Reviews – Archive

Adventures in Movement (pt 2)

This second round of reviews from the Arcola’s Adventures in Movement Festival includes coverage of Mass Exercise and Vulnerasti.

Jul 22 2009 | View Comments

Adventures in Movement (pt 1)

By Diana Damian

Cinderella, fairy tales, waitresses and Transylvanian vampires collide in After Cinderella and Violet Smile at the Arcola Theatre.

Jul 18 2009 | View Comments

Last Seen

By Matt Boothman

Last Seen offers a glimpse of how audio headphone technology could positively impact theatre, whether as a dramatic technique in itself or as a facilitatory tool.

Jul 9 2009 | View Comments

The Rover

By Stephe Harrop

A brisk, bright, good-humoured account of Aphra Behn’s comedy about Englishmen behaving appallingly abroad.

Jul 6 2009 | View Comments

The Glass Mountain

By Stephe Harrop

As yet unfinished, but already roughly enchanting, The Glass Mountain looks set to be a hopeful, heartfelt and most rewarding journey.

Jun 18 2009 | View Comments

The Mountaintop

By Matt Boothman

More than just a reverent character study of Dr. King, The Mountaintop presents a history with an immediate bearing on the modern world.

Jun 17 2009 | View Comments

S-27

By Stephe Harrop

S-27, while committed and sometimes compelling, lacks detail, credibility and grit.

Jun 15 2009 | View Comments

The Moon The Moon

By Matt Boothman

The Moon The Moon is many overlapping things, but never feels like collage; its elements complement rather than contradict one another.

Jun 10 2009 | View Comments

Ajax

By Stephe Harrop

In their grimy, bloodied hands, Sophocles’ drama acquires an unpretentious, slightly battered and totally compelling integrity.

Jun 8 2009 | View Comments

All’s Well That Ends Well

By Matt Boothman

Perhaps under other circumstances having ’solved’ All’s Well would be enough of an achievement, but this is the National we’re talking about; it’s perfectly justifiable to demand more.

May 30 2009 | View Comments