Reviewer's Rating The Tempest Mel Cooper 13/02/2023If I could give this production of Shakespeare’s play The Tempest more than five stars, I would. This is one...
Reviewer's Rating Kissed By A Flame Tim Hochstrasser 13/02/2023This gentle, affecting and quietly dignified play is a meditation on the most personal of experiences. Writer Simon Perrott lost...
Reviewer's Rating Cephale and Procris Tim Hochstrasser 13/02/2023Ensemble OrQuesta continue their original exploration of the repertory of Baroque opera with something of a coup – the premiere...
Reviewer's rating Macbeth (an undoing) Ben Reiss 10/02/2023Macbeth (an undoing) is a well-meaning attempt to recentre William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy on the figure of Lady Macbeth (Nicole...
Reviewer's Rating Linck and Mühlhahn Tim Hochstrasser 09/02/2023It is a bold author who seeks to dramatize gender identity at present when cultural divisions run so deep; but...
Reviewer's rating The Cher Show Richard McKee 02/02/2023The Cher Show is cheer delight! Little did I imagine, while I watched Top of the Pops on a black-and-white...
Reviewer's ranting Japan 新作:日本 at the Royal Court * Onigoro Valley * 28 hours 01 minute * Not Yet Midnight Miho Uchida 30/01/2023Saori Chiba, Shoko Matsumura, and Tomoko Kotaka wrote three brand new plays, Onigoro Valley, 28 hours 01 minute, and Not...
Reviewer's rating Two Billion Beats Hugo Shapero 30/01/2023Set against the background of non-descript urban architecture and the quaint and empty Ofsted promise of a school being ‘outstanding...
Reviewer's rating Noises Off Paul Richards 26/01/2023Amid January’s gloom, with the long nights and longer gas bills, this new production of Noises Off brings a moment of blazing...
Reviewer's rating The Best Pints Emma Burnell 24/01/2023What’s the best pint you ever had? Or if that isn’t your particular tipple, the best glass of wine or...