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Review: Don’t Look Away, Pleasance Theatre
Since the Syrian civil war officially began in 2011, we’ve become increasingly aware of the scale of the subsequent refugee crisis. 5.6 million Syrians have be...
Jessica Handscomb
3.0
4.0
Review, Avalanche: A Love Story, The Barbican
It’s mad to think that the first IVF baby was born just over forty years ago. Before then, couples who failed to conceive naturally just didn’t have childre...
3.0
Review: Shit-Faced Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew, Leicester Square Theatre
Shit-Faced Shakespeare has been absolutely destroying the sanctity of Shakespeare for almost a decade now. Birthed in 2008 at the Edinburgh Fringe, they’ve sin...
3.0
Review: Top Girls, Lyttleton, National Theatre
In the programme, playwright Caryl Churchill writes “When I wrote Top Girls I imagined 16 women in a play, though I knew I’d be unlikely to get it”. Well, she’...
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...
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...
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.