Richard III, Alexandra Palace
I’ve heard it said that chess is easy to play but hard to master. The production of Richard III currently at Alexandra Palace (now renamed “Ally Pally”) makes me think… Read more Richard III, Alexandra Palace →
The Execution of Paddy Flynn, Vaults Festival
This is a new play from Kieran O’Rourke, his last play at The Vaults The Many Crimes of Hector Cartwright in 2017 was an interesting though flawed post-war thriller, with too… Read more The Execution of Paddy Flynn, Vaults Festival →
The Talented Mr Ripley, Vaults Festival
London’s railways stations are, for the most part, architectural wonders (I’ll gloss over Euston although they have just made the toilets free so it can’t be all bad). The rival… Read more The Talented Mr Ripley, Vaults Festival →
Romance Romance, Above the Stag Theatre
Romance Romance, the all-male gay musical which opened at the Above the Stag Theatre in Vauxhall, is a beautiful and ornate chocolate box of a production. This new adaptation gender-flips the 1987… Read more Romance Romance, Above the Stag Theatre →
Angry Alan, Soho Theatre
Review by Jake Laverde There’s something very timely in Penelope Skinner’s portrait of a lost man finding refuge in the “men’s rights movement”. The recent rise of the far right,… Read more Angry Alan, Soho Theatre →
Feed, Vault Festival
Wake Up! Of course you are aware of the impact social media platforms have on our lives. Most of us have heard about Cambridge Analytica’s misuse of profiles, harvested by… Read more Feed, Vault Festival →
Pufferfish, Vault Festival
Pufferfish is inspired by the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, a man who killed 17 young men from 1978-1991. Dahmer, much like Ted Bundy, didn’t look like a monster but his… Read more Pufferfish, Vault Festival →
Can I Touch Your Hair?, Vault Festival
I first saw Lekhani Chirwa’s Can I Touch Your Hair? as a part of Herstory Festival in 2017 and this brief extract showed a lot of promise so I was… Read more Can I Touch Your Hair?, Vault Festival →
Ladykiller, Vault Festival
The Thelmas (writer Madeleine Gould and director Madeleine Moore) offer this unique take on the #metoo movement in this monologue starring Hannah McClean. When we meet Her she has just… Read more Ladykiller, Vault Festival →
