In 2017 I started a comprehensive theatre blog, reviewing everything I see rather than only the shows I have been commissioned to write about. All tickets are paid for, unless stated otherwise.
Becoming Shades – Chivaree Circus, VAULT Festival, London
East by Steven Berkoff – King’s Head Theatre, London
2017
The Box of Delights by Piers Torday / John Masefield – Wilton’s Music Hall, London
The Twilight Zone by Anne Washburn – Almeida Theatre, London
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare – Barbican Theatre, London
St. George and the Dragon by Rory Mullarkey – Olivier, National Theatre
Albion by Mike Bartlett – Almeida Theatre, London
Young Marx by Richard Bean – The Bridge Theatre, London SE1
Medea adapted by Wendy Haines – The Gallery on the Corner, London
What Shadows by Chris Hannan – Park Theatre, London
Dollywould by Sh!t Theatre – Camden People’s Theatre, London
DeadClub by Requart and Rosenberg – The Place Theatre, London
Follies by Stephen Sondheim – National Theatre, London
Knives in Hens by David Harrowver – Young Vic, London
And the Rest of Me Floats by Outbox Theatre – Rose Lipman Theatre, London
Horne A’Plenty by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer – White Bear Theatre, London
Yerma by Simon Stone after Gabriel Garcia Lorca – Young Vic
The Shape of the Pain by Rachel Bagshaw and Chris Thorpe – Summerhall, Edinburgh
3000 Trees: The Death of Mr William Macrae by Andy Paterson – New Town Theatre, Edinburgh
Blackcatfishmusketeer by Malaprop Theatre, Edinburgh
No Show dir by Ellie Dubois – Summerhall, Edinburgh
Odyssey by George Mann and Nir Paldi – Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh
Stand By by Adam Macnamara – Army @ Summerhall, Edinburgh
Flesh and Bone by Ellliot Warren – Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh
Eggistentialism by Joanne Ryan – Summerhall, Edinburgh
Adam by Frances Poet – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Q&Q by Liwaa Yazji – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Ivona, Princess of Burgundia by Tibaldus – Summerhall, Edinburgh
Get A Round by Eggs Collective – Summerhall, Edinburgh
A Girl With A Gun by Louise Orwin – Summerhall, Edinburgh
The Believers Are But Brothers by Javaad Alipoor – Summerhall, Edinburgh
Camille O’Sullivan – Where Are We Now, Underbelly Circus Hub, Edinburgh
Mouthpiece by Quote Unquote Collective – Summerhall at King’s Hall, Edinburgh
Power Ballad by Julia Croft – Summerhall, Edinburgh
Box Clever by Monsay Whitney – Summerhall, Edinburgh
Road by Jim Cartwright, Royal Court Theatre, London
Mosquitoes by Lucy Kirkwood – National Theatre
The Tempest by William Shakespeare – Barbican Theatre
Ink by James Graham – Almeida Theatre
Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht – Young Vic
Common by DC Moore – Olivier, National Theatre
Cosmic Trigger by Daisy Campbell – Cockpit Theatre
Here She Comes by SJ Brady – The Gallery on the Corner
The Treatment by Martin Crimp – Almeida Theatre
The Cardinal by James Shirley – Southwark Playhouse
Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare – RST, Stratford-upon-Avon
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare – Young Vic
Hamlet by William Shakespeare – Almeida Theatre
How (Not) to Live in Suburbia by Annie Siddons – Soho Theatre
Flew the Coop by Lost Watch Theatre – New Diorama Theatre
Arlington by Enda Walsh – Abbey Theatre, Dublin
Art by Yasmin Reza – Old Vic Theatre
The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky – Arcola Theatre
Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare – Theatre Royal Haymarket
2016
Globe’s ‘Loud’ and ‘Naughty’ Artistic Director Forced to Leave
Dea, Edward Bond – Secombe Theatre, Sutton
The Joke, Will Adamson with Brian Logan and Lloyd Hutchinson – Camden People’s Theatre, London NW1
2015
A Cool Million, Nathanael West – Brockley Jack Theatre, London SE4
The Heresy of Love, Helen Edmundson – Shakespeare’s Globe, London SE1
Miss Julie, August Strindberg – Bread and Roses Theatre, London SW4
The Notebook, Forced Entertainment – Battersea Arts Centre, London SW11
Radiant Vermin, Philip Ridley – Soho Theatre, London W1
2014
The Believers, Bryony Lavery – Tricycle Theatre, London NW6
Don Gil of the Green Breeches, Tirso de Molina – Arcola Theatre, London E8
In Lambeth, Jack Shepherd – Southwark Playhouse, London SE1
The Last Days of Limehouse, Jeremy Tiang – Limehouse Town Hall, London E14
My Perfect Mind, Kathryn Hunter, Paul Hunter and Edward Petherbridge – Young Vic, London SE1
Not I, Footfalls and Rockaby, Samuel Becket – Royal Court Theatre, London SW1
2013
4000 Miles, Amy Herzog – Print Room, London W11
Gibraltar, Alastair Brett and Siân Evans – Arcola Theatre, London E8
The Good Neighbour, Sarah Golding & Ruth Dudman – Battersea Arts Centre, London SW11
Gruesome Playground Injuries, Rajiv Joseph – Gate Theatre, London W11
Josephine and I, Cush Jumbo – Bush Theatre, London W12
The Last March, tinder – Southwark Playhouse, London SE1
Lizzie Siddal, Jeremy Green – Arcola Theatre, London E8
Moth, Declan Greene – Bush Theatre, London W12
Routes, Rachel De-lahay – Royal Court Theatre, London SW1
Sandpits Avenue, Yasmin Blake / League of St. George, Georgia Bliss – Hope Theatre, London N1
Three Birds, Janice Okoh – Bush Theatre, London W12
2012
The Animals and Children Took to the Streets, 1927 – Battersea Arts Centre, London SW11
Brand New Ancients, Katie Tempest – Battersea Arts Centre, London SW11
Chewing Gum Dreams, Michaela Coel / Chapel Street, Luke Barnes – Bush Theatre, London W12
Count Oederland, Max Frisch – Arcola Theatre, London E8
Dr. Faustus, Christopher Marlowe – The Pleasance Theatre, London N7
Murder on the Nile, Agatha Christie – New Wimbledon Theatre, London SW19
A Respectable Wedding, Bertolt Brecht / Bud, Nick Darke – Waterloo East Theatre, London SE1
Three Kingdoms, Simon Stephens – Lyric Hammersmith, London W6
Trial of Ubu, Simon Stephens – Hampstead Theatre, London NW2
2011
Bluebird, Simon Stephens – The Courtyard Theatre, London N1
Richard III, William Shakespeare – Hampstead Theatre, London NW2
Street Scene, Kurt Weill and Langston Hughes – Young Vic, London SE1
Tender Napalm, Philip Ridley – Southwark Playhouse, London SE1
this is where we got to when you came in, non zero one – Bush Theatre, London W12
Woman Bomb, Ivana Sajko – Tristan Bates Theatre, London WC2
2010
Cardenio,William Shakespeare & John Fletcher – Warehouse Theatre, Croydon
Lingua Franca by Peter Nichols – Finborough Theatre
Light Shining in Buckinghamshire,Caryl Churchill – Arcola Theatre, London E8
Limehouse Nights, James Yeatman – Limehouse Town Hall, London E14
The Man With the Flower in his Mouth, Luigi Pirandello – The London Particular, London SE14
Tender Napalm by Philip Ridley – Southwark Playhouse, London SE1
