Jack & Sarah Tim Hochstrasser 03/05/2026 677It is a truth that should be universally acknowledged that not all successful films need to be made into plays,...
Walking Each Other Home Tim Hochstrasser 03/05/2026 605It is a while since I was reviewing at the Old Red Lion, and it was good to be back...
Grace Pervades Olivia Hurton 02/05/2026 1161To anyone not versed in the annals of theatre history, upon hearing the title of David Hare’s latest play Grace...
Entertaining Murder Lara Inglis-Jones 29/04/2026 577Fringe theatre is at its best when it understands its limits. Entertaining Murder, playing at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, does...
Firewing Tim Hochstrasser 28/04/2026 565This is David Pearson’s first play, and an accomplished piece of work. He has a natural ear for dialogue, with...
The Price Rivka Jacobson 25/04/2026 920There is something quietly revealing about a production that only truly comes alive in its second half. Arthur Miller’s The...
The Wooster Group: Nayatt School Redux Wilder Gutterson 23/04/2026 603Leaving 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 23/04/2026 909This remarkable one-man show celebrates and excavates the life and career of Sir Alec Guinness. Of all that generation of...
Salome Owen Davies 22/04/2026 456Richard Strauss composed some of the most beautiful operatic music for the female voice. Salome, his first big success, dating...
Twice A Kiss Tim Hochstrasser 22/04/2026 474Outside Cambridge, where he was a leading figure in the musical firmament for some thirty years, the name of Peter...
