Review: Pitch Productions’ ‘Blue Room’
Pitch production’s ‘Blue Room’ is a genuinely impressive piece of student written theatre. It is easy to forget while watching that this play was written by a student, and, while…
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Review: BTC’s ‘Death of a Salesman’
Isabel C.Davis reviews BTC's production of the American classic, 'Death of a Salesman'.
Review: Squashed Mango’s ‘Sita’
Sita is a devised show that has been created by Squashed Mango, telling the Hindu story of Ramayana from a distinctly feminist perspective through the medium of physical theatre. Aesthetically…
Review: Ooook! Productions’ ‘The Magistrate’
‘The Magistrate’ is a Victorian comedy, written by the playwright Arthur Wing Pinero in 1892. This is an unusual choice and the play was most famously turned into a silent…
Review: Letterbox Production’s ‘Bronte’
Brontë is a poetic and moving exploration of aspirations, longing, and the relationship between life and text. Letterbox Productions’ Brontë melds the real and fictional worlds of the Brontë sisters,…
Review: Wrong Tree’s ‘Away’
I was impressed by the imaginative perspectives and strong ensemble acting in Away. Wrong Tree’s Away is a devised show that explores the issue of homelessness through the imagination of…
Writer’s Note: ‘A Christmas Carol’
Writer Fraser Logue introduces Rocket Theatre Company’s adaptation of the classic novel ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens. Yes, pour the mulled wine and put on your gaudiest jumpers! On…
Review: Pitch Productions presents ‘Sparks’
The production team for Sparks certainly did a good job creating the publicity for the show: even before walking into the theatre, I was intrigued by the play’s description, and…
Review: TDTC Presents ‘Ordinary Days’
The ‘Tone Deaf Theatre Company’ certainly delivers with their energetic new production of ‘Ordinary Days’, which expresses the everyday anxieties of modern life and the isolation which comes from living…
Review: ‘Four Minutes Twelve Seconds’ by Suffragette Theatre Company
As someone who has read and watched a lot of plays, I have always had a problem with what I have termed ‘rape plays’; plays which attempt to use such…