FringeReview UK

Ashes and Diamonds

Exceptionally humane, humanly absorbing. It’s always 11.15. Till it isn’t

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Being Mr Wickham

In the afterglow of Austen’s 250, it’s an outstanding must-see.

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Dear Jack, Dear Louise

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

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Dear Liar

Stella Powell-Jones and her team make the strongest possible case. A must-see for all lovers of theatre, wit, and wincing put-downs.

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Glorious!

Wendi Peters sends you out singing: with all the right notes in the wrong order. Solidly recommended.

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Magic

Brave, timeless, and troubled, Magic sometimes refuses to give up its secrets too. Absorbing.

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Mrs President

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

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Our American Queen

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

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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.

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The Dasslers

The Dasslers wields a potential beyond its current limitations – both in this brief production and in its current form. And Radford, clearly setting out his dramatic stall in history’s cross-currents, is a voice to watch.

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The Gambler

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

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Two Halves of Guinness

As a gentle voyage around the frothy half of Guinness we know, and the dark we don’t, it deserves awards, and another tour.

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Ukraine Unbroken

An absorbing evening; essential theatre.

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Vincent in Brixton

An outstanding revival, not least for the quiet blaze between Niamh Cusack and Jeroen Frank Kales, but with a revelatory supporting cast

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