Review: Medea, Gate Theatre
In the last year or so, London has welcomed a flurry of Greek drama to its stages; while the Almeida Theatre most notably offered its Greeks season, other venue...
Laura Peatman
Review: Gatsby, Arts Theatre
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby has long captured the imagination of artists in all different fields, with adaptations of the story showing up in d...
Review: Next Lesson, Pleasance Theatre
It’s 1988, and Thatcher’s government has just brought in Section 28 – legislation that stated schools "shall not intentionally promote homosexuality” or "promot...
Review: Universally Speaking, Bread and Roses Theatre
Shortly before IdeasTap was sadly forced into closure earlier this year, the charity announced the winners of a playwriting competition; subsequently, these fou...
Review: Jane Eyre, National Theatre
Think Jane Eyre and you probably think corsets, grand houses and Yorkshire moors – but maybe not confetti, flames and Gnarls Barkley? Then think again, because ...
Review: Brenda, Aldeburgh Parish Church
The writers at this year’s HighTide Festival seem to love a prolonged silence to start: Luke Norris does it in So Here We Are, and in Brenda E V Crowe utilises ...
Laura Peatman
Laura is an English graduate, tea drinker and theatre blogger. She currently works as the press officer for RADA, as well as reviewing and sub-editing for A Younger Theatre and running her own blog.