Reviews

  • Loot – Review

    A revival of Joe Orton’s famous farce ‘Loot’ is the latest offering from The Queen’s Theatre in Hornchurch. Orton’s 1965 dark comedy remains a sharp swipe at authority, religion and respectability and this production embraces the play’s anarchic spirit — even if it sadly doesn’t always land its punches cleanly. Read more

  • Pete Firman: ‘Tricks & Giggles’ – Review

    On a lively Friday evening at Tunbridge Wells’ intimate Trinity Theatre, Pete Firman’s latest tour ‘Tricks and Giggles’ delivered exactly what its title promises – a blend of jaw-dropping magic and good-natured cheekiness.  Read more

  • Here There Are Blueberries – Review

    There are evenings in the theatre when applause feels almost inappropriate — not because the work has been ineffective, but because clapping seems too tidy a response to what you’ve just absorbed. Here There Are Blueberries at Theatre Royal Stratford East is one of those evenings. Read more

  • Shadowlands – Review

    Shadowlands – Review

    At the Aldwych Theatre, Shadowlands unfolds with a quiet confidence that feels almost radical. There is no spectacle here, no emotional overstatement. Read more

  • The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry – Review

    The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry – Review

    Last night’s press night for The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry at the Theatre Royal Haymarket confirmed what many had hoped: a genuinely moving, joyously theatrical and deeply affecting new musical that honours Rachel Joyce’s beloved novel while making its own bold, imaginative leaps. From belly laughs to quiet tears — often within minutes of… Read more

  • American Psycho – Review

    American Psycho at the Almeida Theatre is as slick, unsettling and darkly exhilarating as Bret Easton Ellis’s notorious novel, and as culturally incisive as the cult film that followed. Read more