Reviews – Archive

After Liverpool

By Stephe Harrop

After Liverpool is a fast-paced, funny, not-too-challenging way to spend an hour in the theatre.

Jul 28 2008 | View Comments

Torn

By Jens Peters

Torn revolves around a love story between two young adults against the will of their families.

Jul 25 2008 | View Comments

Puppet Grinder Cabaret

By Stephe Harrop

If you haven’t been to the Little Angel, then get it sorted. Seriously. It’s one of the few theatres in London where I can’t remember ever being disappointed by a show.

Jul 22 2008 | View Comments

The Magadelene Mysteries

By Jens Peters

If you find the questions raised in Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code intriguing, but you’re dissatisfied with the lack of serious argumentation and trustworthy sources, see The Magdalene Mysteries.

Jul 21 2008 | View Comments

Once again, the DryWrite team have put together an event that challenges and inspires participants and watchers to take risks, make imaginative leaps and think in new ways about the process and purpose of writing for the theatre.

Jul 10 2008 | View Comments

The Frontline

By Stephe Harrop

The Frontline makes a gutsy stab at being a contemporary social drama to match the vigour, daring and wit of Shakespearean precedent.

Jul 8 2008 | View Comments

… Sisters

By Matt Boothman

What makes …Sisters great theatre is its gleeful exploitation of theatre’s transience.

Jul 2 2008 | View Comments

Le Mariage

By Jens Peters

Despite faltering balance towards the end, Le Mariage remains a play to be seen, thought, and talked about!

Jul 1 2008 | View Comments

The Diver

By Stephe Harrop

In the end it’s the fragments of ancient stories that resonate most strongly through The Diver, moments of unexplained but intense ambiguity and allusion.

Jun 30 2008 | View Comments

The Ugly One

By Matt Boothman

The Ugly One is a play about outward appearances, and this production at the Royal Court deliberately pays no attention at all to its own outward appearance.

Jun 29 2008 | View Comments