FringeReview UK

A Letter to a Friend in Gaza

Amos Gitai’s curating hope from the ruins, impelling the audience to construct a narrative.

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Ali and Dahlia

A phenomenally well-written first play

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Amsterdam

Did I say sucker-punch? It’s what the Orange Tree do every time.

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Blood Wedding

In several ways, this is about as good as it gets.

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Creditors

We’re unlikely to see a better production of this still rarely-performed disturber of ourselves.

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Don’t Dress for Dinner

For a farce there’s only one spot of monotony. That’s how uniformly outstanding this is.

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Europe

Europe’s border challenges have rarely been realized with this power.

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Hunger

An exemplary, scrupulous production so starkly contemporary, it makes Hunger contemporary forever

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Mary Stuart

It must be seen

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Mary Stuart

Again, it must be seen

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Miss Julie

It’s unlikely we’ll get a cleaner version, or a more absorbing production any time soon

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My Brilliant Friend Parts One and Two

Cusack and McCormack give the performances of their lives

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Peter Gynt

In McArdle’s irresistible performance you’re not likely to see a finer Gynt.

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Rosmersholm

They compel attention, they demand we follow every sigh

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Sadness and Joy in the Life of Giraffes

Rodrigues is a dramatist we need to see far more of.

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Tartuffe

Prepare to be Tartuffed.

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The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys and The Laments

In nearly every way an outstanding pair of productions.

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The Doctor

A triumph for all concerned. Juliet Stevenson even gains in stature. Icke’s last production could hardly go better than this.

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The Father

Florian Zeller's masterpiece, in a production and central performance that would do it justice anywhere.

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The Flies

There’s nothing like the Exchange’s approach: their bi-lingual virtuosity burns questions.

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The Hunt

An outstandingly theatrical re-visioning of a film

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The Lady From the Sea

A groundbreaking production. Even outside its unique terms it’s outstanding.

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The Lehman Trilogy

Almost stupefying, but outstanding.

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The Son

An explosively powerful play

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Three Sisters

This absorbing production keeps growing in the mind, like to take root.

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Vassa

A really worthwhile production with a few missed opportunities

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Youth Without God

We’re launched into a necessary world

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