Will I ever run out of versions of A Christmas Carol to see at Christmastime? It doesn’t look like it so far! This year it’s Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol and A Dickensian Christmas, both at the Southbank Centre. A Christmas Relapse I tried quite hard to avoid overdosing on A Christmas Carol this […]
A revival of C. P. Taylor’s 1981 play Good sees David Tennant take on the lead role as a professor who rationalises his participation in the Nazi regime. Good Good is probably the best-known work by C. P. Taylor, who unfortunately died aged 52 before its initial West End run. He was nonetheless a prolific […]
What an adaptation of the beloved classic in this Christmas show by Poltergeist! An Alice in Wonderland set in Brixton and the London Underground, on at Brixton House until 31 December. Alice In Wonderland Theatre company Poltergeist, whose work we have seen once before, have created something really special here. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis […]
A review of We Were Promised Honey!, a Soho Theatre co-commission debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe. Writer and performer Sam Ward tells the story of an audience’s future in a compelling interactive format. We Were Promised Honey! There’s something quite clever about Sam Ward’s show We Were Promised Honey! which leverages group psychology. The format […]
MSND, a take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is this year’s show from Intermission Youth Theatre. By breaking Shakespeare down to build it back up again, IYT create something fresh and relevant as well as giving the young cast a chance to shine. MSND It’s almost exactly a year ago that I saw Juliet & […]
A review of My Neighbour Totoro, the beloved Studio Ghibli film come to life thanks to the RSC and Jim Henson’s puppet studio. This is so flipping charming you should get a ticket right now. My Neighbour Totoro Firstly, let me say – if you’re planning to see My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican and […]
A review of the immersive and unusual theatrical production 1797: The Mariner’s Revenge, in the attic of the Admiral’s House at the Old Royal Naval College. What a setting, what a fun bit of theatre from Tramshed and HistoryRiot. 1797: The Mariner’s Revenge It’s one of those things where I’m not even sure where I […]
A review of Elephant, a deeply political, personal and musical work by Anoushka Lucas on at the Bush Theatre. Confronting and cathartic in all the right ways. Elephant Today’s work at the Bush Theatre was originally part of the Protest series in 2020 in response to the murder of George Floyd. Now it’s back and […]
A review of the West End transfer of the Almeida’s production of The Doctor, with Juliet Stevenson reprising the title role. Identity politics writ large in Robert Icke’s loose adaptation from an earlier work by Arthur Schnitzler. The Doctor It feels a bit like a full circle moment to be seeing Juliet Stevenson on stage. […]
A review of The Moors in its UK premiere at London’s Hope Theatre. This darkly comic, immersive production brings the surrealist Gothic text to life. The Moors You’ve probably read some Gothic fiction before. Maybe something by Emily Brontë, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker. Ringing any bells? Well the writer of today’s play, Jen Silverman, is […]
