Category: Top plays of 2016

Posted in Hope Theatre LGBTQ+ Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2016

Review: Two Short Plays About Gays, Hope Theatre

“This is the face of a man who shags rent boys” Doing exactly what it says on…

Posted in Hope Theatre Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2016

Review: Steel Magnolias, Hope Theatre

“My work gets a bit poofy when I get nervous” One of my favourite things to experience…

Posted in Royal Court Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2016

Review: Minefield, LIFT 2016 at the Royal Court

“Somehow we understood each other” Bringing together veterans from both the Argentine and British sides, Lola Arias’…

Posted in Charlene James Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2016 Young Vic

Review: Cuttin’ It, Young Vic

“We have done it for so long. It is who we are. It has to happen” A…

Posted in Arcola Theatre Hannah Khalil Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2016

Review: Scenes from 68* Years, Arcola Theatre

“We live in a climate of fear – they’ve made that” The asterisk in the title is…

Posted in Bristol Old Vic Eugene O'Neill Not-London Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2016 UK

Review: Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Bristol Old Vic

“One day I found I could no longer call my soul my own” There’s a lot of…

Posted in Lorraine Hansberry National Theatre Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2016 YaĆ«l Farber

Review: Les Blancs, National Theatre

“Do you think the rape of a continent dissolves in cigarette smoke?” To think that just a…

Posted in Theatre Theatre review Theatre503 Top plays of 2016

Review: BU21, Theatre503

“If you can fucking laugh at it, you can beat it you know Is that true?”  How…

Posted in Arrows & Traps Brockley Jack Theatre Leo Tolstoy Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2016

Review: Anna Karenina, Brockley Jack

“What happens if you can’t stop?” Helen Edmundson’s adaptation of Anna Karenina really is a clever thing….