Review: Frontman, Chelsea Theatre

Written for Culture Wars In the past, Action Hero have miniaturised the big screen Western and the stadium daredevil. On one level, Frontman...

Review: The Malcontent, White Bear Theatre

Written for Time Out Written in 1603, as Shakespeare worked on Measure for Measure , The Malcontent sees a leader smuggle himself into the ...

Review: The Kitchen Sink, Bush Theatre

Like a Mike Leigh play with laughter lines where furrowed brows should be, The Kitchen Sink marks Tom Wells out as an extraordinary young w...

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...