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Do you know what? If nothing else, this play has made me feel like I missed out at being a student. Ella Hickson’s Boys is an absolute heart-pounding triumph of a play, in my opinion. On the surface, a comedic look at the trials and tribulations of the student lifestyle – of sex, of booze, of [...] Read more »
I suppose I have to be slightly forgiving. Sadie Frost had a mammoth challenge on her shoulders, carrying this intimate story alone with Dave Wickenden, of 4 Poofs and a Piano fame, singing various piano-accompanied Madonna hits at opportune breaks in her story. An hour long monologue, essentially. And, unfortunately there were moments where she seemed [...] Read more »
It is the worst feeling in the world when you sit through a show and at the end you come to the conclusion, “I should have brought my nephew with me.” Not so much for my sake – I very much enjoyed it, but more for his sake: the fact he missed out on such [...] Read more »
The Lyric Hammersmith have done it again. They’ve opened their doors to something that is nothing short of magic. I felt sad, actually, when I came to the realization that this was my first Spymonkey show. I had first heard of them last summer, when they performed their scratch show Jekyll & Hyde at Latitude. Friends [...] Read more »
I was immediately pulled into the world of this odd little play by Mervyn Peake who is well known for his Gormenghast books. Strangely his plays are not well known which, having seen this production, is a shame. This is his only play intended for a younger audience and there is something of the pantomime [...] Read more »
I’m a big fan of new-writing. I’m also a big fan of the Finborough. Rigor Mortis by Carol Vine is probably one of those plays that deeply affect a number of people. It appears to deal with issues of abandonment, unruly children, alcohol and drug abuse. It appears to deal with these things because I [...] Read more »
The Finborough Theatre has always been on the map as the place to be for ‘unexpected’ new-writing. Currently it is hosting the Papatango Playwriting Festival where such productions as Dawn King’s Foxfinder and Carol Vine’s Rigor Mortis can be seen. As part of the festival they present an evening with three established playwrights. Penelope Skinner, of The Village [...] Read more »
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