Genre: Theatre 0
Review: How to Save a Life
A beautiful show that will make you want to laugh, cry, dance and ponder all within sixty minutes!
Review: Moonbird
A sweet gentle show about encouraging difference for Deaf and hearing children, and older family members too
Review: Devil of Choice
A measured and nuanced exploration of how relationships get threatened from within and without.
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: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery: The Baker Street Irregulars and the case of the Stolen Portrait
A charming and enthusiastic young person’s company tell their tale of detection with flair.
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: Pilgrims
Elinor Cook’s always worth a diversion for. This drama deserves friends and revivals.
Review: Sadness and Joy in the Life of Giraffes
Rodrigues is a dramatist we need to see far more of.
Review: Taboo
A chilling glimpse into the world of a little known but influential woman from the Nazi era.
Review: My Life Closed Twice
Joe 'meets' the girl in the Red Hoodie, who helps him learn to live with the cacophony of voices in his head.
Review: Fiver
An enchanting speed-read of our connectedness, a reminder that a fiver can change your life. Irresistible.
Review: Them!
A complex exploration of the evolution of theatre which hits often more times than it misses.
Review: The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys and The Laments
In nearly every way an outstanding pair of productions.
Review: Plenty
Unsettling enough to avoid instant classic status, but outliving many that court it. A superb revival.
Review: The Death of Sam Mobean
An atmospheric and mysterious piece wonderfully realized by a strong ensemble cast.
Review: 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War
An impressive and dramatic look back at four young men who left Prestonpans and went to fight in the 1930’s conflict which is usually filled with mystique and mythology
Review: Little Miss Sunshine
It’s a quiet heartbreaker, with stoicism and love the only answers. Do see it.
Review: The Isle of Brimsker
Enchanting experience for those with multiple challenges which uses the full range of sensory experiences to great effect.
Review: Henry IV Part 2 or Falstaff
The triumph of this newly-energized production is bringing the darker Falstaff to a diverse audience
Review: The Nights (replacing Crime Story) by Henry Naylor
Provocative work-in-progress exploring British journalism, the Iraq War, and the label of radicalization
Review: Henry IV Part 1 or Hotspur
A soaring remix of how the play settles a succession on congealed blood.
Review: Cuckoo
A fascinating examination of the South Korean financial crisis with video, a solo performer and not one but three cuckoos.
Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Enormous clarity, much heart and more than a pinch of magic. With marvellous singing.
Review: Those Magnificent Men
Find out what happens to these Magnificent Men; for they were, and are.
