Category: Theatre

Posted in Hampstead Theatre Theatre

Review: Four minutes twelve seconds, Hampstead Downstairs

“Big Ian has named his son Ian too?” Fresh from the news that a Hampstead Downstairs show…

Posted in Musicals National Theatre Theatre Theatre review Top plays of 2014

Review: Here Lies Love, National Theatre

“Dancing, oh so beautifully Dancing, dancing together Dancing, oh as if in a dream” It’s not often…

Posted in Almeida Theatre Blogged Digital Henrik Ibsen Kenneth Branagh Theatre

Review: Ghosts via Digital Theatre (plus thoughts on the filming of theatre more generally)

“You have no idea what this has cost me” There’s something a little ironic about the fact…

Posted in Richard Bean Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

Review: Pitcairn, Shakespeare’s Globe

“It is as if we find ourselves at the beginning of time…” It may be Shakespeare’s Globe…

Posted in Orange Tree Theatre Theatre

Review: The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd, Orange Tree Theatre

“It’s rotten when you’re tied to a life you don’t like” Whilst the news that the loss…

Posted in LGBTQ+ The Other Palace Theatre

Review: Breeders, St James Theatre

“We weren’t sure how well a pair of lesbians pretending to breast feed a bag of flour…

Posted in Battersea Arts Centre Theatre

Review: Karaoke, Battersea Arts Centre

“You can do anything you want” Sleepwalk Collective’s Karaoke explores the notion of performance most fascinatingly at…

Posted in Not-London Shakespeare Theatre UK

Review: Hamlet, Citizens Theatre

“One may smile and smile and be a villain” It was with a little hesitation that I…

Posted in Digital Film Short Films

Short Film Review #51

The Young Vic continue their always-exciting set of short films that accompany and act as responses to…