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Edinburgh 2022: Review: BLANKET BAN, Underbelly Cowgate
Edinburgh 2022: Review: BLANKET BAN, Underbelly Cowgate
August 22, 2022

An angry yet artless examination of Malta's ban on abortion.

Edinburgh 2022: Review: A LITTLE LIFE, Festival Theatre
Edinburgh 2022: Review: A LITTLE LIFE, Festival Theatre
August 21, 2022

An unflinchingly unrelentingly brutal production, a Little Life is not for the faint of heart. But it deserves to be seen nonetheless.

Edinburgh 2022: Review: A SUDDEN VIOLENT BURST OF RAIN, Summerhall Roundhouse
Edinburgh 2022: Review: A SUDDEN VIOLENT BURST OF RAIN, Summerhall Roundhouse
August 22, 2022

A bloodless refugee drama unsuited to the space in which it is performed.

Review: PSYCHODRAMA, Traverse Theatre
Review: PSYCHODRAMA, Traverse Theatre
August 19, 2022

An alluring homage to Hitchcock's Psycho

Review: WE WERE PROMISED HONEY, Summerhall Roundhouse
Review: WE WERE PROMISED HONEY, Summerhall Roundhouse
August 19, 2022

A dazzling meditation on human transience

Review: CHARLOTTE JOHNSON: MY DAD AND OTHER LIES, Pleasance Dome
Review: CHARLOTTE JOHNSON: MY DAD AND OTHER LIES, Pleasance Dome
August 18, 2022

An hour of stand-up from Boris Johnson’s illegitimate daughter, everything about Charlotte Johnson: My Dad and Other Lies is predictable.

Edinburgh 2022: Review: WHO HERE'S LOST?, Pleasance Attic
Edinburgh 2022: Review: WHO HERE'S LOST?, Pleasance Attic
August 16, 2022

Ben Moor is an English Wes Anderson. Everything about his playful one man show Who Here's Lost? Exudes Anderson's signature twee from Moor's knitted jumper to the whimsical world of the play itself.

Edinburgh 2022: Review: EULOGY, Summerhall
Edinburgh 2022: Review: EULOGY, Summerhall
August 16, 2022

Performed in total darkness, Eulogy is one of the Edinburgh festival's more eccentric offerings.

Edinburgh 2022: Review: MEDEA, The Hub
Edinburgh 2022: Review: MEDEA, The Hub
August 15, 2022

Each word of Scottish poet Liz Lochhead's razor sharp adaption of Euripides' Medea is forged in fire. First staged in 2000, it is still searingly relevant and painfully urgent.

Review: SIEGFRIED & GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG, Hackney Empire
Review: SIEGFRIED & GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG, Hackney Empire
August 7, 2022

This bare-bones production lacks the theatrical flesh to bulk up the sense of grandeur.

Review: BAD JEWS, Arts Theatre
Review: BAD JEWS, Arts Theatre
July 27, 2022

Strong performances carry this cringe-inducing family feud.

Review: THE DARKEST PART OF THE NIGHT, Kiln Theatre
Review: THE DARKEST PART OF THE NIGHT, Kiln Theatre
July 22, 2022

An inorganic melodrama that stuffs too many themes together.

Review: THE BLUE WOMAN, Royal Opera House
Review: THE BLUE WOMAN, Royal Opera House
July 7, 2022

Composer Laura Bowler and Librettist Laura Lomas' new opera navigates the psychological landscape of sexual assault

Review: FAVOUR, Bush Theatre
Review: FAVOUR, Bush Theatre
July 1, 2022

A tumultuous portrait of a family divided by religion and modernity

Review: INVISIBLE, Bush Theatre
Review: INVISIBLE, Bush Theatre
June 29, 2022

A disorientating tone straddles the theatrical no-man's land between satire and seriousness.

Review: VIOLET, Hackney Empire
Review: VIOLET, Hackney Empire
June 24, 2022

Worlds collide in a thrilling new opera from Tom Coult and Alice Birch.

Review: THAT IS NOT WHO I AM, Royal Court Theatre
Review: THAT IS NOT WHO I AM, Royal Court Theatre
June 19, 2022

A narrative spider's web that traps its audience and preys upon their naivety. See what our critic thought! Read the review. 

BWW Review: THE FALSE SERVANT, Orange Tree Theatre
BWW Review: THE FALSE SERVANT, Orange Tree Theatre
June 14, 2022

The theatricality of gender takes centre stage in Paul Miller's take on Marivaux’s 1724 comedy.

BWW Review: BEFORE I WAS A BEAR, Soho Theatre
BWW Review: BEFORE I WAS A BEAR, Soho Theatre
June 8, 2022

Cally's life is turned upside down when she embarks on an affair with her childhood crush

BWW Review: SAMSON ET DALILA, Royal Opera House
BWW Review: SAMSON ET DALILA, Royal Opera House
June 6, 2022

Richard Jones' new production drips with bacchanalian flare. But something is missing from the allure.



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