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Mayflies review – online dating waiting game crashes IRL
A long-gestating app romance fails to sync offline in this innovative musical with songs that outshine the dialogue
Catherine Love
03, May, 2023 @9:08 AM
Lord of the Flies review – school staple is bang up to date for world on the brink
Amy Leach’s production evokes a very current crop of anxieties with the castaways excellently played by a young cast
Catherine Love
24, Mar, 2023 @12:09 PM
Macbeth review – neon-tinted remix plays like a cinematic thriller
Adding their own flashbacks, narration and expletive-laced modern language, Imitating the Dog reimagine the Macbeths as damaged teens killing their way to the top of a criminal hierarchy
Catherine Love
27, Feb, 2023 @8:00 AM
Blow Down review – damning portrait of a town demolished by neglect
Garry Lyons gives voice to Knottingley locals in this fierce indictment of how the government has failed our once-thriving industrial communities
Catherine Love
06, Feb, 2023 @4:24 PM
Betty! A Sort of Musical review – Maxine Peake brings Boothroyd’s story to the stage
A slightly wonky meta structure involving a team of amdram actors muddles this show about the former MP but it has abundant charm
Catherine Love
09, Dec, 2022 @11:48 AM
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Musical review – a burst of colour in a junk-filled world
The rags-to-riches roots of the beloved Roald Dahl story are emphasised in this family show, but a reliance on video effects blunts the rough magic
Catherine Love
30, Nov, 2022 @11:08 AM
The Cherry Orchard review – Katie Mitchell presents the view from the trees
The director’s latest eco-theatre production gives us fragments of Chekhov’s dialogue and a searing reading of our relationship with nature
Catherine Love
28, Nov, 2022 @11:13 AM
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World review – a theatrical revelation
Javaad Alipoor’s meditation on the grim fate of Iranian singer Fereydoun Farrokhzad develops into a thrilling investigation of the internet
Catherine Love
04, Nov, 2022 @10:16 AM
Guy Fawkes review – mild comedy needs some satirical gunpowder
Despite some strong performances, this production is undone by flip-flopping between the serious and the silly
Catherine Love
02, Nov, 2022 @8:00 PM
Let the Right One In review – bittersweet production brings out the terrors of adolescence
There are some scares, but Jack Thorne’s adaptation of the Swedish vampire novel focuses more on the compelling bond between two troubled teens
Catherine Love
30, Oct, 2022 @10:43 AM
The Contingency Plan review – climate-crisis dramas on a human scale
Updated 13 years after their first showing, Steve Waters’ double bill of plays feels more urgent than before – while their personal dynamics hint at challenges yet to overcome
Catherine Love
23, Oct, 2022 @4:32 PM
Nine Night review – worlds collide at a wake to remember
Amanda Huxtable directs the regional premiere of Natasha Gordon’s multigenerational play filled with conflict and grief
Catherine Love
07, Oct, 2022 @8:00 PM
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