Reviews – Archive

Troilus and Cressida

There are some glimmers of directorial genius—Dunster triumphs when tackling the play’s sombre moments—but that, alone, is not enough to save the show.

Aug 9 2009 | 4 comments

Fat Club

By S.L. Ruden

As fringe musicals go, Fat Club is not groundbreaking, or terribly exciting, but there are enough funny moments to engage all but the most critical of theatregoers.

Aug 8 2009 | 1 comment

Mad Forest

By Diana Damian

Mad Forest by Caryl Churchill is an epic and daring play; and in Caroline Steinbeis’ production the cast rises to the occasion with unbreakable energy and pinpoint focus.

Aug 7 2009 | Leave a comment

Helen

By Stephe Harrop

This is Euripides without tears, a happy ending snatched from catastrophe, and the funniest Greek tragedy you’re likely to come across.

Aug 6 2009 | 2 comments

Macbeth: Who Is That Bloodied Man?

By Poonperm Paitayawat

Can a Shakespearean play work without Shakespeare’s language? Pawel Szkotak proves so in his nightmarishly perverse adaptation of Macbeth.

Aug 5 2009 | Leave a comment

Adventures in Movement (pt 3)

By Diana Damian

In the final installment of her Adventures in Movement coverage, Diana Damian reviews It Happens…, TAT TAT TAT and May I….

Aug 5 2009 | Leave a comment

Hot Air

By Matt Boothman

Ten Pence Short, the company behind Hot Air asked its audience for feedback, find out what Matt Boothman had to say.

Aug 3 2009 | 2 comments

The Girlfriend Experience

By Stephe Harrop

The Girlfriend Experience is the most honest, educational and unexpectedly life-affirming play I’ve seen in a very long time.

Jul 31 2009 | Leave a comment

4:48 Psychosis

By Diana Damian

Benedetti asks us to rethink Sarah Kane’s writing one more time, so that maybe now, in light of our times, we can understand a different side of her.

Jul 27 2009 | Leave a comment

The Winter’s Tale

By Poonperm Paitayawat

What else could be more representative of this transatlantic project than Sam Mendes relocating Sicilia and Bohemia to England and the US in the 18th century?

Jul 23 2009 | 4 comments