REVIEWS

A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Golden Goose Theatre

For the Lambeth Fringe, The New Rep Theatre tears through Richard Pepper’s adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in…

5 months ago

Punch – Apollo Theatre

“Inspired by the true story Punch” this production at the Apollo Theatre features a small but impressive cast of six…

5 months ago

The Silence of Snow: The Life of Patrick Hamilton – The White Bear

The Silence of Snow: The Life of Patrick Hamilton opens like a gothic horror: thunder and rain set a moody…

5 months ago

The Secret of the Black Spider – Leeds Grand Theatre

Opera North opened its 2025–26 season with something quietly radical: the UK premiere of the extended Hamburg version of Dame…

5 months ago

Silent Approach – New Adelphi Theatre

Silent Approach is a sobering play depicting a timeline of emotional battles, with mental health, guilt and feelings of overwhelming…

5 months ago

Love Quirks – The Other Palace

Four friends living in London brought together by unfortunate events: their love life sucks. Ryan (Lewis Bear Brown), Stephanie (Clodagh…

5 months ago

Man’s Best Friend – Traverse Theatre

The acclaimed Douglas Maxwell’s new play, Man’s Best Friend, opened at the Traverse Theatre having previously played at the Tron…

5 months ago

JB Shorts 27 – 53two

Although the first JB Shorts was produced in March 2009 as a one off ‘festival’ of short plays it has…

5 months ago

Syncopated – Liverpool Playhouse

The meaning of syncopated is explained at the end, tho perhaps more sensible if used to introduce the play, the…

5 months ago

Consumed – Sheffield Playhouse

The aptly named play Consumed, written by Karis Kelly won the Women’s Prize for Playwriting in 2022, is a dark,…

5 months ago