Category: Writers

Posted in Alistair McDowall Orange Tree Theatre Theatre

Review: Pomona, Orange Tree Theatre

“This isn’t conversation. It’s just you telling me about your dick” Paul Miller’s reign at the Orange Tree looked…

Posted in Christmas Lyric Hammersmith Theatre Tom Wells

Review: Dick Whittington, Lyric Hammersmith

“Are you fond of cake? ‘Definitely, I’m northern’” How come there haven’t been any pantomime reviews on…

Posted in Digital Rachel De-lahay Royal Court Theatre

Review: Off the Page – Microplays 4-6 from the Royal Court and the Guardian

“I believe in being open to all cultures”   There’s something a little perversely ironic about Tim…

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2015 What’s On Stage Award nominations

Best Actor In A Play Sponsored By Radisson Blu Edwardian David Tennant – Richard II  Mark Strong – A…

Posted in Jack Thorne Royal Court Theatre

Review: Hope, Royal Court

“It’s the trouble with being so overwhelmingly Labour” The plot for Jack Thorne’s Hope could be lifted from the…

Posted in Beth Steel Evening Standard Theatre Awards Musicals Rona Munro Theatre Theatre awards

Winners of the 2014 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards

BEST ACTOR WINNER Tom Hiddleston, Coriolanus, Donmar Warehouse Ben Miles, Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies,…

Posted in Caryl Churchill Theatre Young Vic

Review: Far Away, Young Vic

“The cats have come in on the side of the French” Blinking ‘eck, she’s a rum one…

Posted in Anders Lustgarten Inua Ellams Soho Theatre Theatre Vivienne Franzmann

Review: Theatre Uncut 2014, Soho Theatre

“Knock knock, Who’s there, The Welfare State…”  The Theatre Uncut initiative was set up in 2010 as a response…

Posted in Molière Richard Bean Richmond Theatre Theatre

Review: The Hypochondriac, Richmond Theatre

“Keep your sex and rock’n’roll But leave the drugs, I’ll take them all”  Queer, faggot, poof, shirtlifter…it’s…