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06Sep

Plays

Review: Women in the Now: The Next Chapter, King’s Head Theatre

Northern Spirit Theatre Company’s Women in the Now: The Next Chapter brings together eight distinctive short plays at King’s Head Theatre, combining humour, anger, grief and hope in a thoughtful and deeply compassionate celebration of women’s voices.

by Robert Cope 42 0

Twelve Angry Men at Theatre Royal Windsor – Gray O’Brien, Bill Ward, Ricky Norwood, Tristan Gemmill and Ben Nealon

03Sep

Plays

Review: Twelve Angry Men, Theatre Royal Windsor

Christopher Haydon’s taut production of Twelve Angry Men brings Reginald Rose’s classic jury-room drama vividly to life, with Gray O’Brien and Bill Ward leading a strong ensemble through an increasingly charged battle over guilt, prejudice and reasonable doubt.

by Robert Cope 373 0

Understudy No. 5 promotional poster featuring Hadrian Conyngham at the Old Red Lion Theatre

30Aug

Plays

Review: Understudy No. 5, Old Red Lion Theatre

Hadrian Conyngham’s inventive solo piece gives Shakespeare’s overlooked characters a voice of their own, combining wit, wordplay and theatrical imagination in a thoughtful exploration of agency, identity and the roles we are given.

by Robert Cope 216 0

Pink-and-orange poster for The Girls Are Fighting, showing three women seated on an oversized pink toilet.

29Aug

Plays

Review: The Girls Are Fighting, Hen & Chickens Theatre

Marieke Kuphal’s The Girls Are Fighting is a frank, funny and increasingly unsettling one-room drama at the Hen & Chickens Theatre. Set entirely in a women’s toilet, it explores sexual pressure, danger and the complicated permanence of lifelong friendship through a strong four-person ensemble.

by Robert Cope 345 0

Teal poster for The Hostel at The Courtyard Theatre, showing the title inside a simple house outline with “World Premiere” above.

28Aug

Plays

Review: The Hostel, The Courtyard Theatre

Isabella Haldren’s The Hostel at The Courtyard Theatre is an enjoyable and engaging Camden Fringe ensemble drama exploring friendship, control, consent and community during a disastrous group holiday in New York.

by Robert Cope 505 0

PERICLES (kind of) cast surrounding a knight in armour at the Old Red Lion Theatre

25Aug

Musicals Comedy Plays

Review: PERICLES (kind of), Old Red Lion Theatre

A fast, funny and inventive musical reworking of Shakespeare’s Pericles, driven by infectious ensemble energy, sharp comedy and a fresh perspective on who gets to tell the story.

by Robert Cope 475 0

19Aug

Musicals

Review: We Will Rock You, Theatre Royal Windsor

Theatre Royal Windsor’s community production of We Will Rock You is an ambitious and impressively polished celebration of Queen, combining standout vocals, dynamic choreography, assured musical direction and imaginative video design.

by Robert Cope 1173 0

A Full Plate poster showing Elaine Kline resting her face in her hands beside a collage of mental-health imagery.

17Aug

Plays

Review: A Full Plate, Rosemary Branch Theatre

Elaine Kline’s autobiographical one-woman show A Full Plate combines humour, projected visuals and candid storytelling to explore her experiences of anxiety, OCD and PTSD from childhood into adulthood.

by Robert Cope 225 0

Are You There Mother? poster showing overlapping portraits of Thomas Carruthers, including Martha in a red wig and glasses

14Aug

Plays

Review: Are You There Mother?, Hen & Chickens Theatre

Thomas Carruthers writes and performs this darkly comic one-man play about a struggling actor whose attempt to comfort a grieving woman through deception takes an increasingly unsettling turn. At the Hen & Chickens Theatre, comedy, grief and questions of identity become disturbingly entangled.

by Robert Cope 256 0

Latest News

Review: Women in the Now: The Next Chapter, King’s Head Theatre

Review: Twelve Angry Men, Theatre Royal Windsor

Review: Understudy No. 5, Old Red Lion Theatre

Review: The Girls Are Fighting, Hen & Chickens Theatre

Review: The Hostel, The Courtyard Theatre

Review: PERICLES (kind of), Old Red Lion Theatre

Review: We Will Rock You, Theatre Royal Windsor

Review: A Full Plate, Rosemary Branch Theatre

Review: Are You There Mother?, Hen & Chickens Theatre

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