Theatre Reviews
White Pearl, Royal Court review - comic racial stereotypesFriday, 17 May 2019
Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone's commitment to staging a diversity of new voices is very laudable, and with White Pearl she has found a show that is original in setting, if not in theme. Written by Anchuli Felicia King, a New York-based, multidisciplinary artist of Thai-Australian descent, this international playwriting debut is a comic satire on the cosmetics industry and race in a South-East Asian setting. Read more... |
My Left Right Foot: The Musical, Brighton Festival 2019 review - foul-mouthed comic brillianceThursday, 16 May 2019
My Left Right Foot tiptoes right to the precipice of massive offense. For some, it tumbles right in. During the interval audience members can be heard tutting at the amount of times “the c-word” is casually thrown around. But it’s not just the swearing. Read more... |
Orpheus Descending, Menier Chocolate Factory review - Tennessee Williams scorcher needs more firepowerThursday, 16 May 2019
Where would Tennessee Williams's onetime flop be without the British theatre to rehabilitate it on an ongoing basis? Read more... |
Henry IV Parts 1 & 2/Henry V, Shakespeare's Globe review - helter-skelter ensemble history trilogyThursday, 16 May 2019
Henry IV Part One (***) |
The Firm, Hampstead Theatre review - ferociously funny exploration of gang cultureWednesday, 15 May 2019
We are living in a time when gang culture rips and roars its way down London streets, and through newspaper headlines, at increasingly alarming levels. Recent news reports revealed how a surge in knife and gun crime is leading to more young black men being murdered in the capital than anywhere else in the country, with problems increasingly amplified by social media and drugs money. Read more... |
The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson, Park Theatre review - unwieldy at times but undeniably funny, tooWednesday, 15 May 2019
What could have been merely a cheap and cheesy piss-take registers as considerably more robust in The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson, journo-turned-playwright Jonathan Maitland's latest venture for his de facto home at north London's... Read more... |
Death of a Salesman, Young Vic review - new-minted revival of a masterpieceFriday, 10 May 2019
The Young Vic, a welcoming theatre with a culturally diverse audience, has been home to memorable Miller revivals before, notably Ivo van Hove's emotionally shattering, stripped-back A View From the Bridge in 2014. Read more... |
Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs), Brighton Festival 2019 review - a feverishly foul-mouthed musical comedyThursday, 09 May 2019
Five years ago this Kneehigh Theatre production caused a stir with its vibrant modern retelling of John Gay’s 18th century satirical classic, The Beggar’s Opera. It’s currently on tour again and it’s easy to see why a revival was greenlit. Read more... |
Vox Motus: Flight, Brighton Festival 2019 review - a novel and moving experienceSunday, 05 May 2019
Flight is a show by experimental Scottish theatre company Vox Motus, adapted from the novel Hinterland by Caroline Brothers. It’s about two Afghan child refugees making their way across Europe to the fabled land of “London” and is based very directly on her own interviews with asylum seekers as a journalist. Read more... |
Rosmersholm, Duke of York's Theatre review - little-known Ibsen lands with forceSaturday, 04 May 2019
The past haunts the present and looks likely to torpedo the future in Rosmersholm, the lesser-known Ibsen play now receiving a major West End revival in welcome defiance of the commercial odds. Read more... |
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