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Review: The Dumb Waiter, Hampstead Theatre
I think it’s fair to say that 2020 has been mostly horrendous, especially for theatre. But finally, a glimmer of hope can be seen as theatres are allowed to re...
Jessica Handscomb
4.0
3.0
Review: Mr Stink, Chickenshed Theatre
David Walliams is not my favourite children’s author; I’d just like to put that out there. They might be linked by the illustrations of the legendary Quentin B...
4.0
Review: Little Wars, Union Theatre
As the world of art is restricted by lockdown 2.0, we’re forced to return to the old, new ways we had devised to keep theatre going while we all hunker down in...
3.0
Review: Elephant’s Graveyard, The Production Exchange
You know what we all need right now? In such a bleak, sad time such as this? An utterly depressing true story about human ignorance and the unthinkable cruelty...
5.0
Review: St. Anne Comes Home, St. Paul’s Church Courtyard
Who’d have thought that we’d all be gathering round to watch a new folk musical by the end of August? Not me – I thought we were goners until at least Christma...
4.0
Review: Watching Rosie, Original Theatre
In June 2018, I reviewed Louise Coulthards’ Cockamamy at The Hope Theatre. It was the good old days, pre-virus, in which we could sit shoulder to shoulder in t...
Jessica Handscomb
Sub Editor
Born and raised in North London, Jessica studied for a BA in English at Goldsmiths. When she’s not at the theatre, she’s either talking to her plants or wasting her finite hours on earth re-reading the same few Wendy Cope poems.