Medea Electronica, Pleasance Islington
This one woman (and two backing musicians) show is a tour de force. The story may be old as time but the modern twist of basically turning it into a… Read more Medea Electronica, Pleasance Islington →
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Welcome to the UK, The Bunker Theatre
Welcome to the UK is the fascinating answer to how you put on a play by a collaborative cast who don’t all speak the same language. The result is heavy… Read more Welcome to the UK, The Bunker Theatre →
Lola, The Vault Festival
It was by reading Nabokov’s Lolita that I first learned the difference between the authorial voice and that of the narrators. In this interesting new play, the same complex subtleties… Read more Lola, The Vault Festival →
A Modest Little Man,The Bread and Roses Theatre
The most intriguing question about this play is how it struck anyone that it could be feasible to create a play around a character as monosyllabic as Clement Atlee. But… Read more A Modest Little Man,The Bread and Roses Theatre →
Little Women, The Space
Little Women is a classic novel that I had never read. It had existed on the fringes of my knowledge as it is referred to in most American popular culture… Read more Little Women, The Space →
Seussical , Southwark Playhouse
Seussical the Musical is so utterly and completely charming I’m not ashamed to say it brought me to happy tears of joy at the end. Fast-paced – frenetic even –… Read more Seussical , Southwark Playhouse →
Clamour, The Roundhouse
Clamour is an odd experience – more art installation than theatre but promoted as the latter. It was more interactive than it was immersive, and it wasn’t very interactive –… Read more Clamour, The Roundhouse →
Review: The Greatest Snowman
Played pretty much as a straight up pantomime, it come across as charmingly childlike and simple. The storyline is not taxing, and the immersive element was less prominent than in… Read more Review: The Greatest Snowman →
Soaked in Dreams Review: Divine Proportions, Vaults Theatre
Emma Burnell reviews Divine Proportions via Review: Divine Proportions
