Written by Neil LaBute Directed by James Haddrell Review by Marina Funcasta The King's Head Theatre ★★★★ While entering the King’s Head Theatre, I wonder whether I am alone in sensing an immediate paradox upon hearing the words ‘America’ and ‘beauty’ in the same sentence. I blame Sam Mendes’ 1999 film. But the more I … Continue reading Review: America The Beautiful: Chapter 1 – The King’s Head Theatre, London
Written by Dawn King Directed by Joanna Bowman Review by Laurie Kemmett The Tron Theatre ★★★ Sometime in the near future, a sparse room with a water cooler bubbling in a corner waits for its occupants. Twelve school-like green chairs sit empty, dwarfed by huge, blocky typography that won’t allow anyone to forget the purpose of … Continue reading Review: The Trials – The Tron Theatre, Glasgow
https://youtu.be/rcnYUO6plaM Book by David Grieg Directed by Max Webster Music and Lyrics by Abner and Amanda Ramierz Additional Lyrics by Jeremy Sams Review by Dominic Corr Tour Dates ★★★★ In what may be The Lyceum Theatre’s pinnacle production of their anniversary year; the long-awaited (and inevitable) stage-adaptation of David Nicholl’s adored novel, One Day, brings … Continue reading Review: One Day: The Musical – The Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Written and Performed by She Goat (Shamira Turner and Eugénie Pastor). Review by Marina Funcasta Soho Theatre ★★★ She Goat’s new production, Iron Fantasy, is a didactic mosaic of female strength. Shamira Turner and Eugenie Pastor carve out a world of 90s fantasy warriors and French personal trainers, displaying the several attempts they made in … Continue reading Review: Iron Fantasy – Soho Theatre, London
Written by Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie Directed by Jemima Levick Review by Dominic Corr Tour Dates ★★★★ History rarely arrives with such swagger, but SCOTS marches back around Scotland, briefly to The Dundee Rep, with a tartan‑tinted skid-mark in its breeks, and a renewed sense of theatrical purpose, delivering a renewed show which balances … Continue reading Review: SCOTS – The Dundee Rep
By Tash McPhillips and Jordan S Daniel Review by Hunter King ★★★★ Once upon a time there was a sex robot, an internet creep, and a group of swans doing cocaine in a club bathroom. This may not be what you expect from a fairytale, but this is exactly what Jordan S Daniel and Tash … Continue reading Review: Fairytales26- The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
By Kathy McKean, after Euripides Directed by Gordon Barr Review by Eloise Robertson Bard in the Botanics ★★★★ It is a rare treat to know instantaneously that you can trust a performance to carry you through its script and deliver you neatly to its conclusion. The moment Isabelle Joss opens as the Nurse, the audience … Continue reading Review: Medea – The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/jsNv2XH1VXA Book by Dennis Kelly Music and Lyrics by Tim Minchin Directed by Matthew Warchus Review by Dominic Corr The Playhouse ★★★★★ The city is over-run with revolting children; as a riot of colour and imagination bursts across the stage of The Playhouse Theatre as Matilda- The Musical arrives in Edinburgh with a flourish, a production so visually sumptuous and emotionally generous that it … Continue reading Review: Matilda – The Musical at The Edinburgh Playhouse
Written by Benjamin Rome Clark Directed by Alex Bathe Review by Hunter King ★★★★★ Tartan Tabletop have broken free from their mold of tabletop role-playing games and produced a brand new play, Mr. and Mrs. Beard at the Georgian House in New Town, Edinburgh. The play, as described by playwright Benjamin Rome Clark, combines three … Continue reading Review: Mr. & Mrs. Beard – Georgian House, Edinburgh
Written by Gary Wilmot Directed by Sydney Stevenson Review by Marina Funcasta The Gatehouse ★★★ When writing a play about the act of waiting, boredom is almost an inevitable attribute. To wait is to test endurance; it demands a level of patience. This doesn’t have to be a limitation. Beckett sought its fertility; as did … Continue reading Review: While They Were Waiting – Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London
