Review: Matilda the Musical, Cambridge Theatre

Written for Culture Wars Matilda ’s got its own Spiderman in the first five minutes: a spoilt brat in crude, homemade fancy dress. The RSC’s...

Review: The Riots, Tricycle Theatre

Written for Culture Wars London was still burning when Nicolas Kent proposed that writer Gillian Slovo assemble a verbatim piece on the subj...

Review: Reasons to be Pretty, Almeida Theatre

Written for Culture Wars Reasons to be Pretty offers none. Early on, in fact, it looks like an errant ‘r’ has snuck into its title. Reasons...

Review: TaniwhaThames, Oval House Theatre

Written for Culture Wars There is a sirensong quality to this watery devised piece from Shaky Isles Theatre – a London-based company with st...

Review: Salt, Root and Roe, Trafalgar Studios

Written for Culture Wars Eroded by dementia, Iola’s mind has lost its sharpness in the same way as the pebbles she collects from the beaches...

Review: Yerma, Gate Theatre

Written for Culture Wars Anthony Weigh has distilled Federico García Lorca’s ‘tragic poem’ into a litany of the life-cycle. It hammers away,...

Review: Next Time I'll Sing to You, Orange Tree Theatre

Written for Time Out If a hermit falls over, does he make a noise?' That's more or less the question asked by James Saunders's 1...