Category: Theatre Reviews – Archive

September 23, 2024 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

New Theatre, September 19 8/10 Just when you’re ready to scream at the endless earnest, predictable, naturalistic plays that clutter our stages, along comes Plenty of Fish in the Sea. It’s a timely reminder that theatre need not be so desperate to fulfil its dull aspiration of merely ticking the…

September 17, 2024 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Ensemble Theatre, September 10 6/10 The last five minutes pin your ears back, leaving you wondering why more of the play didn’t bristle with this intensity; this sense of lives being defined or wasted. Perhaps the curious detachment we feel for most of the 90 minutes may be attributed to…

September 8, 2024 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

PACT Theatre, September 4 7/10 The title is metaphorical. It does not refer to the voices that Joan of Arc believed came to her from her god, but to the multifarious ways her bold stance against a cruel and morally bankrupt patriarchy rattled the bones of history. Although not the…