“Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is a riotous, joyful and ground-breaking piece of work that embodies the spirit of Austen and blasts her into the 21st Century.”
Review: The Son (Duke of York Theatre, London)
“The Son is akin to a beautifully composed piece of music. A perfect balance of light and shade with an inevitable surge to a heart thumping climax.”
Review: Le Navet Bete’s The Three Musketeers (Bristol Old Vic)
“Le Navet Bete’s The Three Musketeers is large scale, fast paced family fun that showcases a company who understands joy both inside and out.”
Review: Sweet Like Chocolate Boy (Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol)
“Sweet Like Chocolate Boy is a majestic Black cultural Odyssey that melds genres, storytelling techniques and time lines into a high octane, often incredibly moving, very funny and sharply observed 120 minutes of theatre.”
Review: The Hunt (Almeida Theatre, London)
“Goold has a sucker punch of a production on his hands and one that should not be missed.”
Review: dressed. (Tobacco Factory Theatres)
“Comfortable?
Don’t be.”
Review: Black, Listed by Jeffrey Boakye
“Boakye has created a cornerstone of contemporary social and political commentary that blazes with significance. His prose are charming, eloquent, cheeky and bang on the money.”
Review: Barber Shop Chronicles (Bristol Old Vic)
“Inua Ellam takes his audience on a geographical and emotional odyssey, hopping continents and emotions, taking the occasional break to check in with a football match, all the while opening a door into the world of black masculinity.”
Review: The Cane (Royal Court Theatre, London)
“a finely tuned, rapid fire and utterly compelling 100 minutes of theatre. It challenges, it provokes, it entertains.”
In Praise of Theatre in 2018
Forget shoes…2018 has created an entire wardrobe that 2019 has to live up to.
