Saturday October 1st 2022 at Bread & Roses Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman Tender Mercies is a one-woman show that presents a promising turnaround for the true crime genre. It doesn’t exploit or use death as a means for continued audience engagement. In fact, it does quite the opposite. Collette Cullen, the playwright, has... Continue Reading →
Review: Glass Boy at the Hen & Chickens Theatre, London
Saturday 20th August 2022 at the Hen & Chickens Theatre, London ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reviewer: Emma Dorfman An all-too-familiar subject matter plops into a post-dramatic structure, giving birth to Gabriel Phelan’s Glass Boy. Tight performances, direction, sound design, and choreography ensure that Glass Boy leaves an impression long after you have left the theatre. Being a one-person... 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 →
Interview: Agustina Dieguez Buccella Talks New Show, “Fragile”
Agustina Dieguez Buccella is heading to the Camden Fringe with a very personal show this year. Here, she talks about her journey into the industry, influences on her work and the intentions of this new play, “Fragile”, which plays the Etcetera Theatre on Saturday 7th August and Saturday 28th August. First of all, how are... Continue Reading →
Interview: Orla Sanders Talks Taking on “Twelfth Night” – Solo
The talented Orla Sanders returns to the Camden Fringe with a brand new and very ambitious show this year: a one woman “Twelfth Night”. You can catch this mammoth undertaking of twelve characters and 7,500 words performed by one actress in just sixty minutes at the Etcetera Theatre on August 23rd and 24th (1.30pm). Here,... Continue Reading →
Review: Riot Act (Touring)
Friday 7th February 2020 at Harrogate Theatre (Studio). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Alexis Gregory’s arresting solo show takes the testimonies of three important figures in the LGBTQ+ community and places their words and experiences at the centre of an impressive hour long verbatim piece. Though the stage is an empty space ripe for conjuring the past through the... Continue Reading →
Review: Blue Tights, Red Knickers and an ‘S’ on her Vest at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre
Wednesday 14th August 2019 at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In Blue Tights, Red Knickers and an ‘S’ on her Vest we are taken behind the headlines for a solo show detailing the day to day stresses of modern life and the experiences of someone living with anxiety. Laura Shoebottom writes and stars in... Continue Reading →
Review: Karoshi at the Etcetera Theatre, London
Friday 9th August 2019 at the Etcetera Theatre, London. ⭐️⭐️ Ah, the world of work - what could be more ripe for a dressing down, a cheeky chinwag or a show intelligently reassuring us that our rates of unhappiness have little to do with things we actually have power over? In this show Mel Byron... Continue Reading →
Interview: Louis Hill Talks Solo Show Love & Tigers
Louis Hill heads to the Camden Fringe this year with his debut solo show Love and Tigers - a venture he’s undertaken as a newly graduated go-getter. The show plays at the Hen and Chickens 15th-17th August 2019 (tickets here) so I caught up with Louis to talk all things telling stories and being an... Continue Reading →
Review: random (Touring)
Wednesday 6th February 2019 at Leeds Playhouse (Pop Up). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In random, Debbie Tucker Green really gets to the heart of just how hard hitting unexpected tragedy is. On a random day which only shows sign of discord in the way the weather typically can’t make up its mind, lives change without an inkling if... Continue Reading →