Eugene O'Hare's jarring, disturbing and often amusing exploration of London's underclass and its propensity for malice when there's money to be made - The Weatherman - is excellent. Photography: Piers Foley A …
A noble - if misguided - effort to translate a historian's work from page to stage, Bianca Bagatourian's The Time Of Our Lies often feels a little too much like …
A life-affirming new hostage comedy at the Park Theatre empowers older women and shows us what’s Beneath The Blue Rinse. Upon taking a seat at the Park Theatre to watch KEPOW! …
The strong performances and creative potential of Jack Ivimy’s Dialektikon is undermined by a bizarre concept and over-ambitious, confused content. The world is cruel, unjust and relentless: one of my main …
Valiant performances and an interesting, expressionist design are not quite enough to elevate A Pupil's lethargic writing. Lucy Sheen wheels on to stage as Ye, an utterly dejected former musical prodigy. Ye occupies …
An excellent cast - and accomplished direction - can't quite rescue the Park's revival of Honour from a text that feels dated, formulaic and self-satisfied. Joanna Murray-Smith’s Honour deconstructs an idea still perpetuated …
Focusing on the engrained and authoritarian structures that perpetuate the practice of FGM, the topic at the heart of Gloria Williams' Bullet Hole is heartbreaking and vital - but the script …
Sharr White's disorientating look at the illusions and delusions of dementia is intelligent and sophisticated, but engages the brain more than the heart. A smart set from Jonathan Fensom disorientates as …
Dissecting the modern epidemic of mental illness and male suicide (and specifically the language we use to talk about it), Alex McSweeney's Distance is intelligently written, ambitious in its experimentation with …
Tom Latter's production plays into the antiquated nature of Jim Cartwright's The Rise and Fall of Little Voice rather than acknowledging its shortcomings, leaving us with a more obselete retelling than …
End of the Pier recovers from a wobbly first half to question the role of comedy, especially regarding race, at the Park Theatre - with glints of dark humour and …
The Handmaid’s Tale meets quarantine horror in Park Theatre's Beirut: an intense two-hander that feels both outdated and badly produced.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 …
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 …
A fearless and stimulating concept is undermined by elementary writing decisions in Schenkkan's Building The Wall, a political two-hander imagining a Trump-induced dystopia one year from now. Making its European premiere at …