A review of Hannah Patterson’s Much at the Cock Tavern Theatre Here’s what happens after Helen, tells her ex-boyfriend Tom, who’s still in love with her, that’s she about to get married to someone else: in fact she’s going to get married to Tom’s dad, Roy. Helen: Are you mad? Tom: Mad? Helen: With me? [...]
Laura, 25, from Wandsworth, 5‘4’’, slender, employed in media, off mysinglefriend.com pre-date-dumped me. ‘How about changing coffee to alcohol?’ she wrote four days before the show. ‘I think it will help. Both of us.’ Well it took me a couple of days to get back to her. ‘7pm at Hammersmith?’ I asked, and waited for [...]
I must start with a sincere apology on behalf of what follows: indeed, when it comes to offering up reviews of the weekend’s events, I would appear that my style is more akin to that of Mark Lawrenson than Mark Lawson. None the less, I thought I would try my hand at some theatre reviewing, [...]
About a year ago I went to one of London’s more fashionable theatres to review the premiere of a play with impeccable credentials. It was the first translation of the work of a hip young German playwright: both production and direction were trendily minimalist, the weighty setting (Dresden during and after the War) was married [...]
Alexi Kaye Campbell’s award winning first play Pride was far and away my favourite play of 2008. It was intelligent, funny, very well produced and moving. Apologia, his new play at the Bush Theatre, isn’t quite as impressive but is still very good. Apologia, as one character helpfully explains, is a widely misused word which [...]
