Review: Rust (Bush Theatre)
“Terribly boring, extra-marital monogamy.” When it comes to dramas centred on affairs, we’ve become hard to impress. Rust, written by...
Aug 3, 2019
Review: Noises Off (Lyric Hammersmith)
After the sensation of The Play that Goes Wrong, one (i.e. me) would be forgiven for thinking that this farcical, meta 1982 play was an...
Jul 19, 2019
Review: The Flies (Bunker Theatre)
Most multilingual theatre uses subtitles, but Exchange Theatre has a rather different approach. In all of their productions, some nights...
Jul 13, 2019
Review: Bitter Wheat (Garrick Theatre)
While I may not be a London critic, it’s difficult to be a theatre enthusiast with a twitter account without having heard of “Bitter...
Jul 8, 2019
Review: Horrible Histories: Terrible Tudors (King's Theatre Glasgow)
Trying to entertain a group of children is quite a task. Trying to teach a group of children is a bigger one. Trying to do both is...
Jun 6, 2019
Creating and Spectating: The Problem with How We Teach Drama
It’s no secret that theatres all over the country are struggling to fill seats. Few will dispute the quality of the work that...
May 31, 2019
Review: Kinky Boots (King's Theatre Glasgow)
Sometimes the best part of a musical is seeing a familiar or unremarkable setting created on stage and filled with singing and dancing,...
May 10, 2019
Review: The Girl on the Train (Theatre Royal)
When you move a story from medium to medium, the challenge you face is to hold onto what made it special in the first place. After the...
Apr 16, 2019
Review: Interference (CityPark)
When it comes to Science Fiction in movies, television, and literature we are spoilt; but it’s not often that the genre makes its way to...
Mar 22, 2019
Review: Romeo and Juliet (Theatre Royal Glasgow)
Romeo and Juliet is notoriously difficult to stage. Being probably the most famous play of all time puts pressure on to produce something...
Mar 21, 2019
