Wild Life FM, Unicorn Theatre

https://www.unicorntheatre.com/files/email%20collage.jpg

by guest critic Kudzanayi Chiwawa

Kim Noble, Pol Heyvaert, Jakob Ampe and the nine, young singer/songwriters they worked with describe this piece as part gig and part play, and it’s exactly that. The show unfolds as if in a radio station’s live broadcast, with a clearly confident cast carrying you through the unusual format, allowing the audience to simply enjoy it.

Continue reading →

The Here and This and Now, Southwark Playhouse

By guest critic Lara Alier

As I walk to my seat my feet sink in grey carpet. On stage four people sit in what it looks like an office. One of the characters, a man in a suit, tells us how one day he didn’t go to work and stayed at home in order to spend time with his family. 

Continue reading →

The Children, Manhattan Theatre Club

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/03/23/arts/23KIRKWOOD-ITEM/23KIRKWOOD-ITEM-master768.jpg

by NY guest critic Steven Strauss

American dramaphiles tend to view Britain as a hotbed of hyper-verbal and hyper-intellectual plays, especially in comparison to our home-bred musicals that often lack the same resonant depth. This is of course a gross over-generalization with countless exceptions, but personally, I became a card-carrying theatrical anglophile thanks to the massive transatlantic influx of Stoppardian texts in which characters talk talk talk about Serious and Important Ideas.

Continue reading →