Category: UK

Posted in Curve Theatre Musicals Not-London Stiles + Drewe Theatre UK

Review: Mary Poppins, Curve

“Anything can happen if you let it” It is becoming increasingly clear that a show isn’t a…

Posted in Curve Theatre Not-London Tennessee Williams Theatre UK

Review: A Streetcar Named Desire, Curve Studio

“I tell what ought to be the truth“ I’ve only been to the Studio at Leicester’s Curve…

Posted in Not-London Tennessee Williams Theatre UK

Review: The Glass Menagerie, Nuffield Southampton Theatres

“I am the narrator of the play, and also a character in it” The first of what…

Posted in Musicals Not-London Theatre UK

Review: The Smallest Show on Earth, Mercury Theatre

“Forget this gateau, this means war” When is a new musical a new musical, especially when it…

Posted in Dawn King Not-London Theatre UK

Review: Brave New World, Royal and Derngate

“Everyone belongs to everyone else” Depictions of dystopian near-future worlds are two-a-penny these days so what makes…

Posted in Martin Sherman Musicals Not-London Terry Johnson Theatre Theatre review Theatre Royal Bath Top plays of 2015 UK

Review: Mrs Henderson Presents, Theatre Royal Bath

“Where’s that damn woman?” That woman is of course Laura Henderson, a rich widow who in 1937…

Posted in Lucy Prebble Not-London Sheffield Theatres Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2015 UK

Review: The Effect, Sheffield Crucible

“I can tell the difference between who I am and a side effect” Lucy Prebble’s The Effect…

Posted in Not-London Theatre Theatre Royal Bath UK

Review: She Stoops To Conquer, Theatre Royal Bath

“Pardon me madam. I was always willing to be amused. The folly of most people is rather…

Posted in Caryl Churchill Manchester International Festival Not-London Royal Exchange Theatre UK

Review: The Skriker, Royal Exchange

“No mistake no mister no missed her no mist no miss no” As my dear Aunty Mary…