DDF Review: Poseidon’s Playhouse
Tom Morris reviews Alex Julian-Ottie's 'Poseidon Playhouse', performing for Durham Drama Festival. Poseidon's Playhouse is silly, funny and sometimes just a bit sad.
Culture & Arts
DDF Review: Save the Date
Will Hutchings reviews Ollie Kirkwood's 'Save the Date', a play with much musical and acting talent, but one that doesn't push boundaries nor try anything new.
DDF Review: Ophelia Is Also Dead
Sophie Reason reviews Aliya Gilmore's 'Ophelia is Also Dead' for Durham Drama Festival. The play channels the audience into an intense engagement with this haunting literary figure’s theatrical purpose and…
DDF Review: Reckoning
Abbie Crunkhorn reviews 'Reckoning', performing for Durham Drama Festival. At times painfully relatable, this short play might make you cringe, but it’s also a comfort to know that it isn’t…
DDF Review: What ever happened to Christopher Robin
"an insightful, well-acted and cleverly written piece"- Charlie Whitehead's DDF piece, 'What ever happened to Christopher Robin' looks at the issues surrounding male mental health.
Ralph Breaks the Internet and Crazy Rich Asians: The Idolisation of Excess
Stanley Lowres assesses the excess of wealth and consumerism in two of 2018's biggest commercial and critical successes.
Chicken
It was too quiet. I didn’t like it. As if a stopper had been pulled out on the whole world, and like a beach ball it was collapsing in on…
Writer’s Note: Ladies Who Lunch
"Life does not end when you hit sixty, so why were so few people wanting to explore a time of life where opportunity for love, adventure and excitement are just…
Writer’s Note: Kay and Rex
"their light banter and fun frequently erupts into spatting and arguing." Madeleine Horton discusses her DDF piece, 'Kay and Rex'.
Writer’s Note: The Fire on Beacon Hill
"Contradictions are, if anything, the central element of the play." Harry Jenkins discusses his DDF piece, 'The Fire on Beacon Hill'.