A new work by Daniel Taub with Dan Patterson, Winner’s Curse teaches its audience about international diplomacy and the art of negotiation. Not a flawless evening, but with Clive Anderson in the lead role it’s an entertaining one. Winner’s Curse Do you know what the ‘Winner’s Curse’ theory is? I didn’t before seeing this play. […]
A West End production of a play that started out as a 2015 Edinburgh Fringe hit, Sam Steiner’s Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons works in this new context with a few caveats. Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons First of all, please forgive me if I choose to call this play Lemons for the sake of […]
A wordless one-woman play by Part of the Main, All by Myself takes a bleakly comic look at a social media influencer facing the end of the world. All By Myself My second outing to VAULT Festival for 2023 was to see All By Myself, a wordless play for a single actor from theatre company […]
Back for the final edition of the London International Mime Festival, with a range of performances from dance to puppetry to silent films brought to life. London International Mime Festival 2023 I am very sad to say that 2023 marks the final edition of the London International Mime Festival. It has been going since 1977 […]
Anne-Marie Sophie’s clever work The Ballerina is finally on at VAULT Festival, prompting us to question our perceptions and our moral compass. The Ballerina The coming together of writing, direction and acting in Khaos Theatre’s The Ballerina, on until 5 February at VAULT Festival, is truly something to behold. Anne-Marie Sophie is a multi-talented individual […]
An innovative approach to rethinking Hamlet presents its own challenges for the ensemble cast of the Lazarus Theatre Company. Hamlet, Lazarus Theatre Company Style The last time I saw Hamlet I was saying how I’m at a stage where I’m looking for productions that are a bit different. Hamlet is often a star vehicle, with […]
A review of On The Ropes, a dramatised true story co-written by former boxer Vernon Vanriel. Over twelve rounds in the ring we chart heady highs, personal lows, and a case study in the inhumanity of the ‘hostile environment’. Vernon ‘The Entertainer’ Vanriel You may have seen renewed press coverage this week of Vernon Vanriel’s […]
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 […]
