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Digs, New Wimbledon Theatre, 28 May 2016
Theatre with Legs present an honest, sometimes bleak but always funny look at the housing crisis. Theatre with Legs are Lucy Bairstow and Jess Murrain, who met whilst training as actors at the Royal School of Central Speech and Drama. Digs, one of the final shows of the Illuminate Festival is a look at the…
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Lee & Omar: We are All Idiots, New Wimbledon Studio, 26 May
A sketch preview, which seemed unsuited to its surroundings. I’ve visited, and mostly enjoyed, following the second Illuminate Festival at New Wimbledon Studio. There’s been hits, there’s been misses but I’ve always felt there was a consistent theme-showcasing small theatre producers who wouldn’t get attention elsewhere but having what it is an Edinburgh preview feels…
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Bishops Grove, New Wimbledon Theatre, 16 May
Cocky twentysomething, Jack finds himself trapped with peculiar masseuse Sidney. With no one coming to help them the unlikely couple end up questioning their identities, the depravity of life and why Geri really left the Spice Girls. All the while, another person is set to go missing in Bishop’s Grove… Retison Theatre‘s production, as part…
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Every Seven Years, New Wimbledon Studio, 13 May
The simple premise of Theatre Bench’s Every Seven Years follows a couple Pam (Charlotte Baker) and Ralph (Ben Fensome) from 21 to 84, showing the audience scenes throughout their relationship. It is a well-written, well performed play but there is no conflict, no real conclusion to reward the audience. The concept is interesting but I…
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The Good Person of Szechwan, New Wimbledon Studio, 5 May 2016
Theatrical Niche’s production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Good Person of Szechwan is a bold piece to do for any theatre. The play is set in China and is about prostitute Shen Te and her quest for goodness and morality, in a world where there is none. It is the sort of thing you’d imagine the Young Vic putting on…
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