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FringeReview UK 2026

1.17am, or until the words run out

A cracking debut that picks you up and never lets go. Like any play that gifts us believable characters, it leaves you wondering what life, not just Hunter Gordon, will do with them. Highly recommended.


A Doll’s House

The end, a question-mark, leaves a silence where you might hear a door banging three streets away.


Aether

Exciting, boppy, mind-enlarging, sometimes thrilling


Dance of Death

Strindberg to live with? Who’d have thought of that? An outstanding must-see. If you can’t get there, tune in to the livestream. This demands a wider audience.


Dear Jack, Dear Louise

The war’s an all-too-convincing plotter. Absorbing, a must-see.


John Proctor is the Villain

The apotheosis is both thrilling and more than timely. At a moment where feminism is being closed down, this needs screaming


Last and First Men

A brave and bewitching venture, typically unique to this space.


Mrs President

Mrs President will continue to haunt and I suspect, develop. Be haunted though.


Our American Queen

Klingenstein’s attentive, witty above all brilliant re-imagining of two remarkable young people. Exceptional.


Safe Haven

There’s a perennial feel not just to the humanity at the play’s core; but the work itself. In these dark days, a must-see.


Summerfolk

We need Summerfolk. Sided and slant, this version is a must-see. And almost as much as Chekhov, we need more Gorky.


The Authenticator

Absorbing, playfully swerving from where it might travel, The Authenticator mildly frustrates, mostly digs you in the ribs with questions. And thoroughly entertains.


The BFG

Evans and his team have transported the magic so completely it’s taken up residence. Both outstanding and a delight


The Gambler

Chiten Theatre intensifies to a point of light here something barbarous, atavistic, and goes to the heart of nihilism. Still outstanding.


The Shitheads

Aa a blazing new voice though The Shitheads packs a flinty punch; and paradoxically heralds a vivid poetic talent. A must-see.


Ukraine Unbroken

An absorbing evening; essential theatre.