Category: Top plays of 2019
Review: Call Me Fury, Hope Theatre
Out of the Forest Theatre’s Call Me Fury comes highly recommended from me at the Hope Theatre…
Review: The Strange Case of Jekyll & Hyde, Brockley Jack
Arrows & Traps’ queer noir take on The Strange Case of Jekyll & Hyde is a contemporary…
Review: De Kersentuin, Stadschouwberg Amsterdam
Of course a British director doing Tsjechov in the Netherlands makes The Cherry Orchard as watchable as…
Review: As You Like It, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
The Public Acts programme produces another winner in As You Like It at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, community…
Review: The View UpStairs, Soho Theatre
A vital piece of gay history is unearthed in LGBT+ musical The View UpStairs at the Soho…
Review: Evita, Open Air Theatre
Jamie Lloyd’s reinvention of Evita at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre proves a storming success “I could…
Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Bridge Theatre
Nicholas Hytner gives us an utterly inspired take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Bridge Theatre,…
Review: Country Music, Omnibus Theatre
A sensational performance from Cary Crankson anchors a powerful production of Simon Stephens’ Country Music at Clapham’s…
Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Southwark Playhouse
A sensationally good new British musical that I couldn’t recommend more. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button…
