Category: Theatre Reviews

July 7, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

Hayes Theatre, June 26 6,5/10 Stephen Sondheim’s songs are too rarely lifted from their shows to stand alone, whether on records or in cabarets. They’re variously perceived as being too context-specific, too cerebral or insufficiently melodic. Being Alive is another reminder of how nonsensical this is. Letting his songs bump…

July 3, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

The Neilson Nutshell, June 25 8/10 The exercise of power is a grubby business. Favours are sought, envy is rife and rivalries brutal. Coriolanus wasn’t bred for politics. He was suckled at his vulpine mother’s breast for one purpose: war. He’s more than a match for any of Shakespeare’s great…

June 27, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

Belvoir Downstairs Theatre, June 19 6.5/10 Soon Hee never held her baby before she was taken away for adoption; just saw her tiny pink feet retreating in the nurse’s arms. She had fallen pregnant outside of wedlock, which, if discovered, would bring such shame on her family that people would…