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Hilary Cordery as Margaret Woods seated above a glowing magenta platform in Ambiguous Proposition

13Sep

Plays

Review: Ambiguous Proposition, The Bakehouse Theatre

Hilary Cordery gives a commanding and emotionally layered performance in Shona Newmark’s intelligent one-woman play about an employment tribunal judge whose professional impartiality falters when her son is accused of sexual harassment. It is an absorbing exploration of judgement, maternal loyalty and questions that resist a simple answer.

by Robert Cope 270 0

Poster for the musical You & It, featuring a human eye overlaid with glowing digital circuitry

11Sep

Musicals

Review: You & It, King’s Head Theatre

You & It at the King’s Head Theatre is an engaging South Korean musical about love, grief, memory and artificial intelligence. Strong performances, accomplished live musicianship and thoughtful staging give it warmth, although the score needs greater variety and its central ideas could be explored more deeply.

by Robert Cope 434 0

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 608 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 918 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 396 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 528 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 704 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 658 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 1360 0

Latest News

Review: Ambiguous Proposition, The Bakehouse Theatre

Review: You & It, King’s Head Theatre

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

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