This very well presented version of The Merchant of Venice is excellently executed, proving to modern audiences that Shakespeare doesn’t have to be complicated in order to understand it.
‘A glorious fever-dream of a show’: ISLANDER – Southwark Playhouse ★★★★★
Touching, heart-wrenching and totally original, Islander is the exploration of the turmoil and devastation of small communities in the light of gentrification.
‘Inventive, empowering & honest as hell’: CALL ME FURY – Hope Theatre ★★★★★
Call Me Fury is a wonderfully poetic disembowelling of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, as told by the women who were accused of “witchcraft” during the Salem witch trials of 17th century.
‘Extremely empowering piece’: CHIAROSCURO – Bush Theatre ★★★★★
Lynette Linton brings together this story in a beautiful and explosive manner through her direction of Chiaroscuro.
‘One of the most lovely & intimate shows going on at the festival’: THE WILD UNFEELING WORLD – Edinburgh Fringe ★★★★★
The Wild Unfeeling World is a wonderful, warm and emotive tale that personifies how it feels to be battling depression and the truth around mental health in young people in the UK.
‘A true delight’: Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch – Edinburgh Fringe
Fat Rascal brings its usual comedic flair to this brilliant musical parody that exposes the untold truth of Ursula The Sea Witch of The Little Mermaid fame.
‘A beautiful & heartbreaking story’: SUCH FILTHY F*CKS – Edinburgh Fringe
Such Filthy F*cks is a two hander written by Oli Forsyth that examines strangers who have nothing in common, except their porn addiction.
‘A gorgeous, messy experience’: Bryony Kimmings: I’m a Phoenix, Bitch – Edinburgh Fringe ★★★★★
Performance artist Bryony Kimmings brings her trauma to the stage through this harrowing and brilliant musical, horror film-esque one woman show.
‘Another example of a woman’s story repurposed by a man’: CHERIE – MY STRUGGLE – Edinburgh Fringe
Cherie Blair, as played by Mary Ryder, shares her memoir with the audience, recounting her time from childhood right through until the end of Tony’s time as PM in 2007.
‘These two women together are absolute dynamite’: Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner – Royal Court Theatre ★★★★★
Inventive, hilarious and totally contemporary, Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner is art that above all needs to be seen by everyone.
‘All the right ingredients for a brilliant show’: AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE – Playground Theatre
An Enemy Of The People is an adaptation of the Ibsen play of the same name, but an updated version set in a West London Borough in the shadow of Grenfell Tower.
‘Fabulous, challenging theatre’: RUST – Bush Theatre ★★★★
Bush Theatre follows its trend of programming interesting and challenging work, as Rust provides an exciting 75 minutes of raw emotion.
‘Strength encapsulated’: GREY – Ovalhouse
Koko Brown and Sapphire Joy women steer this ship in such a brilliant and raw direction that it is only natural that the audience is nodding along and audibly agreeing with them throughout Grey at Ovalhouse Theatre.
‘The importance of this piece rings out’: BARE: A POP OPERA – The Vaults
Director Julie Atherton and SR Productions bring Bare: A Pop Opera rightly into the new century.
‘Different to anything that is currently running at the moment’: WHITE PEARL – Royal Court Theatre
WhitePearl’s discussion around beauty standards in the eastern market compared to the western one is complex and yet, still, incredibly similar.
‘The perfect start to a night out on the town’: SH!TFACED SHAKESPEARE: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW – Leicester Square Theatre ★★★★
Magnificent Bastard Productions have done well to keep this essentially one joke show fresh and exhilarating in Sh!t-faced Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shew.
‘The whole piece ignites’: YVETTE – Bush Theatre ★★★★★
What is it? Urielle Klein-Mekongo’s one woman show Yvette that found success at Edinburgh Fringe in 2017 returns to the Bush Theatre for this explosive and raw personal journey into womanhood.
‘What an important and daring play this is’: Rejoicing at her Wondrous Vulva the Young Woman Applauded Herself – Ovalhouse ★★★★★
Rejoicing At Her Wondrous Vulva The Young Woman Applauded Herself is a fresh and exciting take on a subject that is being talked about a lot in the arts now. Which, of course, is a brilliant thing. The piece reclaims the power of the female body and tells all the rules to fuck off.
‘Truly mesmerising’: THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON – Southwark Playhouse ★★★★★
It is a rare thing to experience a new musical like this The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. Intimate and lively, it is one that will definitely stay with you long after you have left the theatre
‘Underlines the need for conversation around various types of learning’: CLASS – Bush Theatre ★★★★★
Class is an emotive and clever show that and is able to portray real people in a succinct and gentle way.
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