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Gillian Choy
Feb 73 min read
'Second Best' Review: Play About Fame and Fate Fails to Shine at Riverside Studios, But Leaves Food for Thought
This monologue only allows a few moments of true reflection to shine through, but Butterfield does good work with the material he's given.


Gillian Choy
Dec 16, 20242 min read
Sh!t-faced Showtime Review: A "Pissedmas" Cocktail of Fun and Giggles, But It's Not Quite There
Admittedly, there are some hilarious moments, but the joke gets old fast.


Gillian Choy
Dec 12, 20243 min read
National Theatre Review: 'Ballet Shoes' Soars Above the Stage
The stellar performances from everyone in the cast are everything: moving, humorous, and uplifting.


Amy Calladine
Dec 3, 20247 min read
‘The Real Thing’ at the Old Vic Explained: A Play For The Times or Of Its Time?
Tom Stoppard's encrypted word games sing of an ingenious thesis on love and its different forms.


Ashley New
Nov 28, 20245 min read
Old Vic Review: This Mince Pies- and Snow-Filled 'A Christmas Carol' Is A Feast For the Soul
The production itself is a gift to the senses, packed to the brim with old-school theatre magic.


Rowan McDonnell
Nov 25, 20244 min read
Birmingham Rep Review: This Delightfully Surprising 'Christmas Carol' Has Puppets, Projections, and a Narrator
These video projections are second to none and unlike anything I have ever seen from the Rep.


Gillian Choy
Oct 31, 20245 min read
'Barcelona' at the Duke of York's Review: It Doesn’t Just Sightsee, But Leaves A Permanent Mark
This is an evocative play about the past, present, and future; one word for Collins and Morte’s performances: brilliant.

Sophie-May Ward-Marchbank
Oct 22, 20244 min read
An Ageing Tale, Finally Interrogated: 'The Taming of the Shrew' at the Globe, Explained
So hysterical was the acting that it was easy to forget that the thematic undercurrents driving this story are less than comedic.


Gillian Choy
Oct 21, 20243 min read
Performance and History Collide at the Southwark Playhouse: 'Land of the Free' Review
The cast must be applauded for breathing life into the best elements of this play.


Ashley New
Oct 15, 20244 min read
It's What Really Happened To Him: Reviewing 'The Fear of 13' at the Donmar
An emotive and narratively-driven account of a wrongful convict's life story, told with extraordinary candour and humanity.Â
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