Escaped Alone Olivia Hurton 12/05/2026Caryl Churchill is the doyenne of theatrical experimentalism. Her plays shapeshift and surprise, dismantling artistic structures to prompt ideas about...
The Wasp Wilder Gutterson 10/05/2026The Wasp is a taut two-hander about former schoolmates who meet again after years apart. Originally produced in 2015 at...
Reviewer's rating blue/orange Jad Adams 06/05/2026 Christopher is going to be let out. After a psychotic episode in a market place he has been detained...
Walking Each Other Home Tim Hochstrasser 03/05/2026It is a while since I was reviewing at the Old Red Lion, and it was good to be back...
Grace Pervades Olivia Hurton 02/05/2026To anyone not versed in the annals of theatre history, upon hearing the title of David Hare’s latest play Grace...
Firewing Tim Hochstrasser 28/04/2026This is David Pearson’s first play, and an accomplished piece of work. He has a natural ear for dialogue, with...
The Wooster Group: Nayatt School Redux Wilder Gutterson 23/04/2026Leaving the theatre after the Wooster Group’s production of Nayatt School Redux, I overheard numerous audience members wrestling with the...
Two Halves of Guinness Tim Hochstrasser 23/04/2026This remarkable one-man show celebrates and excavates the life and career of Sir Alec Guinness. Of all that generation of...
Twice A Kiss Tim Hochstrasser 22/04/2026Outside Cambridge, where he was a leading figure in the musical firmament for some thirty years, the name of Peter...
Between the River and The Sea Wilder Gutterson 21/04/2026As an Arab Christian who grew up in Israel as part of the country’s Palestinian minority, Yousef Sweid embodies a...
