Natalie Palamides: WEER, Soho Theatre Walthamstow

by Zahid Fayyaz

After several years of development and subsequent building works, the Soho has opened its north London outpost in Walthamstow, in the beautiful former Granada Cinema that’s also a Grade 2 listed building. A lovely, glitzy venue, and with a capacity of just under 1000, this space debuts with Natalie Palamide’s award nominated Edinburgh fringe show, Weer.

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Scenes With Girls, Golden Goose Theatre

by Diana Miranda

After its Royal Court debut in 2020, Miriam Battye’s Scenes with Girls returns with renewed energy, this time produced by T. Regina Theatre Company. Battye’s dramedy explores a female friendship showcased in all its chaotic yet beautiful glory. We might be used to either Mean Girls venom or sanitised sisterhood-power tales, but here, Battye offers something far more authentic: two young women who are sometimes gentle, sometimes petty, and always human.

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All the Worst Parts, Baron’s Court Theatre

CW: mentions of rape, sexual assault and addiction

by Anne-Charlotte Gerbaud

Recovery is rarely linear, and All the Worst Parts captures it as raw, painful, and unresolved. Created by Eden Theatre, this four-part play follows a young woman navigating the aftermath of sexual violence. What emerges is a layered and often unsettling portrait of trauma, intimacy, and the damage done
when no one listens.

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