FringeReview UK

All Of Us

As Ken Tynan once said of another debut, I don’t think I could love someone who doesn’t love this play.

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Duck

An impressively finished play. Do see it.

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Henry V

The definitive Henry V of our time

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Henry V

Bracing, fresh, wholly re-thought in every line, emerging with gleaming power, menace and wit. And I defy anyone not to smile at this new take on Shakespeare’s downbeat ending.

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Here

A major talent with a distinct voice, and the consummate assurance to express it with stamp and precision

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House of Shades

There’ll be nothing more blazing or relevant on the London stage this year.

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Jews. In Their Own Words.

It’s Jonathan Freedland’s and Tracy-Ann Oberman’s brilliance to bring off-kilter, casual devastation to the stage; in raw unsettlings that for many keep the suitcase packed.

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Marys Seacole

No simple swapping of heirs and originals, but a dream of the future by Seacole, or equally present dreams raking the past. Do see this.

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Middle

Judging by the audience, its bleakness tells. Middle bears its own epiphany.

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Not One of These People

Worth 95 minutes of anyone’s time, you come out heavier with the weight of where you’ve been.

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Patriots

Putin’s our monster too. A must-see.

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Prima Facie

if Comer doesn’t receive awards for this there’s no justice at all.

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Silence

More of a scattering of earth, ashes and love than simply groundbreaking. But caveats aside, groundbreaking it is.

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Something in the Air

An outstanding development in Gill’s oeuvre, and of permanent worth.

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That Is Not Who I Am

Lucy Kirkwood prophesies what’s in store with savage fury, and no-one’s exempt, least of all her.

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The 47th

A must-see.

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The Anarchist

A firecracker of a first play. Expect Molotovs.

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The Paradis Files

Not so much an event as a concentration of Errollyn Wallen’s genius celebrating the life of blind composer Maria Theresia van Paradis, in Graeae’s world-class production

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The Seagull

A Seagull for the initiated, a meditation rather than the play itself, it’s still a truthful distillation, wholly sincere, actors uniformly excellent

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The Solid Life of Sugar Water

What theatre can do, how it can change us, how completely different it is from any other experience, has few examples that come close to this.

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The Southbury Child

Perfectly freighted; each character pitched with just enough choice to make us wonder what life, not Stephen Beresford will do with them. Outstanding.

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Two Billion Beats

Two Billion Beats was bursting with promise before. Now it delivers with a visceral yes.

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two Palestinians go dogging

Packs a mighty question that can still knock you off balance.

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