Review: Hedgehogs and Porcupines, Old Red Lion Theatre
I don’t know if it’s because I’m not a twenty-something in a rocky relationship, or because I’m just not the right type of person, but I couldn’t feel any genui...
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Review: In the Shadow of the Mountain, Old Red Lion Theatre
This is a play I’m a bit conflicted about. Initially I was sure I was going to hate it. By the end I was hooked, despite a few caveats about the use of perspect...
Review: Plastic, Old Red Lion Theatre
Teenage nostalgia is a powerful structure for a piece of drama. It’s easy for those school-day memories to recede among the cacophony of adult life, but when th...
Review: Is This Thing On?, Old Red Lion Theatre
Frigg Theatre is a Nordic company with an explicitly feminist focus, which aims to create original work “about subjects that are generally considered taboo”. Do...
Review: Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Old Red Lion
Danny (Gareth O’Connor) gets in to fights and drinks beer in dingy American bars. He’s quick to anger, but lacks punch in his simmering delivery. The first half...
Review: Dyl, Old Red Lion Theatre
Produced by Moya Productions, Dyl chronicles Mark Weinman’s playwriting debut at the Old Red Lion Theatre in Islington. With a variety of previous acting credit...