Review: Feeling Afraid as if Something Terrible is Going to Happen at Bush Theatre

Wednesday, 15th November 2023 at Bush Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman ‘Anyone else ever c*m blood during sex and feel like you’re going to die?... No?... Me neither’: an off-kilter opening line for an equally offbeat, darkly comedic solo show. It so appropriately sets the tone for Marcelo Dos Santos’ Feeling Afraid as if... Continue Reading →

Review: Sleepova at Bush Theatre

Thursday March 2nd 2023 at Bush Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Dela Ruth Hini Bush Theatre’s latest production, Sleepova, is a beautiful homage to Black British sisterhood. Staged in the intimate Holloway Theatre, audience members are invited to share in a story of laughter, grief, resilience, and chosen family. Sleepova’s ensemble cast consists of Bukky Bakray,... Continue Reading →

Review: Elephant at Bush Theatre, London

Tuesday 25th October 2022 at Bush Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Jonathan Walfisz There’s an elephant in the room throughout Anoushka Lucas’s brilliant new play ‘Elephant’ at the Bush Theatre. It’s not the idiomatic type though, as Lucas’s Lylah notes a white middle class audience might prefer. Instead, Lucas’s elephant is very physically present in the... Continue Reading →

Review: Clutch at Bush Theatre, London

Wednesday 21st September 2022 at Bush Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes When Tyler (played by Charlie Kafflyn) takes up driving lessons for the first time with trusty instructor Max (played by Geoffrey Aymer), not only do his lessons cover the rules of the road, but lessons in life and our duty of responsibility become... Continue Reading →

Review: The P Word at Bush Theatre

Tuesday 13th September 2022 at Bush Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes When Zafar (played by Esh Alladi) flees his hometown and homophobic persecution, he seeks asylum in London. However, the process is draining and prejudiced, and having to “prove” you face execution if you are sent back to your native land gets harder as... Continue Reading →

Review: Favour at Bush Theatre

Thursday 30th June 2022 at Bush Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes Our stories on women adjusting to life after lived experience of the Criminal Justice System are few and far between. I can think of a couple of films such as Wild Rose (dir. Tom Harper) and The Unforgivable (dir. Nora Fingscheidt), I’m sure... Continue Reading →

Review: Invisible at Bush Theatre

Tuesday 28th June 2022 at Bush Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes Written and performed by Nikhil Parmar, Invisible is a one man show that delves into the psyche of a man overwhelmed with the feelings that his race and social positioning in the world reduce his desirability in the world of acting. Zayan wants the... Continue Reading →

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