5.0
Review: Downstate, National Theatre
Downstate, Bruce Norris’ new play, takes place in a group home in Illinois. The residents are Fred (Francis Guinan), Dee (K Todd Freeman), Gio (Glenn Davis) an...
Jessica Handscomb
5.0
5.0
Review: Cyprus Avenue, Royal Court
Eric (Stephen Rea) has recently become a grandfather. His daughter Julie (Amy Molloy) had a baby, Mary-May, five and a half weeks ago. Her mother and Eric’s wi...
5.0
Review: All About Eve, Noël Coward Theatre
All About Eve is, somewhat predictably, all about Eve. Eve Harrington (Lily James), in particular - a down and out war widow with a love of theatre. She meets ...
3.0
Review: My Dad’s Gap Year, Park Theatre
My Dad’s Gap Year – already the title sounds like my idea of a nightmare. Would I want my father to go on a gap year at his ripe old age? Not really. Would I l...
4.0
Review: Songs For Nobodies, Ambassadors Theatre
Judy Garland, Patsy Cline, Edith Piaf, Billie Holiday and Maria Callas. How could it be possible that one woman may play all of these iconic figures, and play ...
Review: Sweat, Donmar Warehouse
Written in 2015, Sweat is Lyndsey Nottage’s second
Pulitzer Prize winning play, preceded by Ruined,
written in 2009. The story is set in Reading, Pennsylvania,...
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.