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? [...]
At the interval Mental Flatmate was a bit glum. ‘There’s not enough grime,’ he complained. ‘Prison’s all about knives and gangs, you know?’ He paused and stared silently at his beer for a full minute. ‘They haven’t got enough hate.’ Mental Flatmate reads the Daily Mail and gets intimidated by the school kids who hang [...]
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 [...]
