I am an Actor/Singer/Teacher who loves everything theatre, especially niche contemporary plays and musicals.
Michael Frayn’s 1982 comedy Noises Off has had a successful lifespan of different productions over the years. This current production, directed by Lindsay Posner, was first presented at Theatre Royal Bath in September 2022. It then had a run at the Phoenix Theatre at the beginning of 2023 and has now returned to Theatre Royal … More NOISES OFF – REVIEW – THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET
God of Carnage was originally a French play titled, Le Dieu du Carnage by Yasmina Reza, the script was translated in 2008 by Christopher Hampton. Centred around two couples, Veronica and Michael (Freema Agyeman and Martin Hutson) and Annette and Alan (Dinita Gohil and Ariyon Bakare), who meet to discuss a playground incident between their … More GOD OF CARNAGE – REVIEW – LYRIC HAMMERSMITH
Box House Theatre Company’s Twisted Tales is a fascinating and funny physical theatre piece about six thespians who come across the twisted tales book, When they step onto the book they are restricted to performing the tales. We see them tell the tales of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, Alice in Wonderland, and … More TWISTED TALES – REVIEW – CAMDEN FRINGE
Written, directed, produced, and performed by Danielle Scott, Sex, Drugs and Hairy Bum Holes is a one-woman dark comedy. Candy works hard but she plays harder. She’s starting to get fed up with going out every night, meeting sleazy men online and being perpetually hungover at work. She meets this new man who seems to … More SEX, DRUGS AND HAIRY BUM HOLES – REVIEW – CAMDEN FRINGE
Les Millénniables is a pop parody musical based (very loosely) on Les Misérables. Jean Valjean (Natalie Sullivan) is fresh out of college and has racked up a lot of debt, we see her run-ins with the tax man, boomer Javert (Tony Gonzalez) over the next 10+ years. The show also features other characters loosely based … More LES MILLÉNNIABLES – REVIEW – EDINBURGH FRINGE
What If They Ate The Baby? is an absurdist two-hander created and performed by duo Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland. A ‘queer take on the American 1950s cannibal housewife’, that explores the dark undertones of American Suburban life. Shirley (Roland) and neighbour Dotty (Rice) are dressed as stereotypical 1950s housewives, but there are fluorescent green … More WHAT IF THEY ATE THE BABY? – REVIEW – EDINBURGH FRINGE
Tabloid journalist Beth (Molly Lydon) is conflicted about the morality of her job. When she is chasing the next big story she finds herself in a gallery where a portrait of ‘scarlet woman’ Emma Hamilton (Caitlyn Calfas) springs to life, and takes her back through time to the 18th century to convince Beth to tell … More IRREPRESSIBLE – REVIEW – EDINBURGH FRINGE
One dark, late night in the 1800’s Marie Hassenpflug (Sophie Harris) is assisting Wilhelm (Gerry Kielty) and Jacob (Justin Skelton) with their famous anthology, Brothers Grimm. Editing out cannibalism and Pig Princes from old folk tales, they act out their ideas for the stories along with their maid Marie (Emily Ingram). Some Kind of Theatre’s … More THE GRANDMOTHERS GRIMM – REVIEW – EDINBURGH FRINGE
Trigger Warning: This show contains an account of rape, this review will also touch upon this. Her job is to prepare and present dead bodies, but when her rapist shows up at her table she is forced to confront her trauma. When We Died is a one-woman show written and performed by Alexandra Donnachie and … More WHEN WE DIED – REVIEW – EDINBURGH FRINGE
“How lucky am I to have all these men in my life telling me how to be a woman”. Waiting for a Train at the Bus Stop follows aspiring poet Chilufya (Yaisa); meaning ‘the lost one’, as she struggles with her sense of self, falling into an abusive relationship. The dark comedy explores themes of … More WAITING FOR A TRAIN AT THE BUS STOP – REVIEW – EDINBURGH FRINGE
Black Bright Theatre Company’s The Hunger is a thrilling horror set on a remote pig farm in the Yorkshire Dales. There is a disease that has affected most of the population, Deborah (Helen Fullerton) and her daughter Megan (Madeline Farnhill) are protecting their farm, shooting anyone who trespasses and fighting for their survival. But is … More THE HUNGER – REVIEW – EDINBURGH FRINGE
When Zee (Ruby Woods) was a child she saw an ‘undiscovered existence where people were living; they didn’t live on the clouds but rather what makes up the clouds’. When she meets Wren (Loie Milne), a ‘particle person’, she discovers this to be true. We see their relationship unfold before us as they learn about … More SKIES IN THE CLOUD – REVIEW – EDINBURGH FRINGE
Set in a seaside city Gabriel Blackwell’s Cruelty follows Oli (Luke Nixon), who finds fascination in cruel things – only reading them though, not watching. We follow him as he ‘journeys through the bright lights of the city at night’ and the characters he comes across along the way. Nixon has a natural, confident presence … More CRUELTY – REVIEW – EDINBURGH FRINGE
Chronic Insanity’s gig theatre production 24, 23, 22 is staged in a black box studio, with two actors; Joe Matty and Ruth Paige on mics, and Joe Strickland on a beat maker. It’s the worst day of Fran’s (Paige) life and the last day of Brendan’s (Matty). Doug Dean delivers a solid writing style and … More 24, 23, 22 – REVIEW – EDINBURGH FRINGE
Would you watch the worst things on the internet for a living? This is the question proposed in Moderation. Written by Rebekah King and DIrected by Ben Newman and Ben Fleming, moderation delivers the story of two ex-online moderators of a website, and the subsequent trauma this job has caused. We open the show in … More MODERATION – REVIEW – EDINBURGH FRINGE
That What’s Wild’s Looking For Giants is a nuanced take on infatuation, escapism, and taking control of your narrative. It explores the “allure of fantasy over reality”. This is a one-person show with an empty stage, except for a stool and a microphone; leaving it completely story-driven. Abby McCann plays our central character; a university … More LOOKING FOR GIANTS – REVIEW – EDINBURGH FRINGE
What’s in the basement? What’s happening to Sloane? What is wrong with this house!? Sloane’s (Riley Elton McCarthy) Granny is dying so they’ve moved into the spooky family estate with botanist husband Gwyn (Hans Mueh); accompanied by Realtor friend Beckham (Ryan Pangrace). Sloane is fixated on finishing their play about Granny and the house within … More IVORIES – REVIEW – EDINBURGH FRINGE
16-year-old Yasmin (Shannon Rewcroft) reckons she is ‘well hard’. She’s from Scarborough, loves the Arctic Monkeys, and is pregnant. We follow Yasmin on this ‘explosive journey’ as she navigates her way through teenagehood to motherhood, and conquers adversity. As you walk into the space, we see Rewcroft sitting on a chair, songs by the Arctic … More BUILD A ROCKET – REVIEW – EDINBURGH FRINGE
Advertised as ‘the drama school musical’, The Verge of Forever is a brand new song cycle written and orchestrated by Olly Novello. We follow ambitious, optimistic Leo (who is usually played by Novello himself but on this occasion was played by alternate Finlay McKillop) and misunderstood Marie (Scarlett Ayers) over the turning point in their … More THE VERGE OF FOREVER – REVIEW – THE OTHER PALACE
Where We Are Now, written by Cal Newman and directed by Marley Brown is a 45-minute glimpse into the moment when Florence (Greta Hansen) walks into a music shop and runs into ex-boyfriend Miles (Newman). This show explores toxic relationships, grief, personal growth and change through being unexpectedly confronted by your past. The play is … More WHERE ARE WE NOW – REVIEW – ANNKA KULTYS GALLERY
