Review: Cream Tea and Incest, The Hope Theatre
Benjamin Alborough’s Cream Tea and Incest is less similar to the ‘Daddy’s Boy’ skit in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt than I thought it would be, which is good as a ...
Farce
Review: The Doctor in Spite of Himself, Drayton Arms
The Doctor in Spite of Himself is a translation of Moliere’s hit French comedy. And it is a tongue-in cheek, highly self-conscious comedy at that. It is farce a...
Review: How the Other Half Loves, Theatre Royal Haymarket
The revival of Alan Ayckbourn's comedy is just what the West End needs. This is a genuinely hilarious comedy that doesn't resort to cheap laughs. The set is del...
Review: The Painkiller, The Garrick
Farce can usually quite hit and miss depending on who you are. Perhaps unsurprisingly, despite what could be classed as 'easy laughs,' Kenneth Branagh and Rob B...
Review: Dying For It, University of York
It’s been over one year since I started at the University of York – how fast did that go by?! When I first started, the Department of Theatre, Film and Televisi...
Review: Stop! The Play, Trafalgar Studios
Stop! The Play sees a group of actors in rehearsals preparing for a play that evolves and changes on a daily basis. The group start to lose faith in their direc...