Review: Daughterhood
A brilliant examination of sisterhood for the modern times when your children begin to become your parents.
Genre: New Writing 0
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.
Review: Islander: A New Musical
A haunting and highly evocative telling of the misty islands of Scotland told in an enchanting musical production.
Review: I’m Non Typical, Typical
Moving and powerful dance, physical theatre and the spoken word from this diverse company
Review: Anything With A Pulse
A great two hander where one night leads to an awakening, which leads to eventual slumber regarding opportunity over many other days
Review: White Girls
An innovative and original insight into volunteering in the jungle of Calais and how naivete turns through experience into knowledge; a journey we all benefit from.
Review: 50 Words
Gentle but effective two-hander about a mum’s death and a stepdad’s steep learning curve, through the eyes of an autistic teenager
Review: Appropriate by Sarah-Jane Scott
The erratic path of true love: A simple tale told at a cracking pace with depth, style, and biting wit.
Review: Sadness and Joy in the Life of Giraffes
Rodrigues is a dramatist we need to see far more of.
Review: The House of Influenza
A solo show of many zany characters exploring what one might do in a suburban zombie attack if an over indulgence in horror movies is your only frame of reference
Review: TEACH
Compelling, meaningful, poignant, dynamic, entertaining, well-crafted and well-performed solo play
Review: Taboo
A chilling glimpse into the world of a little known but influential woman from the Nazi era.
Review: Gilbert and Sullivan’s Improbable New Musical : Less Miserables
Dazzling ditties in a tale with a twist
Review: John Greening The Silence
The Crypt organisers as well as John Greening really have hit on an ideal recitation.
Review: Fiver
An enchanting speed-read of our connectedness, a reminder that a fiver can change your life. Irresistible.
Review: What I Never Told You (Lo Que Nunca Te Dije)
An intimate glimpse into one couple’s relationship.
Review: The Death of Sam Mobean
An atmospheric and mysterious piece wonderfully realized by a strong ensemble cast.
Review: Little Miss Sunshine
It’s a quiet heartbreaker, with stoicism and love the only answers. Do see it.
Review: Sary
The imaginative force, language and unsettled serenity of this work demands a sustained run.
Review: Turn the Night
An innovative solo performance framed in the context of a karaoke night where underlying tensions get exposed and examined.
Review: Caliban’s Codex
a superbly realised piece, vying with Carding’s own outstanding Quintessence.
Review: The Milkman’s On His Way
As a storytelling adaptation it couldn’t be bettered. Necessary and uplifting.
Review: INK Festival Feast From the East
I’ve not seen a festival of short plays to compare with these.
Review: Miss Julie
It’s unlikely we’ll get a cleaner version, or a more absorbing production any time soon
Review: The Glass Piano
A bewitching mix of deconstructive magic and fabulous therapy, it’s above all Grace Molony who brushes distinction into this already distinctive production.
