About 500 written and directed by Simona Hughes balances humour, anger, hurt and depression in a sensitive, caring and informative manner. While exploring the scarcely openly discussed subject of infertility and the devastating impact it can have upon intimate relationships and friendships while taking a destructive toll on women’s mental…

As a theatre critic, I watch many performances over quite a short period, and it becomes harder to walk out of an auditorium feeling completely in “awe” of the production I have just reviewed. Beautiful The Carole King Musical has proved to be one of those musicals that has achieved…

The unimaginable cost of how damaging living near a nuclear power plant is only truly experienced when something goes wrong. The Children by Lucy Kirkwood explores how the disaster affected residents and the surrounding area after an event. Along with bringing back together, three of the nuclear scientists back together,…

Taking the classic story of The Wizard of Oz and adding their unique twist to the tale. Blue Apple have found Dorothy (Katy Appleford) residing in a local Winchester nursing home. Nobody can explain where she came from or where she goes. However, she certainly has a fascinating tale to…

Hampstead Theatre currently plays home to Alexis Zegerman’s play The Fever Syndrome. The first thing you notice upon entering the auditorium is the impressive dominating cross-section of the Myers four-storey ageing family townhouse based in Manhattan created by set builders Harrogate Set Production Services. Families reuniting after a few years…

Suffering, poverty, grief and alcoholism predominantly run through the entire performance of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. Christina Bianco in the role of LV certainly has a hard act to follow from the 1999 iconic film performance by Jane Horrocks. However, Bianco doesn’t fail to deliver with an…

Back in 2019 when Marcus Brigstocke premiered “The Red” at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, I was lucky enough to meet him at one of the food venue vans and was personally flyered by him. The play intrigued me back then. However, as reviewers working at the Fringe understand only too…

Onbook Theatre presents God of Carnage performed in Barnes at the OSO Arts Centre. Yet another rare theatre gem. It’s positioned in an idyllic park next to a duck pond. Attending the matinee performance I saw lots of families and dog walkers making the most of the lovely sunny winter…

Sarah Kempton in the role of Doris and Kieran Buckeridge as George embark on two extremely challenging roles in Same Time, Next Year. We watch time passing along with changing attitudes to money, life, politics and religion spanning twenty-five years, the actors fulfilling these years in under two hours, with…