Comedy
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Barbara Nice’s Raffle – The STUDIO, Birmingham REP
Reviewer: John Kennedy Barbara Nice: a comfort-blanket name for the champion of common people. Rather too conveniently compared to Victoria…
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Crimes under the Sun – Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath
Writer: Feargus Woods Dunlop Director: James Farrell Reviewer: Claire Hayes Returning to the Ustinov for the beginning of the Crimes Under…
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Napoleon Disrobed – Arcola Theatre, London
Adapted by: Told by an Idiot Director: Kathryn Hunter Reviewer: Maryam Philpott The twentieth-century was full of conspiracy theories; while…
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Showstopper! The Improvised Musical – Northern Stage, Newcastle
Reviewer: Mark Clegg Even before coming to the attention of the general public in the 1980s with the TV show…
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Trump – The Musical – CAST, Doncaster
Writer: Laurence Peacock Director: Kyle Williams Musical Director/Composer: Dominic Lo Reviewer: Ron Simpson Blowfish Theatre is a youthful company based…
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Fusiform Gyrus – A Septet for Two Scientists and Five Horns — HERE Arts Center, New York
Music: Ellen Maddow Writer: Ellen Maddow Director: Ellie Heyman Reviewer: Carrie Lee O’Dell Fusiform Gyrus—A Septet for Two Scientists and…
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Ahir Shah: Control – The STUDIO, Birmingham REP
Reviewer: John Kennedy There’s been much-impassioned talk of taking back control, to reclaim sovereignty over the endangered institutions that are…
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The Play That Goes Wrong – Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Writers: Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, Henry Shields Director: Mark Bell Reviewer: Scott Matthewman It is unusual enough for a fringe…
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