Split Note Theatre’s Artificial is a messy reappropriation of the Oscar-winning film Her, with the most enticing flames in the narrative extinguished by poor execution. In a world where technology rules almost every facet of our …
Raving Mask’s Theatre’s sweltering new production, Fat Jewels at the Hope Theatre, is a brave attempt to get under the skin of two lonely and marginalised men. In the living room of a Yorkshire council estate, …
Exchange Theatre's adaptation of French classic, Misanthrope, is ambitious and clever but at times feels thematically forced. Whilst Molière may not play a significant part in the British canon, he's a seminal figure within French literature. …
The Handmaid’s Tale meets quarantine horror in Park Theatre's Beirut: an intense two-hander that feels both outdated and badly produced. Beirut is an intense one hour about a ‘positive’ named Torch who is visited in the infection quarantine …
Louise Coulthard's Cockamamy charts the slow deterioration of a mind - and, sadly but inevitably perhaps, a relationship too - with sensitivity, diligence and well-placed dark humour. Though a late attempt to subvert its (otherwise …
Set against a backdrop of contemporary LA's susceptibility to rapacious belief systems, Gérald Garutti's reimagining of Tartuffe is let down by distressingly substandard execution - in a frequently baffling, bilingual production at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Relocating …
In the Shadow of the Mountain explores the intricacies of Borderline Personality Disorder through the prism of a fractured relationship, with humour and accuracy. Despite some issues with timeline and characterisation, it's a powerful show …
Adam & Eve - a 65-minute dive into trust, temptation and power structures by Royal Court Young Writer Tim Cook - is rhythmically tight and earnestly performed, but fervidly upper-middle-class, uncomfortably inward-looking and, for me at …
Tom Ratcliffe’s Gifted is a timely and challenging show, delving into the murley world of sex, consent and revenge. Gifted tells the story of Millie (Emily Stott) who experiences an ultimate betrayal at the hands of her much …
As dark as it is witty, Athena Steven's Schism is a well-crafted tale of ambition, love and what happens when women succeed. Schism opens with Harrison, a middle-aged maths teacher, presenting an angry monologue to a tape …
Paperclip Theatre's Voices From The Deep is a night of four short plays in Shakespearean verse, putting female-centric stories centre stage. With excellent intentions and solid performances, the plays give voice to unheard narratives but …
Daisy King's NOFUCKSGIVEN shines a pertinent, if slight, light on hidden homelessness, millennial solitude and how perception and reality often don't have much in common. More development could elevate the piece's conclusion and efficacy, but …