Wall. The role of art is not simply in holding a mirror up to a disto…
Theatre has recently taken on more female queer stories with Turkey, Lobster, The Gulf and now Grotty featuring prominently in fringe theatre seasons.
Chess is also a musical about love, about honour, about freedom and about hard choices. It is when these come to the fore that the musical really shines.
I was thrilled to find that going back to For King and Country was just as rewarding as visiting for the first time. What was particularly interesting was how challenging it was to revisit t…
Not even an authentic and stylised production and strong performances can cover up a meaningful but messy look at women in society. With some editing, Masterpieces could be improved immensel…
Simply brilliant. Strangely breath-taking. Strictly Ballroom The Musical was everything I hoped it would be and worried it wouldn't deliver.
Under the tenure of Paul Miller, the Orange Tree Theatre has shown a fierce commitment to new writing, but Joe White's Mayfly is the first debut play to be staged there since Miller's ascend…
The depiction of lesbian relationships in theatre was until recently still a novelty, even on the fringe. The Gulf examines the up and downs of a relationship whilst fishing and relaxing on …
When I heard that writer Guleraana Mir and director Madeleine Moore were reuniting with the actress again in Coconut my heart skipped a beat.
How to be a Londoner in an Hour is a lovely, charming piece of fringe frippery. And it's no worse for knowing what it is and delivering on it.
"There's a lot of dark humour, a lot of very bad punning and some interesting 2000's fashion choices " what's not to like?"
Twang!! is a camp and fabulous journey through Sherwood Forest but despite the high energy and filthy innuendo, there is something missing from this much-anticipated revival.
This piece has so much promise it is worth seeing this week in its raw form to understand the journey that the hopeful end product will go through.
Hidden Theatre's Island Song is the first professional adaptation of Sam Carner and Derek Gregor's American musical. I would describe it as a millennial but heteronormative Rent set in New Y…
I loved this one. Siobhan Macmillan's one-woman show Mirrors uses a modern fairytale to bring a series of women vividly to life in a rich, action-packed hour of fantastical theatre.
With two performances in the original French, which will feature the playwright in an acting role, together with the English ones still to come before the play ends its run on 21 April, Will…