Review: Fatbaws
A very impressive self filmed and performed allegory of the threat posed by those who try to invade our gardens and rule the roost.
Genre: New Writing 0
Review: I and You
Will leave you in a heap and wonder what else Lauren Gunderson has written that comes near this.
Review: Maim
A hymnotic theatrical panic for the land, which exposes us to the language and the lyrical beauty of our own country.
Review: Shoe Lady
Katherine Parkinson inhabits that breaking through the office crust asphyxiating us
Review: Lipstick
Performances and play that should turn us upside down. Do make a detour for this brave. tremulously beautiful coming of love.
Review: We Are In Time
A heart jumping exploration of transplants with a majesty of the music at its heart and a subtle theatricality expanding it all
Review: The Dog Walker
I want to know what life, not just Paul Minx will do with his characters afterwards. So will you.
Review: Whatever Happened to the Jaggy Nettles?
A glorious story of Punk, friendship and betrayal from the seventies, played out proud and loud by a fantastic addition to Scotland’s creative scene
Review: The Good Dad (A Love Story)
Intricate, fiercely intelligent, this play packs far more force than some twice its length. Sarah Lawrie’s intensity is magnificent.
Review: Death of England
This work never loses its charge, its own rapturous arrival Spall gives the performance of his career so far.
Review: You Stupid Darkness!
Bleakly funny, with flickers of tragedy, to make you see how redemptive kindness is
Review: Adrift
A powerful reminder that life really is a beautiful mystery in a theatrically impressive story of a young woman who has battled the demons of negative mental health
Review: Scenes with girls
Scenes with girls owns a buzz, a life, a difference about loving that gives it a sliver of unique.
Review: Three Sisters
This spectacular production beats with a fervour and purpose few adaptations achieve. Ellams has made Three Sisters new.
Review: Swive
A Hilliard rather than Holbein, it’s the velocity of Elizabeth’s survival that enthrals
Review: #We Are Arrested
Peter Hamilton Dyer carries this celebration of the conscience to be fully human
Review: Three Shorts – Fruit / When I Call Your Name / Embracing Nature
An assured showcase of shorts
Review: My Brilliant Friend Parts One and Two
Cusack and McCormack give the performances of their lives
Review: The Brighton Scratch Night 2019
Six new pieces - one of which will be produced at next year's Fringe
Review: Frankenstein
There’s a clean sharp fusion between these two writers that heralds something special.
Review: Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp.
For a time you feel that beyond Churchill’s world, nothing else quite seems to exist.
Review: What Girls Are Made Of
Cora Bissett’s set the bar thrillingly high for a new genre. Who could follow her?
Review: Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation
The most consistently satisfying work of Tim Crouch I’ve seen.
Review: The Brunch Club
A hit and miss look at what achieving a certain age now is like, given the clique culture in post war Britain
Review: Daughterhood
A brilliant examination of sisterhood for the modern times when your children begin to become your parents.
Review: Breakfast Plays – Mooning
An exhilarating read through of a play with a surprising ending and hopefully a predictable time for full performance.
Review: The Doctor
A triumph for all concerned. Juliet Stevenson even gains in stature. Icke’s last production could hardly go better than this.
Review: Mimi Hayes: I’ll be OK
A harrowing tale about dealing with the breakdown of both relationships...and her own body.
Review: The Red
Marcus Brigstocke writes and directs this bittersweet drama of family and addiction, based on his own recovery.
Review: Dead Parent’s Society
A self help group for those in bereavement that struggles but tries to do its best in explain why it’s necessary
Review: If You’re Feeling Sinister: A Play with Songs
A concept album turned into a compelling performance, with the concept of what would be the biggest art theft in the history of Glasgow; had they pulled it off.
Review: Psycho Drama Queen
An intense look at how being someone else is not always the escape you hope it will be.
Review: Jewbana
Jewish princess marries Cuban Catholic in Florida with hilarious and occasionally painful results
Review: Swim
A dreamy piece of theatre combining storytelling, live music and visuals exploring grief, swimming and friendship.
Review: Sary
Sary is a two handed based loosely on the tale of Sary Weaver from around the 1800s. This original writing from Sam Chittenden takes inspiration from this tale, uses the evocative and visually rich dialects of Sussex at this time.
Review: Jake
An exceptional, multilayered piece that will keep you on the edge of your seat - if not on your toes!
Review: A Shadow of Doubt
An intriguing piece of theatre which brings the issue of dementia centrally to you from the core of a well written play.
Review: Catching Comets
This was a solo performance telling a story about love, about fear, about the protections that we build up around ourselves that isolate us more than they serve.
Review: Pops
Hard hitting theatre for adults, exploring addiction in stunning new play from award winning playwright.
Review: Cardboard Citizens: Bystanders
Powerful real stories told with phenomenal theatrical flair that will have you thinking 'what would I do?'
Review: The Voices We Hear
A moving and intimate exploration of life and connection after an apocalypse in a unique zero waste venue
Review: Best Girl
Sparse lyrical writing and a beautifully nuanced performance from a mother and daughter team
Review: Lipsync
A two handed piece of devastating theatre which brings joy in the face of real challenge.
Review: The Ladies Room
A thoroughly absorbing hour enjoying seeing the work that goes into producing a radio drama for BBC Radio 3
Review: Come Out From Among Them
A fascinating theatrical one man exploration of a phenomenon of politics that is the fundamentalist reason why Northern Irish politics continues to fascinate.
