A review of Dead Poets Live at Wilton’s Music Hall. An unexpectedly delightful evening exploring the connection between poet T. S. Eliot and music hall star Marie Lloyd, on the centenary of The Wasteland. Dead Poets Live I really highly recommend going to something every now and then without knowing anything about it. Sometimes it […]
A review of SAD, on at Omnibus Theatre in Clapham. Victoria Willing’s play about isolation, connection and grief has promise which is not quite fulfilled. SAD This is my second outing to Omnibus Theatre in Clapham, the first being for Small Change in 2021. Remind me to come back to a key point about Omnibus […]
A review of Hamlet, on now at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at the Globe Theatre. Without a big name/crowd pleaser in the lead role, this production is able to mine much darker scenes in the text. Hamlet The day I was due to go and see Hamlet at the Globe (more specifically at the indoor […]
A review of The Collaboration at the Young Vic. A play which conjures up a key moment in the 1980s New York art scene and ponders questions about art and its commodification. The Collaboration Jean-Michel Basquiat is one of my favourite artists. I love the urgency of his works, the way the art leaked out […]
A review of Dogs of Europe, a production by Belarus Free Theatre at the Barbican. Well, who would have guessed when booking this that it would become so much more pressing and relevant? Belarus Free Theatre Let’s start today at the beginning, with some background information on Belarus Free Theatre. I’ve seen some intensely creative […]
A discussion of A Block of Flats, a rehearsed reading of a play by Inua Ellams at the Albany in Deptford. A great way for me to start exploring Lewisham’s year as Borough of Culture. Lewisham, London Borough of Culture 2022 London. 32 boroughs, spanning a wide distance both geographically and in terms of experience. […]
A review of A Number, a Caryl Churchill revival at the Old Vic. Lennie James and Paapa Essiedu get to grips with father and son relationships, inheritance and identity in this tense, hour-long drama. A Number For me, seeing A Number at the Old Vic was a bit of a bookend moment. In March 2020, […]
A review of Red Pitch, a new play by Tyrell Williams at the Bush Theatre. Contemporary, funny and generous, this energetic production is a great effort by a talented team. Red Pitch I don’t know quite what I expected from a coming of age play about football, friendship and gentrification. But by the (figurative) final […]
A review of An Unfinished Man at the Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick. Dipo Baruwa-Etti’s innovative new play explores belief, tradition and mental health through the character of Kayode. An Unfinished Man Belief is an interesting thing. Particularly the ability of different belief systems to coexist. This is explored to great effect by Dipo Baruwa-Etti […]
A review of Cyrano de Bergerac at the Harold Pinter Theatre. This new version by Martin Crimp treads an interesting line between the classical and contemporary. Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac is a relatively well known story. A witty poet, in love with his cousin Roxane, employs his way with words […]
