67 stories by "Shirley Both"
Review: Look, No Hands, Pleasance Online 4.0Overall Score Lila Clements has come to the Pleasance Theatre to share her story with us. There is just one little problem: she does not remember …
Review: Rough Sleeper, Online @ the Actors Centre2.0Overall ScoreThe streets are empty and all we see is a deserted English main street in the opening of Jo Emery's Rough Sleeper. The filmed…
Review: Tal, online@theSpaceUk 3.0Overall Score Eerie music, a stage drained of colour and a broken cot mark the opening of Tal " an original dance performance. A creature is crouched on the…
Review: Armageddon, Baby! Mannequin Mouth 4.0Overall Score Many theatre companies have decided to transition their work to the digital realm in the previous year, and Mannequin Mouth is no e…
Review: Naughty, Camden Fringe5.0Overall Score"Ping" " a text message is projected onto the white canvas that lights up the dark auditorium. "Ping" " another one. They are enquiring about An…
Review: Searching for Belinda 3.0Overall Score Multidisciplinary theatre company Bold Mellon are making their fringe debut at the Above the Stag Theatre. They bring oranges, fierce visuals, …
Review: 2:22 A Ghost Story, Noel Coward Theatre4.0Overall Score"If you want ghosts, you find them" is the mantra for Danny Robins' acclaimed West End drama 2:22 A Ghost Story. We do find the…
Review: Fow, Summerhall 4.0Overall Score Communication is key and sometimes it may even be the key to the heart. That is what Lissa, Siôn and Josh are discovering in Alun Saunders' play F…
Review: Jack Hoosie and the Leisure Groan, The Water Rats2.0Overall ScoreWith open arms we are welcomed into Jack Hoosie's Leisure Groan in South Yorkshire. Unfortunately, discounts are not …
Review: head/lining, Pleasance Theatre 4.0Overall Score head/lining is sensuously punk rock. That is the best way to describe Knuckledown's performance at the Pleasance Theatre. It is punk r…
Review: Hotel Paradiso, Underbelly Festival4.0Overall ScoreUnderbelly Festival's new circus tent in the heart of Central London is the perfect setting for Lost in Translation Circus' new per…
Review: The Octopus, King's Head Theatre3.0Overall ScoreWhat were you doing during lockdown? Were you perhaps on the hunt for a job? Or were you busy being driven mad by the isolation? Both …
Review: Wolves Are Coming for You, Brockley Jack Studio Theatre3.0Overall ScoreA mythical woodland with an eerie atmosphere and an overshadowing jingle greets us at the Brockley Jack Studio …
Review: Big Boys, Lion and Unicorn Theatre 4.0Overall Score "They grow up so fast …" This saying is especially true for Tom Foreman's self-written and directed play Big Boys. Performed at …
Review: The Magic Flute or the stories they tell, Above The Stag Theatre4.0Overall ScoreThe Magic Flute is an emotional opera about romance, passion, and deceit. The Magic Flute or the stori…
Review: Rock Bottom, The Lion and Unicorn Theatre3.0Overall ScoreIf you have ever wondered what Shakespeare's beloved clown Bottom is up to these days, don't wonder any longer " he is at the…
Review: Pauline, Pleasance Theatre4.0Overall ScoreTW: suicide mention. We were already on this planet when our grandmother was pregnant with our mother. That is the statement with which Soph…
Review: Godot is a Woman, Pleasance Theatre 3.0Overall Score It is 2021 and the company of Silent Faces are still waiting for Godot. But there is just a tiny problem " they are not men. Josi…
Review: Six Characters in Search of an Author, The Tower Theatre/The Acting Gymnasium2.0Overall ScoreThe students of The Acting Gymnasium are presenting their newest production at the Tower …
Review: Stunner, Camden People's Theatre4.0Overall ScoreThe Oxford Dictionary has two definitions for the word Stunner: a shocking piece of news or an attractive person (specifically a woman…
Review: The Language of Kindness, Shoreditch Town Hall 5.0Overall Score The Language of Kindness is first and foremost a celebration of our NHS nurses. Performed at Shoreditch Town Hall, it …
Review: how to live a jellicle life, Lion & Unicorn Theatre4.0Overall ScoreAre you living a jellicle life? Wait, no " I have to backtrack to the question: What exactly is a jellicle life…
Review: Topsie Redfern's Crystal Balls, Above The Stag Theatre4.0Overall ScoreOnce upon a time there was a sparkling, girly boy who found a mysterious crystal ball hidden away in an attic. T…
Review: Walden, Harold Pinter Theatre3.0Overall ScoreA remote cabin in the woods and two people are anxiously preparing for the arrival of a very special guest. That is the set-up for Walden…
Review: a heifer would be needed for the sacrifice, Picatrix-AI2.0Overall Scorea heifer would be needed for the sacrifice is part of the online festival Take Me Somewhere in Glasgow. Created…
