Chaplin: Birth of a Tramp is a sensitive and interesting take on Chaplin, looking at the artist behind the art and continues to showcase Arrows and Traps as a innovative company.
‘Incredible sensitivity & intelligence’: CHAPLIN: BIRTH OF A TRAMP – Brockley Jack Studio Theatre ★★★★★
Chaplin: Birth of a Tramp is an enthralling and emotive production with an unforgettable central performance – another unmissable show from Arrows & Traps.
‘Playful & intermittently powerful’: TOM BROWN’S SCHOOL DAYS – Union Theatre
A musical adaptation of Tom Brown’s School Days at the Union Theatre has some moments, and performances, to treasure.
A classic given new life’: TOM BROWN’S SCHOOL DAYS – Union Theatre ★★★★
The Phil Willmott Company’s Essential Classics Season 2020, celebrating the 75th anniversary of V.E. Day, opens with a stirring adaptation of Tom Brown’s School Days.
‘A roisteringly absurd tale of London life’: AFTER DARK – Finborough Theatre ★★★★
What the hell more do you want of a night out over a pub? Hurry to After Dark at the Finborough Theatre. It’ll take your mind off Boris…
‘Bio that turns into something far more intriguing’: TARO – Brockley Jack Studio Theatre
If Taro is to be Arrows & Traps’ final production, then it’s a hell of a high note to go out on. Bringing together so much of what has made them an enjoyable and enlightening company to follow.
‘An illuminating work of biography’: GENTLEMAN JACK – Brockley Jack Studio Theatre
it is pleasing to see that Ross McGregor’s new play Gentleman Jack respects its subject enough to give a full picture of their life.
‘As enlightening as it is entertaining’: GENTLEMAN JACK – Brockley Jack Studio Theatre
Gentleman Jack shines a light not only on Anne Lister’s life and legacy as both a woman and a lesbian, but also on the rigid 19th century attitudes that she set out to challenge.
‘A fresh take on the emotional stasis at the heart of the play’: THREE SISTERS – Brockley Jack Studio Theatre
Chekhov’s Three Sisters, presented here by Arrows and Traps in a new version by Ross McGregor, continues that strong tradition, paring back the starch to locate a real emotional directness to the trials of the Prozorov sisters.
‘A fresh take on the emotional stasis at the heart of the play’: THREE SISTERS – Brockley Jack Studio Theatre
Chekhov’s Three Sisters, presented here by Arrows and Traps in a new version by Ross McGregor, continues that strong tradition, paring back the starch to locate a real emotional directness to the trials of the Prozorov sisters.
‘Stylish & beautifully acted piece of storytelling’: THREE SISTERS – Brockley Jack Studio Theatre
While Three Sisters perhaps lacks a little of the cinematic grandeur we’ve seen in Arrows and Traps’ earlier work, this is still, without doubt, a stylish and beautifully acted piece of storytelling.
JAMAICA INN – Tabard Theatre ★★★★
London’s Theatre Lab Company has triumphed with Lisa Evans’ dark and atmospheric adaptation of the Daphne Du Maurier classic, Jamaica Inn. It’s a thrilling production with, at its heart, a luminous performance by Kimberley Jarvis as the spirited heroine.