Reviews Archive
Traces of Antigone by Christina Ouzounidis, ODT Ensemble at Electric Dreams Festival on line until 30th July 2020 **** Mark Courtice
Rich and suggestive performance, wild, enthralling, and often mad.
Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran Co-created by Javaad Alipoor and Kirsty Housley: Electric Dreams Festival online: various dates until 14th August 2020. **** Mark Courtice
Intelligent, clever and ambitious show explores politics, history, economics and ecology.
Noah and the Peacock by Jeff James - Nottingham Playhouse - August 2020 dates
Peacock and Peahen get on board the Ark - A show for 5 to 9 yearolds
My White Best Friend (and Other Letters Left Unsaid): Co-curated by Rachel De-Lahay and Milli Bhatia: Royal Court at Home: Until 17th July 2020: ****4 Mark Courtice
A most important and urgent evening mixes the personal and political
Amadeus by Peter Shaffer. National Theatre live until 22 July 2020. 4****. William Russell
From the ordinary one man created legends, from legends the other the ordinary.
Educating Rita by Willy Russell - the Minack Open Air Theatre 18-29 August 2020.
Coming back to life
Invisible Music by Platform 4: on line at Platform 4 until 15th August 2020: 4****. Mark Courtice
An intriguing meditation on hearing loss is meandering and sinuous but often sharply surprising
The Space Between by David Hunter and Caroline Kay. On You Tube. 4****. William Russell
The show goes on
The Deep Blue Sea by by Terence Rattigan: National Theatre at Home online until 16th July 2020. *** Mark Courtice
There's a wonderful performance at the heart of this production
Splendid Isolation: Lockdown Drama, Lyric Theatre Belfast, on BBC iPlayer until 25th June 2021. **** Mark Courtice
7 short plays from Northern ireland. Big hearted writing with performances to match
Swan Lake Bath Ballet - on BBC i player - 4 **** Something special.
Baths full of swans
£1.57b support for the Arts - the devil will be in the detail.
Hope for the future
Blueprint Medea by Julia Pascal. Finborough Theatre on line to 2 September 2020. 3***. William Russell.
A Medea for today.
Tales from the Front Line - Talawa Theatre Company's plans.
Black people on the front line
Les Blancs by Lorraine Hansberry. National Theatre live until 8 July 2020. 4**** stars. William Russell
A powerful story of black Africa as colonial times come to an end.
Birdsong - Rachel Wagstaff's adaptation on Sebastian Faulks's novel On Line 7pm 1 July 2020. 4****
To mark the anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.
Six is back - Live. Booking opens 3 July. William Russell
Six, the musical about Queens is coming back. Flock to court.
Dark Season 3 (2020), Dir Baron bo Odar Netflix: 5*****: Matthew Alicoon
A show that you can’t just watch but have to solve.
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. The Bridge theatre National Theatre Live until 1 July 2020. 4****. William Russell.. 4****
A midsummer dream of a production whose like we may never see again.
Closures, letters and doing something. William Russell.
Will the show go on?