Review: The Brothers Size, Young Vic
I was embarrassingly eager to see this, one of Tarell Alvin McCraney's earlier works, on a triumphant return to the Young Vic. McCraney's profile has naturally ...
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Review: Syd and Sylvia, Camden People’s Theatre
Claudia Jefferies is a charismatic, confident performer – you watch her and have to give her the respect she knows is her due. Syd and Sylvia has a fantastic co...
Review: This Story of Yours, The White Bear Theatre
This is a deeply horrible play. I don’t mean that this is a dark play, or that Time and Tide’s production of it is a bad one, but that very early in the play I ...
Review: Dark Suit and Lavender Shirt, Standing, Chelsea Theatre
Clearwater Collective’s Dark Suit and Lavender Shirt, Standing bills itself as a “multi-disciplinary” production on the life of Egon Schiele, mainly focusing on...
Review: Into The Numbers
Anniversaries: 150 for the Finborough Theatre, 80 for Nanking. Into The Numbers isn’t a perfect production, but once again the Finborough shows its excellent fe...
Review: Belleville, Donmar Warehouse
Amy Herzog’s Belleville, at the Donmar Warehouse this winter, grasps at a few things: the experiences of ‘expats’ vs. ‘immigrants’ in foreign countries, the rom...
Frey Kwa Hawking
Frey Kwa Hawking is a small person, full of hate, who lives and writes in London. He likes to go to the theatre and the cinema. Sometimes they let him in. He is trans and Malaysian-Chinese. He always orders xiao long bao. Follow him on Instagram at @absentobject.