Review: Get Happy, Greenwich + Docklands International Festival4.0StarsIt is a rainy afternoon in Woolwich Arsenal where acrobatics and physical theatre company Told By An Idiot are about to…
Review: Scenes for Survival - Three Billion Swipes, National Theatre of Scotland3.0starsThe transient nature of Three Billion Swipes really helps to it reflect some of its key themes. Coming…
Review: The Racist In The Chat, Vulcanello Productions 3.0Stars H.P. Lovecraft is really having a 'moment' right now. Thanks to the explosive popularity of HBO's Lovecraft Country, the…
Review: Godspell, Hope Mill Theatre2.0StarsIf a spinning woman singing praises to a selfie-stick in the woods doesn't excite you, then I'm uncertain what would. This 50th Anniversary concert…
Review: Scenes for Survival, Future Perfect (Tense), National Theatre of Scotland4.0StarsFuture Perfect (Tense) feels like a natural theatrical result of the pandemic. Director Eve Ni…
Review: Scenes For Survival, Tiger is Out, National Theatre of Scotland4.0StarsShort and sweet, ​Tiger Is Out​ is an extract from Oliver Emanuel's forthcoming play ​I Am…
Review: F*ck Off, Bread and Roses Theatre3.0StarsThis is my first time stepping back inside a theatre and I return to find it changed in some ways and unchanged in others. The good news is e…
Review: 52 Souls, Chronic Insanity3.0StarsIt's difficult to write a review of 52 Souls because I can only write about my own experience of this piece, which is one of billions of potential c…
Review: Fiona & The Fox, Wild Geese Theatre Company 5.0Stars During the days of lockdown and furlough, having a garden has been a privilege in many ways. Both as a place to…
Review: Salomé, EDIFICE Dance Theatre4.0starsIn a tragedy as old as this one, pulled from the bible by Oscar Wilde for his masterpiece play back in 1891, it always surprises me how captivat…
Review: Spirit of Carnival, Enough & September Skies, The Digital Caravan Theatre 4.0Stars Spirit of Carnival by Emma Dennis-Edwards and starring Danielle Vitalis is a spoken…
Review: Sary, Sam Chittenden, Reading Fringe Digital4.0StarsThe Legend of Old Sary Weaver tells the tale of a shapeshifting woman who transforms into a hare. Using this old Sussex folk-ta…
Review: Soup Song, Scenes for Survival, National Theatre of Scotland5.0StarsActor Annie Louise Ross sits at her kitchen table in a cosy kitchen with photos, mementos and cooking paraphernali…
Review: Dear Peter, Iris Theatre, St. Paul's Church Covent Garden 4.0Stars So here it is: the return of West End theatre. But things are far from normal, with the action transported from an …
Review: After Miss Georgina Ballantine, Pitlochry Festival Theatre 4.0Stars Have you ever heard of Miss Georgina Ballantine? Let me tell you. On the 7 October 1922, Georgina Ballantine made …
Review: This Is Not Schiehallion, Pitlochry Festival Theatre3.0StarsSchiehallion in Perthshire stands at 3,547ft and features a mystical view of Loch Tummel. Nothing beats climbing a m…
Review: Scenes for Survival: The Longest Summer, National Theatre of Scotland3.0StarsThose long British childhood summers, endless days of possibility and madcap energy punctuated by weak su…
Review: Scenes for Survival, Black Scots, National Theatre of Scotland 4.0Stars An extract from Phillipe Ducros, Linda McLean and Davey Anderson's 2018 production First Snow, Black Scots is …
Review: For Quality Purposes, Stan's Cafe4.0Stars"Hello and thank you for waiting, how may I help you today?" Words we have all heard when trying to fix our internet, tax code, credit card, …
Review: Notflix: The Improvised Musical, The New Normal Festival 3.0Stars Notflix: The Improvised Musical is the first live performance I've seen since March. It is so welcome to be in the n…
Review: Scenes for Survival - Aleister Crowley Summons the Devil, National Theatre of Scotland4.0starsIn Sonnet 58, Shakespeare made thoughts on 'waiting' apparent: "I am to wait, though …
On a Tuesday night during a heatwave (have you heard? It's very hot) no one is in the mood for anything too mentally challenging. It is therefore a welcome relief to be able to sit back and …
Review: Scenes for Survival - Ian and Sheena, National Theatre of Scotland3.0starsIn the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown, much of the theatre industry's attention has been focused on the highe…
Up until attending Edinburgh Fringe in 2019, Lotty Holder was a huge skeptic when it came to physical theatre, but after watching Theatre Re's Birth, her mind was changed forever. Tremendous…
Review: GRIP, Reading Fringe Festival2.0StarsGRIP centres around Trev (Scott Howland, who is also the playwright) and is narrated by Gaz Hayden. Hayden's character sets out each scene meanin…