FringeReview UK
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FringeReview UK 2026
If you’ve not seen a Noda production, see it. If you have, see it. It’s still the most intelligent spectacular I’ve seen in recent times.
The end, a question-mark, leaves a silence where you might hear a door banging three streets away.
Jens Harzer throws himself into it so much that when he almost stumbles on for a standing ovation the look of sheer bewilderment hasn’t left his face. Outstanding.
Stella Powell-Jones and her team make the strongest possible case. A must-see for all lovers of theatre, wit, and wincing put-downs.
The finale here brings the intensity of Greek tragedy – as Richard Eyre intended – and Ibsen, and those unvanquished repressive forces crashing into Jermyn Street. Unforgettable and outstanding.
Godot’s To-Do List, Krapp’s Last Tape
A performance of lessness writ large: a man shrinking from his environment, the memories taking over and kicking Krapp’s mere organic matter out.
Vocally and dramatically compelling, this is as good a smaller-scaled Handel opera can get.
Mother Courage and Her Children
Brecht’s ferocious message that those who seek profit from war are often its victims too is driven home in the weight of dropped bodies, and Michelle Terry’s outstanding performance.
The Orange Tree Murder in the Cathedral, with David Suchet almost convincing me of Beckett’s not exactly seeking martyrdom, might prove the defining production for a generation.
Kavanagh’s production is in every way outstanding, I’m not sure there’s been a finer – or at least more believable - My Fair Lady conceived and staged as here.
We need Summerfolk. Sided and slant, this version is a must-see. And almost as much as Chekhov, we need more Gorky.
Mark Rylance can’t fail to take you with him. If not take you in. Very highly recommended.
Chiten Theatre intensifies to a point of light here something barbarous, atavistic, and goes to the heart of nihilism. Still outstanding.
OrQuesta provide the pattern of how to mount a vocally full-scale, full-length opera in an intimate space. An outstanding Magic Flute.
A superb, one might say psychically clean production: the best a rational world can offer.
A small classic, if not on the scale of The Truth About Blayds, it’s yet another gem. And a must-see.
The Playboy of the Western World
An impossible balance, but having seen Playboy at farce-speed, it’s good to weigh in with a loquacious backbeat of despair. Wholly absorbing.
A mostly outstanding – and theatrical - adaptation of an almost impossible-to-adapt novel.
It should transfer, though nothing can beat this space for delivery. Outstanding, a must-see if ever there was one.
