Top Reviews
October 3, 2023
Ian Smith: Crushing – Soho Theatre, London
Ian Smith is stressed, and in fact, it’s crushing him. Thus commences an hour-long comedic foray into his frantic attempt…
October 3, 2023
The Full Monty – Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Writer: Simon Beaufoy Director: Michael Gyngell Everyone knows the story of The Full Monty, it’s a play about male strippers…
October 2, 2023
Persona Metropolitana – Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
Writer & Director: Annachiara Vispi Before the performance begins there is chit chat, led by actor Sarah Berkeley. It is…
October 2, 2023
The Mahabharata – Barbican, London.
Adaptors: Ravi Jain and Miriam Fernandes Director: Ravi Jain A king, for kingly reasons, sets fire to a house. Among…
September 30, 2023
Classics at the Movies with the CBSO – Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Stephen Bell When you think of movie music, you’ll likely think of the music of John Williams or Hans…
September 29, 2023
Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello: Body Show – Soho Theatre, London
Comedy duo Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello are a riot. Body Show sees them smoking tampons, performing a rocky Great British…
September 29, 2023
The Easy Rollers: Drop Me Off in Harlem – Toulouse Lautrec Jazz Club, London
There is a reason the 1920s are referred to as the Roaring Twenties. The Western world was in a period…
September 29, 2023
The Island – Cervantes Theatre, London
Writer: Juan Carlos Rubio (translated by Tim Gutteridge) Director: Jessica Lazar Spaniard Juan Carlos Rubio is something of a polymath.…
Features
September 22, 2023
Guest Blog: PERMISSION TO FAIL
Tom Keegan is a BAFTA-nominated director and writer who works in games, theatre, and film. He is the author of…
July 23, 2023
Guest Blog: Bringing Theatre From Thailand to Liverpool
Bringing an entire production from the mountains of northern Thailand to Liverpool is no small feat, but challenging yourself is…
July 10, 2023
National Theatre New Views Winner
This year’s National Theatre New Views Festival, a playwriting competition for 14-19-year olds, received 450 submissions. Over two days the…
July 8, 2023
BLOG: Sh!t-faced Shakespeare: A day in the life of the SFS drunk.
08.37: Wake up. Check the calendar. July 15th, circled in blood. It’s today: I’m drinking a lot of alcohol today.…
July 5, 2023
BLOG: The Power of Opting In
How often in life do we have real conversations about things that actually matter? So often the real and the…
June 12, 2023
Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2023 – Sondheim Theatre, London
Director: Hannah Chissick As it celebrates its 15th year, the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year may have…
Film
October 3, 2023
Taming the Garden – London Georgian Film Festival 2023
Director: Salomé Jashi In a week in which the deliberate felling of a 300-year-old tree at Sycamore Gap on Hadrian’s…
October 3, 2023
Let Us Flow – London Georgian Film Festival 2023
Director: Sophio Medoidze Sophio Medoidze does not think of Let Us Flow as a documentary but as a poem to…
October 1, 2023
Hidden Letters – Fragments Film Festival 2023
Writers: Violet Du Feng and John Fairbrother Director: Violet Du Feng and Zhao Qing Violet Du Feng’s documentary Hidden Letters…
October 1, 2023
Bela – London Georgian Film Festival
Writer and Director: Vladimer Barskyi Based on the Russian novel, A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov, Bela reframes…
September 30, 2023
Oink – Fragments Film Festival 2023
Writers: Tosca Menten and Fiona van Heemstra Director: Mascha Halberstad Aardman animation has taught the world a great deal about…
September 30, 2023
Ginger and Honey Milk – Fragments Film Festival 2023
Writer and Director: Mika Imai A covid-based story of isolated and unrequired love is the basis for Mika Imai’s one…
September 30, 2023
Into the Spotlight – North East International Film Festival 2023
Director: Thaddeus D. Matula Theatre should be for everyone and can be made by anyone. It’s a simple premise but…
September 29, 2023
Big Boys – Fragments Film Festival 2023
