Category: Top plays of 2022

Posted in Barbican Theatre RSC Theatre Theatre review Tom Morton-Smith Top plays of 2022

Review: My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican

Peer pressure finally gets me along to the bewitching delights of My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican…

Posted in Royal Court Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2022

Review: Baghdaddy, Royal Court

Even if Jasmine Naziha Jones’ Baghdaddy now playing at the Royal Court ends up a touch uneven,…

Posted in LGBTQ+ Musicals Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2022

Review: La Maupin, Lion & Unicorn Theatre

Delving into the entertaining depths of undersung queer historical figures, new musical La Maupin proves to be…

Posted in Battersea Arts Centre Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2022

Review: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, Battersea Arts Centre

The kind of show that is impossible to do justice to in a written review, Things Hidden…

Posted in Ancient Greeks Gary Owen Lyric Hammersmith Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2022

Review: Iphigenia in Splott, Lyric Hammersmith

I finally get round to witnessing the scorching brilliance of Sophie Melville in the brutally stunning Iphigenia…

Posted in Michael Frayn Richmond Theatre Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2022 Touring

Review: Noises Off, Richmond Theatre

Lindsay Posner revives Noises Off once again in fine style, as Felicity Kendal, Joseph Millson, Tracy-Ann Oberman…

Posted in Arthur Miller National Theatre Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2022

Review: The Crucible, National Theatre

Es Devlin’s design, plus Erin Doherty and Brendan Cowell, lead a simply stunning production of The Crucible…

Posted in Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Ivo van Hove LGBTQ+ Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2022 Young Vic

Review: Who Killed My Father, Young Vic

Hans Kesting continues a stellar year of performances in his latest Ivo van Hove collaboration to hit…

Posted in Bush Theatre LGBTQ+ Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2022

Review: The P Word, Bush Theatre

Waleed Akhtar’s two-hander about gay Pakistani life – The P Word – is a mighty success at…