Category: Writers

Posted in Theatre Tom Wells Watford Palace

Review: Folk, Watford Palace Theatre

“Sing me something holy, something wholly inappropriate” One day, Tom Wells will start writing about something other…

Posted in Musicals National Theatre Simon Stephens Theatre

Review: The Threepenny Opera, National Theatre

“There will be no moralising tonight” Whatever you think a national theatre should be for, I bloody…

Posted in Royal Court Stef Smith Theatre

Review: Human Animals, Royal Court

“I’m taking my cat’s Prozac” The pigeons are revolting, the foxes are running riot, those damn cockroaches…

Posted in Digital Jessica Swale Shakespeare

The Complete Walk, from the comfort of your sofa #2

  “I would you were as I would have you be” Our journey along the Complete Walk,…

Posted in Anders Lustgarten Barney Norris Philip Ridley Southwark Playhouse Tess Berry-Hart Theatre Timberlake Wertenbaker

Review: Refugees Welcome, Southwark Playhouse

“We’re privileged to welcome you here” Something a bit different for a Sunday but definitely worthwhile, Refugees…

Posted in Joe Penhall Theatre Young Vic

Review: Blue/Orange, Young Vic

“They see what they want to see, not what they really see” I seem to be surrounded…

Posted in Philip Ridley Soho Theatre Theatre

Re-review: Radiant Vermin, Soho Theatre

  “Enough is never enough…” Just a quickie for this return of a show that ranked 6th…

Posted in Broadway Eugene O'Neill Ivo van Hove Lucas Hnath Musicals Not-London Outer Critics Circle Awards Pasek + Paul Theatre Theatre awards

Winners of 2015-2016 Outer Critics Circle Awards

John Gassner Playwriting Award Lindsey Ferrentino, Ugly Lies the Bone Lauren Gunderson, I and You Martyna Majok,…

Posted in Broadway Lucille Lortel Awards Musicals Not-London Suzan-Lori Parks Theatre Theatre awards

Winners of 2016 Lucille Lortel Awards

Outstanding Play The Christians Produced by Playwrights Horizons and Center Theatre Group. Written by Lucas Hnath Eclipsed…