Review: The Devil and Mr Punch, Barbican Centre

A Punch so strong it might well have been spiked, Julian Crouch’s meta-puppet show is the best Improbable piece I’ve seen to date. For anyon...

Review: The Animals & Children Took to the Streets, Battersea Arts Centre

Written for Culture Wars Almost inadvertently, 1927 have found themselves on the political frontline. Little over three miles away from the ...

The Benefits of Doubt (or The Unimportance of Being Honest)

Over the past half-century, experimental theatre has been driven by the realities of performance and the performance of realities. From the ...

Piecemeal Praise

There's a new post over at the Guardian blog here in praise of theatre that seeks something other than polished perfection in relation ...

Review: Panic, Barbican Pit Theatre

Written for Culture Wars Most people, when prescribed masturbation, simply get on with the job in hand. Not so Phelim McDermot, co-artistic ...

Review: Billy Twinkle: Requiem for a Golden Boy, Barbican Silk Street Theatre

Written for Culture Wars More than any other theatrical medium, puppetry has the ability to shatter the boundaries of possibility. A well-ma...