Review: The Consultant, Theatre503

Written for Culture Wars Q: How many consultants does it take to change a light bulb? A: What’s your budget? That’s more of less the jist of...

Review: Shore, Riverside Studios

Written for Time Out For the son lugging around his father's corpse like Mother Courage's cart, death becomes a rite of passage in L...

Review: The Exonerated, New Players Theatre

Written for Time Out What does it mean to escape an unjust death sentence? In spite of the hardships, which range from rape to the botched e...

Review: The Cleansing of Constance Brown, AE Harris Building

Written for Culture Wars She stands there, at the end of the corridor, with a camera hanging from her neck, staring out at us. “I can see yo...

Review: The Boy on the Swing, Arcola Theatre

Written for Time Out 'Hello! Is anyone there?' asks the very ordinary Earl Hunt, having found a business card for the Hope and Trust...

Review: Mogadishu, Lyric Hammersmith

The Big Society has its first theatrical talisman in Vivienne Franzmann’s Mogadishu and – here’s the kicker – it hasn’t a single solution t...

Review: Fen, Finborough Theatre

Written for Time Out Feudalism is alive and well according to Caryl Churchill’s serf and turf play not seen in London for 27 years. In a ser...

Review: The Red Shoes, Battersea Arts Centre

For those coming to Kneehigh’s work late in the day and left, like me, wondering what all the fuss is about, The Red Shoes is a chance to c...

Review: Throats, Pleasance Theatre

Written for Time Out A sometime collaborator with Beckett, Heiner Müller and Phillip Glass, Gerald Thomas gave up on theatre in 2009. 'I...

Review: Eat Your Heart Out, Kindle Theatre

Written for Culture Wars Nothing puts butterflies into the stomach like the prospect of a strange meal in an unfamiliar setting. Perhaps it’...