Reviews – Archive

Generations

What Debbie Tucker Green puts on stage in (seemingly) simple, almost game-like manner, is the fragility and vulnerability of some lives over others.

Mar 7 2007 | View Comments

Panzerfaust

By Patrick Judd

Punchdrunk have woven iconic cultural references from the myth of Faust into the physical appearance of the rooms, corridors and stairwells of the building at 21 Wapping Lane.

Dec 12 2006 | View Comments

John Baker on The Seagull

By Guest Author

Mitchell and Crimp took enormous liberties with the text and in this instance I thought it worked to everyone’s advantage.

Oct 3 2006 | View Comments

Almost Nothing

By Andrew Eglinton

The pace, tone and atmosphere in this short play work like the touches of paint in an impressionist painting.

Aug 28 2006 | View Comments

Shrieks of Laughter

By Andrew Eglinton

Watching the play was in many ways the experience of seeing ’seeds’ of potential being sewn in the ‘right’ places but all too often left un-nurtured.

Aug 28 2006 | View Comments

Way to Heaven

By Andrew Eglinton

Way to Heaven pushes the usage of the theatrical medium, through its structure, dialogue and general storytelling, into compelling territory.

Aug 23 2006 | View Comments

Plasticine

By Andrew Eglinton

Note: This is a review of the play text, not the production at the Royal Court Theatre. The plot in Vassily Sigarev’s Plasticine revolves around the life of a teenage…

Aug 15 2006 | View Comments

At the Table

By Andrew Eglinton

Barbosa’s theatre is one of reactions and consequences, a type of ‘post-traumatic’ theatre where flashbacks become key narrative devices..

Aug 8 2006 | View Comments

The Woman From Before

By Andrew Eglinton

The play takes place in the hallway of an opulent apartment. Doors lead off from either side, to a bathroom, bedrooms, kitchen and the front door at the far end.…

Aug 2 2006 | View Comments

Tangram Theatre – 4:48 Psychosis

By Andrew Eglinton

4:48 Psychosis is Sarah Kane’s final play in a body of work that changed the UK/international theatre landscape of the 90’s and continues to grow as new companies and directors explore her language and drama.

May 1 2006 | View Comments