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
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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
Macbeth in Abney Park Cemetery: review for Everything Theatre
I reviewed Macbeth in Abney Park Cemetery for Everything Theatre: Macbeth makes sense in a graveyard. The knell of death and otherworldliness in Abney Park Cemetery, which is also a nature reserve, makes it a natural place to stage the bloody story of betrayal, hubris, and remorse. Paul Linghorn’s direction makes particularly good use of … Continue reading
Macbeth in Abney Park Cemetery: review for Everything Theatre
I reviewed Macbeth in Abney Park Cemetery for Everything Theatre: Macbeth makes sense in a graveyard. The knell of death and otherworldliness in Abney Park Cemetery, which is also a nature reserve, makes it a natural place to stage the bloody story of betrayal, hubris, and remorse. Paul Linghorn’s direction makes particularly good use of … Continue reading