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FringeReview UK 2025

A Good House

A play deeper than the satire which propels it. And subtly layered enough to brush the epic. A stunning smack between the eyes and a must-see.


Alterations

We must be grateful for this compelling revival, and wait for more from the National’s Black archive.


As Long As We Are Breathing

Do see this exceptional and brave piece of theatrical memory.


Belly of the Beast

Belly of the Beast should be a set text in schools. And should definitely tour there.


Chekhov Three Sisters

There’s a rapt self-communing in this production of Three Sisters. A must-see, it glows long after you’ve left it.


Cymbeline

One of the most uneven of late plays, its heights have to be seen; and though there’s pitfalls, this absorbing production surmounts most. A feat.


Dear England

With its nimbus of inevitability as national storytelling, it’s still groundbreaking.


Jane Upton (the) Woman

A ground-breaking play, fully deserving of its London run. Catch it there.


Macbeth

ETT’s gallimaufry stimulates, frustrates, occasionally fascinates. A more selective through-line would have revealed a mineral gleam, a new earth of tyranny.


Men’s Business

A quietly phenomenal, ground-breaking play, blistering in sumps of silence. See it.


One Day When We Were Young

This grips anyone who can’t let first love go, anyone who stares homeward even now, wild with all regret. Unmissable.


Outlying Islands

A first rate-revival of a small classic. Do seek out this rare, dream-like play.


Playhouse Creatures

When Doll Common claims “Life’s like a storm. Don’t get in its way” one thinks of the stoicism of those in the eye of it, and their audience. A consummate revival.


Tarantula

This stunning performance from Henley ought to garner awards.


The Double Act

A masterly comedy, and should be packed out


The Gift

How far you’d go to pursue either vengeance or to resolve one, asks just such questions of how we choose to box up our lives. The Gift is for all of us.


The Maids

An exceptional revival.


The Passenger

Essential theatre: a must-see.