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...
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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...
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...
05Aug
Plays
Review: Jack in the Box, Lion & Unicorn Theatre
Rudra Bharadwaj’s solo play turns the relentless routines of unpaid care into a psychologically charged portrait...
29Jul
Plays
Review: When You Are a Tick, The Hope Theatre
Sofya Krasnova’s When You Are a Tick is a restless philosophy-punk comedy blending live music, physical...
25Jul
Plays
Review: Have You Took The Bins Out?, Drayton Arms Theatre
Have You Took The Bins Out? at Drayton Arms Theatre is Orson Bourne’s raw and ambitious...
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