Review: Margate/Dreamland, Shoreditch Town Hall
I’ve never been to Margate, Kent, let alone its theme park Dreamland. This had me concerned as I entered Margate/Dreamland at Shoreditch Town Hall’s ditch theat...
Charlotte Irwin
Review: Here She Comes, The Gallery on the Corner
Several audience members are cradling their knees as they sit on the bed of soil. Two or three lucky ones have managed to nab a log to perch on. I collapse onto...
Review: Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer, Camden People’s Theatre
There are many things you might associate with the Queen Mother. Her favourite tipple, The Belgian; organ music; group sex? Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer immer...
Review: Assata Taught Me, Gate Theatre
Dusty turquoise corrugated iron lines the walls, cracked orange patterned tiles lie underfoot, a bottle of rum is poised ominously on the side; the setting of A...
Review: Brimstone and Treacle, The Hope Theatre
It’s not hard to understand why Brimstone and Treacle was banned in 1976. Written by Dennis Potter as a television play for BBC’s Play for Today the work explor...
Charlotte Irwin
Charlotte has just completed an MA in Magazine Journalism at City, University of London. She now freelances, specialising in arts and culture. When she's not writing she likes to escape London and discover other cultures.