Happy Never After
Rating **** Reviewed by Ed Theakston Happy Never After, Pleasance Below Good new writing is sometimes hard to find, so it is refreshing to see such a polished production at the Edinburgh Fringe in the form of Hannah Rodger’s Happy Never After. Directed by Luke Sheppard, it is an honest and touching look at the […]
Hope Light and Nowhere
Rating **** Reviewed by Alex Foott Performance date – Thurs 1st Aug 2013 The apocalypse has become one of the most fashionable themes in pop culture. Fascinated as we are with the annihilation of our own world, I was not expecting much originality from this piece. Thankfully, I was wrong. Andrew Sheridan’s latest work offers […]
I Can Make You a Mentalist
Rating ** Reviewed by Alex Foott Performance date – Weds 31st July 2013 Having been given my own plastic wallet at the door containing a pencil, card and tin foil, I begin to get excited about the prospect of full audience involvement and the wonders that this show will hold. We are all well acquainted […]
My Pregnant Brother
Rating ***** Reviewed by Alex Foott Performance date – Weds 31st July 2013 Canadian theatre company Freestanding glides into the Edinburgh Fringe with a fresh one-woman show that flings together the themes of gender, identity and family and explores the combustion that ensues. Juxtaposing a level-headed approach to the increasingly sensitive matter of sexuality with […]
REVIEW: Titanic (Southwark Playhouse)
Titanic the Musical (written by Maury Yeston) is the well known true story of the unsinkable ship Titanic, that sailed its one and only voyage in 1912. After hitting an Iceberg, the unthinkable happened and the unsinkable ship sank. With lifeboats on board for less than half the passengers, ultimately many people died. The musical […]