Review: The Taming of the Shrew, Novello Theatre

Written for Culture Wars Just as lipstick does little to disguise a pig, a Shrew caked in cosmetics remains a problem play. Indeed, as Conal...

Review: Unbroken, The Gate

Written for WhatsOnStage.com La Ronde, Arthur Schnitzler's frank examination of cyclical promiscuity, was denigrated as mere pornography...

Review: Shun-kin, Barbican Centre

Written for Culture Wars There are two ways of looking at Complicité ’s second collaboration with Japan’s Setagaya Public Theatre. One is as...

Review: Constellations, Royal Court

As settings go, the multiverse is a damn sight more ambitious than most. Over the course of its 65 minutes, Nick Payne’s Constellations com...

Review: Plonter, Barbican Pit

Written for Culture Wars Unsurprisingly, given recent events in Gaza, Plonter’s force resides in its sheer urgency. The title means ‘tangle’...