I reviewed Fierce at the Camden People’s Theatre for Everything Theatre: Kathryn Griffiths is one of those rare performers that have the power to completely embody any character. It’s rare to see a one-woman show that so fully gives the sense of many different personalities interacting. Griffiths is also the mastermind behind the outlandish yet … Continue reading
Category Archives: Reviews
Wilton’s Strike! Dance Festival: Review for Everything Theatre
I reviewed Wilton’s Strike! dance festival for Everything Theatre: Wilton’s Music Hall is a wondrous tiny empire of creativity tucked away in a less than trendy part of the East End. Squeezed on all sides by the trendy bits, Tower Hamlets nonetheless stubbornly clinging to its own lack of trendiness – I live nearby. It … Continue reading
Wilton’s Strike! Dance Festival: Review for Everything Theatre
I reviewed Wilton’s Strike! dance festival for Everything Theatre: Wilton’s Music Hall is a wondrous tiny empire of creativity tucked away in a less than trendy part of the East End. Squeezed on all sides by the trendy bits, Tower Hamlets nonetheless stubbornly clinging to its own lack of trendiness – I live nearby. It … Continue reading
The Love and Devotion of Ridley Smith: Review for Everything Theatre
I reviewed The Love and Devotion of Ridley Smith for Everything Theatre: A new play supported with funding from IdeasTap and Arts Council England, The Love and Devotion of Ridley Smith tells the story of a young stockbroker confronting the moral quandaries of his profession. Tom Machell plays the winsome, naive Ridley as an overgrown schoolboy who realises … Continue reading
The Love and Devotion of Ridley Smith: Review for Everything Theatre
I reviewed The Love and Devotion of Ridley Smith for Everything Theatre: A new play supported with funding from IdeasTap and Arts Council England, The Love and Devotion of Ridley Smith tells the story of a young stockbroker confronting the moral quandaries of his profession. Tom Machell plays the winsome, naive Ridley as an overgrown schoolboy who realises … Continue reading
Another F*cking Variety Show: Review for Everything Theatre
I reviewed Another F*cking Variety Show for Everything Theatre: I confess I am extremely partial to the Wonderground’s beautiful Spiegeltent. Every time I walk into those lush red velvet surroundings I instantly want to run away with the circus. Any show benefits from such a transporting atmosphere and Lili La Scala’s Another F*cking Variety Show is no … Continue reading
Another F*cking Variety Show: Review for Everything Theatre
I reviewed Another F*cking Variety Show for Everything Theatre: I confess I am extremely partial to the Wonderground’s beautiful Spiegeltent. Every time I walk into those lush red velvet surroundings I instantly want to run away with the circus. Any show benefits from such a transporting atmosphere and Lili La Scala’s Another F*cking Variety Show is no … Continue reading
The Dinner Party Revisited: Review for Everything Theatre
I reviewed The Dinner Party Revisited for Everything Theatre: My experience of Katherine Araniello’s The Dinner Party Revisited, part of the Southbank Centre’s Unlimited Festival, is completely coloured by the fact that I get seated next to a Very Important Artist. The moment she finds out I am there to review the show, she very charmingly … Continue reading
The Dinner Party Revisited: Review for Everything Theatre
I reviewed The Dinner Party Revisited for Everything Theatre: My experience of Katherine Araniello’s The Dinner Party Revisited, part of the Southbank Centre’s Unlimited Festival, is completely coloured by the fact that I get seated next to a Very Important Artist. The moment she finds out I am there to review the show, she very charmingly … Continue reading
Autobahn at King’s Head Theatre: Review for Everything Theatre
I reviewed Autobahn at the King’s Head Theatre for Everything Theatre: Niel LaBute’s love of language and the anxieties of using it is enormously appealing. In each of the seven short plays that make up Autobahn the characters question whether they’re using words correctly, whether they’ve captured exactly what they mean, whether they’ve cheapened a … Continue reading
In a Merry Hour: Caitlin E McDonald 