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'You Game': A Gender Reversing Thriller at RADA
Sam Ra’s You Game is a take on Anthony Shaffer’s award-winning Sleuth and is a fast-paced, clever and knotty revenge thriller, which...
Katherine James
Dec 2, 20192 min read


"The Merry Wives of Windsor": An Absurd and Amusing Take by the King's Shakespeare Com
The King’s Shakespeare Company returns with one of the playwright’s lesser known comedies The Merry Wives of Windsor, packed with energy,...
Juliette Howard
Nov 20, 20193 min read


'Hansard': A Devastating Portrait of A Governing Class
Set in the summer of 1988, Hansard may be presumed to be retrospective: yet, as the play progresses, we discover just how little certain...
Zoë Wright
Nov 20, 20193 min read


'Lungs': Exploring The Eco-Anxiety of Potential Parenthood
Lungs, written by Duncan Macmillan, simultaneously portrays some of the most pressing concerns of our time and of all time: it tackles...
Zoë Wright
Nov 8, 20193 min read


'Germ Free Adolescent': A Must-See Play For Young Adults
Natalie Mitchell’s Germ Free Adolescent is a brutally honest and innovative play discussing the real lives of young people in Medway, and...
Maia Herling
Nov 5, 20192 min read


'The Unseen Hour': A Comically Gruesome Podcast
The theatrical show and podcast The Unseen Hour made its brilliant return to the intimate stage of Pleasance Theatre on the 24th October...
Olivia Kim
Nov 5, 20192 min read


'Fleabag': The Hit TV Show Takes On The National Theatre
“Three nights ago I ordered myself a very slutty pizza,” Phoebe Waller-Bridge says with a smirk. The very first line of Waller-Bridge’s...
Callistajo Saputra
Oct 17, 20193 min read


'Scare Slam': Horrific Comedy At The Pleasance
The ‘Scare Slam’ by ‘Blackshaw Theatre Company’ involved stories of horror comedy, which I have never seen before and didn’t know what to...
Emily Patel
Oct 16, 20192 min read


'Faith, Hope and Charity': A Striking Portrayal of Austerity and Community
In his new outstanding play Faith, Hope and Charity, Alexander Zedlin stages the uncompromising story of a run-down, British community...
Mathis Grosos
Oct 16, 20192 min read


‘We Anchor in Hope’: “All the words… all the people… where do they go?”
We Anchor in Hope is writer Anna Jordan’s brilliant revolt against the dwindling sense of community in our fast-paced city. She raves...
Alexia McDonald
Oct 12, 20192 min read
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