Category: Theatre Reviews – Archive

February 20, 2022 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Kings Cross Theatre, January 28 5/10 It could seem a stream-of-consciousness ramble, but it’s not. It’s a finely calibrated monologue about one’s sense of self. Lady Grey talks about primary school “show-and-tell sessions”, and in a way Will Eno’s 40-minutte play is show-and-tell made into a piece of theatre –…

February 7, 2022 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

York Theatre, January 25. 8.5/10 Heather’s Rose’s 2016 novel, The Museum of Modern Love, being vast in scope, elaborate in structure and intensely internalised, seemed to defy transposition to the stage. But playwright Tom Holloway has succeeded by smoothing out the structural twists and snaking subplots, making the pervasive sadness…

February 1, 2022 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Ensemble Theatre, January 18 8/10 Playwright Tracey Trinder died while Killing Katie – her first play – was in development. She knew the production was happening and had met the cast, but missed the joy this world premiere would surely have afforded. While her first play, it was far from…