Genre: New Writing 0
Review: Antigone Exits
Still a worthwhile exit to Chichester’s season, it ends it in a question-mark.
Review: A Small and Quiet Light
It will live as a further bright witness. How a Muslim Sufi princess ended with a posthumous George Cross. Outstanding.
Review: You and It
Korean two-hander musical explores grief and the pitfalls of engaging with the darker side of Artificial Intelligence.
Review: Stand or Fall: The Fall and Rise of Brighton Albion Theatre
A must-see if you love community, especially Brighton community.
Review: Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky
Sublimely realised in sleaze by the predominantly youthful company led by the magisterial Michael Maloney. A must-see.
Review: Fire Fire
A very promising play, and Webber a highly talented political writer. The kind we so clearly need.
Review: Man to Man
A flawless tour-de-force by Swinton of a slightly-flawed yet uniquely potent warning.
Review: Darkling
Unmissable to anyone who takes an interest in India or the world's recent history, ongoing late capitalism and how it stops humanity in cyanide tracks.
Review: Tartuffe (Remixed)
Mark Rylance can’t fail to take you with him. If not take you in. Very highly recommended.
Review: Pride
Pride is essential. The greatest danger in celebrating past struggle is that it lets us off the hook of any now.
Review: A Small and Quiet Light
It will live as a further bright witness. How a Muslim Sufi princess of bi-racial origins and deeply cosmopolitan heritage ended with a posthumous George Cross. Outstanding.
Review: Judas Exclusive
A witty and clever chat show evening with Judas Iscariot trying to rescue his reputation
Review: A Slow Fire
Engrossing, with Stephens' assertion that not just personal identity is constructed out of memory, but what makes us human.
Review: No But… Where Are You Really From?
A profoundly relevant exploration of identity, belonging, and everyday racism
Review: Before We Forget
Exhilarating to see how, despite all the cuts and starvation of opportunities, vibrant voices find a refuge and a springboard at the Bush.
Review: 1918: The Final Salomé
The story of Oscar Wilde's literary executor and his lifelong battle with censorship.
Review: Hecuba: Why Am I In Your Country?
A story that is both deeply personal and universal, beautifully crafted and performed by a consummate actor.
Review: Evita Too
The serious story of the world’s forgotten first female president, told by award winning musical clowns, with a wizard, roller skating and ginormous pink wigs.
Review: Turn the Cloth
A haunting Celtic Kelpie comes a knocking at the hall, where innocence awaits.
Review: An Audience with Virginia Woolf: Writing One’s Mind
An impeccably elegant exploration of a powerful yet troubled mind.
Review: O Brave New World, That Has Such People In’t!
An innovative reimagining of The Tempest by a lively joyous young company
Review: Threesome
A new comedic play about sacrificing your soul (and relationship) in the entertainment industry.
Review: ADEY
A warm and personal exploration of family, culture, belonging and finding your own voice.
Review: Am I Losing My Mind Or Just My Figure?
An ordinary story made extraordinary by a captivating performer
Review: Amnesia
Joyous feel-good theatre in the company of a badly behaved woman with a heart of gold
Review: Rosalie Minnitt: Clementine 2
A brilliant, batty piece of bravura theatre. Rosalie Minnitt returns as the gloriously unhinged Clementine.
Review: The Pitch
Cracking script and performances bring a fresh perspective in this new writing from Belfast.
Review: Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library
Mrs. Stern Gives the Gestapo an Existential Crisis
Review: Amadan and Mortair Kill the King
Amadan and Mortair Kill the King feels like Weekend at Bernie’s crashing headfirst into Blackadder.
Review: Disciples of Anatomy
An absurdist autism-led comedy with very dark undertones set in not-so polite Victorian society
Review: 1 Night at Ford’s Theatre
n interesting exploration of the assassination of Lincoln framed within a night at PT Barnum’s circus, performed as musical theatre.
Review: Boobytrapped
Wonderfully silly and dead serious at the same time, thought provoking and intriguing.
Review: You and Me (and whoever comes next)
A thought-provoking drama exposing the gaps in our care system through humour and first rate storytelling.
Review: atticwife
'atticwife' is the amalgamation of all the trad wife influencers you love to hate.
Review: Two Little Pigs
An absurdist trip glimpse into the toxic world of the manosphere, guided by a talking pig and laughing all the way.
Review: The Standing Eight
A fitting testimony to the bravery and dedication of Scotland's women boxers.
Review: Broke & Fabulous in the 21st Century
Outrageous, touching, sentimental, privileged, and funny. Old-school falling-apart dramedy brought into a very twenty-first century setting
Review: Delphi: The Musical
This Ancient Greece-set musical comedy is poised, fresh, and joyful in the face of incoming empire
Review: Short Stories of Life and Death
A wonderful advertisement for NVT’s programme, attracting and nurturing some formidable talent. Where next?
Review: The Misanthrope
Impressive. This Moliere, with Sandra Oh commanding too, seems slightly less urgent though eminently worth seeing.
Review: Tender
With such terrific performances you root for this not-yet-couple right to the blackout.
Review: -320°F
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.
Review: 45 Years
Acting and often dialogue still compel in long bursts. It sets a seal on one of the swiftest slow-burn productions I’ve seen.
