Literature – FringeReview

A lost Kunqu classic reborn for the contemporary stage.

Published May 10, 2026May 13, 2026 by Bill Parslow

It’s reading Beckett in flashes of lightning and laughter. Conor Lovett stuns in this cut-down stand-up Beckett-novels-for-beginners-and-enders three-hour whistlestop. A tour de force as well as a tour de farce of Beckett’s genius.

Published June 21, 2024June 21, 2024 by Simon Jenner

Review: That Witch Helen

The face that launched a thousand ships finally gets to speak

Published May 24, 2024May 28, 2024 by Strat Mastoris

Review: Green Knight

An Arthurian legend

Published May 14, 2023May 14, 2023 by Strat Mastoris

Review: Wuthering Heights

A show you must see

Published May 18, 2022May 20, 2022 by Simon Jenner

Review: Ghost Boy: a playwright’s progress

If you want a single account of the heady days of 1960s-70s British theatre, this has to be it

Published April 9, 2022April 10, 2022 by Simon Jenner

Review: The Woman in Black

As fine a touring production as you’re likely to see

Published August 31, 2021 by Simon Jenner

Review: Paradise

A sleeping classic in the making

Published August 20, 2021August 20, 2021 by Simon Jenner

Review: Hamilton and Me: An Actor’s Journal

In rapid, elegant, idiomatically kerned language, Giles Terera proves himself a superb expositor of where it happens.

Published August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 by Simon Jenner

Review: Troy Story

Again the most educative stand-up and a thrilling presentation. Oh and bloody funny on war, male sexuality and the Bechdel Test.

Published July 24, 2021July 27, 2021 by Simon Jenner

Review: Jekyll & Hyde

The most viscerally convulsive realisation of Jekyll or Hyde imaginable

Published June 22, 2021June 23, 2021 by Simon Jenner

Review: Fiction Romance

Now the way to think of Twelfth Night’s Antonio

Published June 13, 2021June 13, 2021 by Simon Jenner

Review: The Tin Drum

Nico Holonics’ blaze-through avatar is unlikely to be surpassed.

Published February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 by Simon Jenner

Review: A Christmas Carol

The most original, potent and uplifting Christmas Carol I’ve ever seen

Published December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 by Simon Jenner

Review: Hamish Henderson: On the Radical Road

A selection of the political songs and writings of the great Scottish folklorist

Published August 26, 2018 by Jenni Davidson

Review: Elise

A Fascinating Portrayal of the Lost Women of the Beatnik Era

Published August 22, 2018 by Heather Bagnall

Review: Gie’s Peace

Inspiring Stories of Courageous Women - An Exploration of War Through Storytelling and Music

Published August 22, 2018August 22, 2018 by Luke Tudball

Review: The Turn of the Screw

A Contemporary Puppet-Assisted Twist on a Classic Tale

Published August 18, 2018 by Luke Tudball

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