Review: Festen, Barbican Centre

Written for Culture Wars The tipple of choice at Helge Klingenfeldt-Hansen’s 60th birthday party is a glass of bitters. Appropriate indeed f...

Review: Hamlet, Young Vic

It’s the mental state of Denmark we should be worried about in Ian Rickson’s concept-heavy Hamlet , which places Michael Sheen’s long-awaite...

Review: Roadkill, Barbican Centre/Theatre Royal Stratford East

Written for Culture Wars Roadkill sears itself onto your conscience. It is a desperate and anguished scream that refuses to recede quietly,...

Review: Fanta Orange, Finborough Theatre

Written for Culture Wars Another day, another ethically complex play about our relationship with African nations. Perhaps even more than The...

Review: Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Southwark Playhouse

Written for Time Out This fragile two-hander - as delicate and devastating as anything on the London stage right now - glistens with hope. T...

Review: The Swallowing Dark, Theatre503

Written for Whatsonstage Lizzie Nunnery’s taut and terse two-hander defies black and white thinking. Like the best drama, it presents an eth...

Review: Speechless, Arcola Theatre

Written for Time Out Something's not right when a programme is more enjoyable than the show it's supposed to supplement. It suggests...