The tale of a talking fish in the dying days of the Klondike goldrush takes the stage at the Bridewell Theatre. Goldfish Reading the premise for Goldfish, what intrigued me was what a big story it sounded for a fringe theatre production. I like a company who take on a challenge, and it seemed that’s […]
Economics and ballet sound like a strange pairing, but come together beautifully in The Standard of Living, a play about John Maynard Keynes. The Standard of Living The Urban Geographer was the one who spotted and booked The Standard of Living. It combines two things he really enjoys – economics, and stage performances by Rory […]
Billy Bones breaks all the conventions to fit Every Ghost Story Ever into a convenient hour-long show. Every Ghost Story Ever Billy Bones (Billy Morton) starts the show by managing our expectations. It’s not really going to be every ghost story ever. We’d be here all night! But what this show is is quite an […]
Tilda Swinton, Bunny Christie and Stephen Unwin return to Manfred Karge’s Man to Man, almost 40 years after first making a splash with it. Man to Man The thing with theatre is, it’s live, right? You can see a filmed version of it, but it’s not quite the same. Otherwise, you either see it or […]
A stylish production of The Master Builder, directed by Mehmet Ergen, melds strong performances with striking design. The Master Builder This was my first time seeing Henrik Ibsen’s The Master Builder. And I have to say, I think Desmond MacCarthy’s erstwhile summary of it as the tragedy of an “elderly architect who falls off his scaffold while trying […]
Darkly comedic, full of noughties hits, and instantly recognisable to anyone who’s ever had a customer service job, Sort Sol Theatre Company’s How Am I Doing Today? is a real treat. How Am I Doing Today? ‘Tis the season! Not quite that season yet. Halloween season. Having been to my first spooky theatre event of […]
October is the perfect time for the Lion & Unicorn Theatre to stage Uncle Monty’s Antique Shop, an anthology of psychological horror shorts, part of the theatre’s Here | For season. Uncle Monty’s Antique Shop I love a bit of spooky theatre around Halloween, and my favourite kind is in the uncanny/psychological horror. I’m not […]
A masterful storytelling performance as Dov Citron takes on George Orwell’s classic in Animal Farm: As Witnessed by Moses the Raven. Animal Farm: As Witnessed by Moses the Raven “I’m exhausted”, said Dov Citron after the curtain call. I’m not surprised. Animal Farm: As Witnessed by Moses the Raven, which Citron writes and performs, is […]
Tailwind Physical Theatre get into all the messy corners of the mind in the aftermath of losing a loved one in G R I E F C A S E at the Hope Theatre. G R I E F C A S E When a loved one dies, and particularly when it’s sudden, how do […]
Darren Raymond translates Molière’s theatrical classic to modern-day London and a Nigerian-Jamaican family in Tartuffe (Remixed). Tartuffe (Remixed) I’ve had the privilege of seeing Darren Raymond’s way with classics before. As Artistic Director of Intermission Youth Theatre, Raymond works with a cohort of underserved young people each year to transform and perform a work by […]