Writer and Director: Corey Sherman What is more symbolic of the uncertainty and the unknown that plagues us during our…
September 29, 2023
Unidentified Objects – Fragments Film Festival 2023
Writers: Juan Felipe Zuleta and Leland Frankel Director: Juan Felipe Zuleta Two strangers with nothing in common on a road…
September 25, 2023
The Job of Songs
Writers: Lila Schmitz and Anika Kan Grevstad Director: Lila Schmitz Ireland’s music traditions have been in decline ever since the…
- Central
- September 30, 2023
Classics at the Movies with the CBSO – Symphony Hall, Birmingham
- September 28, 2023
Every Man Out of His Humour – The Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford upon Avon
- September 28, 2023
Black Sabbath – The Ballet – Birmingham Hippodrome
- September 27, 2023
Murder in the Dark – Oxford Playhouse
- September 27, 2023
The Ocean at the End of the Lane – Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
- September 24, 2023
The Wizard of Oz – Moseley Park and Pool, Birmingham
- Ireland
- September 23, 2023
The Crow’s Way – Peacock stage, Abbey Theatre, Dublin
- September 23, 2023
work.txt – Project Arts Centre, Dublin
- September 22, 2023
Tiny Piano Man – Project Arts Centre, Dublin
- September 22, 2023
Stars – Project Arts Centre, Dublin
- September 20, 2023
Feet Pics Aren’t Free! – Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
- September 19, 2023
Colombia March – Bewley’s Café Theatre, Dublin
- Review
- October 2, 2023
The Mahabharata – Barbican, London.
- October 1, 2023
Imposter 22 – Royal Court, London
- September 30, 2023
You Heard Me – Battersea Arts Centre, London
- September 30, 2023
Trompe L’Oeil – The Other Palace Studio, London
- September 30, 2023
IMEDEA – Stone Nest, London
- September 30, 2023
Oubliette – The Space, London
- Drama
- September 30, 2023
By the Waters of Liverpool – Darlington Hippodrome
- September 30, 2023
Mara’s Story of Arabella – Ripon Arts Hub
- September 29, 2023
A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction – York Theatre Royal
- September 29, 2023
Opera North’s Falstaff – Leeds Grand Theatre
- September 28, 2023
We Could All Be Perfect – Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse, Sheffield
- September 28, 2023
The Drifters Girl – Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
- Drama
- September 27, 2023
Dragons- The Lowry, Salford
- September 22, 2023
Project Dictator- HOME Manchester
- September 21, 2023
The Crown Jewels – The Lowry, Salford
- September 20, 2023
I, Daniel Blake – Liverpool Playhouse
- September 14, 2023
Jesus Christ Superstar – Palace Theatre, Manchester
- September 14, 2023
Heathers – Blackpool Opera House
- Drama
- September 28, 2023
Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet – King’s Theatre, Glasgow
- September 27, 2023
2:22 A Ghost Story – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
- September 27, 2023
And Then There Were None – Theatre Royal, Glasgow
- September 25, 2023
Tally’s Blood – Perth Theatre
- September 20, 2023
Romeo + Juliet – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
- September 16, 2023
Sex Education Explorers [S.E.X.] – Platform, Easterhouse
- Musical
- September 9, 2023
The Improvised Shakespeare Show, Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)
- September 6, 2023
The Ocean at the End of the Lane – Theatre Royal, Norwich
- August 26, 2023
Persuasion, Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)
- August 21, 2023
Shakespeare in Love, Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)
- July 24, 2023
WINGING IT, Brighton Open Air Theatre (BOAT)
- Dance
- September 22, 2023
WNO’s La Traviata – Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
- September 20, 2023
Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder – Bristol Old Vic
- September 20, 2023
The King and I – Theatre Royal Plymouth
- September 15, 2023
Metamorphosis – Theatre Royal Plymouth
- September 6, 2023
Bitter Lemons – Bristol Old Vic
- August 23, 2023
Heathers – Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
- Review
- September 8, 2023
Destiny – Pentabus Theatre
- August 11, 2023
The Shape of Things – Original Theatre Online
- June 17, 2023
Huge Davies: The Carpark – 800 Pound Gorilla
- May 30, 2023
Walking Plays – various locations, London