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…
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Review: ‘Company’ by DULOG
Arguably the first concept musical, Company centres around commitment-phobe Robert as he interacts with his oddball assortment of married friends, learning about the various benefits and pitfalls of married life.…
Review: Lion Theatre Company’s ‘If We Got Some More Cocaine’
I wasn’t really sure what to expect from Lion Theatre Company’s If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You. Cocaine? Definitely. Could guess there…
‘Intense and unsettling’- Review of Suffragette Theatre Company’s ‘Five Kinds of Silence’
As the first show in the new Assembly Rooms Theatre, I had high expectations for Suffragette Theatre Company’s ‘Five Kinds of Silence’. A play described by the director Aaron Rozanski…
Review: The Yellow Wallpaper
Being an incurable fanatic of Gothic literature, I was hugely excited to observe how Hild Bede Theatre had moved to animate Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story, ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’, on…
Review: High School Musical
Foot of the Hill’s semester-closing production of Disney’s High School Musical reminds us why we all need to sing our hearts out every once in a while. Pulled together over…
Review: All Over Lovely
All Over Lovely is a two-character play, yet despite its small cast and relatively short length, it manages to address a range of complex questions surrounding feminism, political lesbianism, and…
Review: Tuesday
It feels wrong to watch someone whose long fringe makes him seem unaware of our gaze. But watch Daniel we must, for an unusually significant amount of time, as he…
Review: Lips Don’t Lie
My Thursday evening involved flying tampons, Fleabag recreations, and powerfully funny student writing. I heard more about vaginas than I have in my entire life, and it was a hoot.…
Review: The One
"The ending of the play is emotionally shattering..."