Review: Deafinitely Theatre’s Everyday (Touring)

Tuesday 21st June 2022 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ To mark the 20th Anniversary of Deafinitely Theatre Company, Paula Garfield has written and directed a new work: Everyday. The play draws its material from hard to digest statistics about the increase in domestic abuse cases during the lockdowns - with particular focus on deaf and... Continue Reading →

Review: The Girl on the Train at Upstairs at the Gatehouse

Friday 17th June 2022 at Upstairs at the Gatehouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes An exciting piece of theatre in the heart of North London! The international phenomenon novel by Paula Hawkins has been adapted into a thrilling new stage adaption by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel. The Girl on a Train tells the story of... Continue Reading →

Review: Let’s Pause There at the King’s Head Theatre, London

Tuesday 14th June 2022 at the King’s Head Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes Where do you stand when your therapist needs therapy? Let’s Pause There is the story of therapist Sebastian (played by Roger Parkins) who within 24 hours has taken on two new clients, had a problematic encounter with a douchebag on the... Continue Reading →

Review: Love (to) Bits at Barons Court Theatre

Friday 10th June 2022 at Barons Court Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes Love (to) Bits, written by Ioana Goga and directed by Ioana Goga & Jez Davess-Humphrey, boldly explores the trials and tribulations of a 20-something year old female looking to find her love. Long lasting, happy love is a journey but what exactly... Continue Reading →

Review: A Final Act of Friendship at The Bridge House Theatre

Saturday, May 28th 2022 at The Bridge House Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes Fresh from it's 5* run at the White Bear Theatre, A Final Act of Friendship, is a celebration of friendship and love, what it means to step outside of your own prejudices and see the person underneath it all. Written by... Continue Reading →

Review: The Haunting of Susan A at the King’s Head Theatre

Monday 6th June 2022 at the King’s Head Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Jonathan Walfisz Often a play comes with a mission statement. But few plays that I have seen recently have carried their mission statement so proudly.  “The Haunting of Susan A” at the King’s Head Theatre is Mark Ravenhill’s latest play, who is also... Continue Reading →

Review: The Concrete Jungle Book

Wednesday June 1st 2022 at the Pleasance Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes Spectacular! Energetic! Electrifying! A true masterpiece of a musical, thoughtful and well rounded – The Concrete Jungle Book is an explosion of black talent in the UK theatre scene. Described as a hip hop musical and survival guide, Dominic Garfield (writer and... Continue Reading →

Review: The White Card at Leeds Playhouse

Thursday 26th May 2022 at Leeds Playhouse. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Claudia Rankine’s The White Card explores the ways in which white people engage with the stories, experiences and art of Black people. It questions the motivation behind our consumption of such stories and how often white people engage at a privileged arm’s length rather than recognising themselves... Continue Reading →

Review: Red Ellen (Touring)

Tuesday 24th May 2022 at York Theatre Royal. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ “There is more than one way to kill a revolutionary.” Caroline Bird’s Red Ellen is the latest in a welcome clutch of new work spotlighting marginalised female figures from history. Ellen Wilkinson was undoubtedly a remarkable figure with a flawed personal life and a career spanning... Continue Reading →

Review: 100 Paintings at Hope Theatre

Thursday 19th May 2022 at Hope Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Maygan Forbes Set in a dystopian future, 100 Paintings tells the story of a young artist and his mother struggling to survive in the crumbling Savoy Hotel. Battling mountains of unpaid hotel bills, the artist (played by Conrad Williamson) has three days to produce one-hundred... Continue Reading →

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