Review: Still Ill, New Diorama Theatre
Imagine for a moment, that you are ill. You experience muscle weakness, seizures, paralysis, blackouts and other symptoms. You know you are ill, but you’re cont...
Jessica Handscomb
Review: Merryville, Camden People’s Theatre
Waiting in the lobby to see Merryville we are offered the option of ear plugs, in case the music is too loud. I take a pair, just in case, and ten minutes in am...
Review: Apocalypse Cruise Ship Love Affair, Arts Theatre
After reading rave reviews for Beach Comets Vampire Hospital Waiting Room, I expected great things from their second B-musical - Apocalypse Cruise Ship Love Aff...
Review: Tomorrow I Was Always A Lion, Arcola Theatre
Based on the memoir of Arnhild Lauveng, Tomorrow I Was Always A Lion gives a unique and honest perspective on the mind of a girl who is suffering from schizophr...
Review: The Autumn Garden, Jermyn Street Theatre
The Autumn Garden was written by Lillian Hellman and first staged in 1951, and you can certainly tell. Set in the Deep South in 1949, the play follows a group o...
Review: The Libertine, Theatre Royal Haymarket
John Wilmot, the 2nd Earl of Rochester, was the licentious libertine who embodied the spirit of the Restoration era. After King Charles II returned to the thron...
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.