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.
2020
A decade of theatre: the 2010s on stage
2019
Sh!t Actually by Sh!t Theatre – Camden People’s Theatre, London
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare – Barbican Theatre, London
The Antipodes by Annie Baker – National Theatre (Dorfman)
Honeypot by Natalie Ann Boyd – Streatham Space, London
When The Crows Visit by Anupama Chandrasekhar – Kiln Theatre, London
Translations by Brian Friel – National Theatre (Olivier)
Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp. by Caryl Churchill – Royal Court Theatre, London
Peter Gynt – by David Hare, adapted from Henrik Ibsen – National Theatre (Olivier), London
Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation by Tim Crouch – Royal Court Theatre, London
Bartholomew Fair by Ben Jonson – Sam Wanamaker Theatre, London
The Doctor by Robert Icke, adapted from Arthur Schnitzler – Almeida Theatre, London
Sh!t Theatre Drink Rum With Expats by Sh!t Theatre – Summerhall, Edinburgh
Collapsible by Margaret Perry – Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
Styx by Max Barton & Addison Axe- Zoo Southside, Edinburgh
Sea Sick by Alana Mitchell – CanadaHub at Summerhall, Edinburgh
Hallowed Ground by Carolyn Bock & Helen Hopkins – Army at the Fringe, Edinburgh
The Patient Gloria by Gina Moxley – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
A Table Tennis Play by Sam Steiner – Underbelly, Edinburgh
Raven by Chamaleon Productions
Everything I See I Swallow by Tamsin Shasha and Maisy Taylor – Summerhall, Edinburgh
Work-Life by Diane Stewart – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Are we not drawn onward to new erA by Ontroerend Goed – Zoo Southside, Edinburgh
Coma by Darkfield
Mustard by Eva O’Connor – Summerhall, Edinburgh
Crocodile Fever by Meghan Tyler – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Knot by Nikki Rummer & JD Broussé – Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
Working on My Night Moves by – Julia Croft & Nisha Madhan – Summerhall, Edinburgh
Who Cares? by Matt Woodhead – Summerhall, Edinburgh
Equus by Peter Shaffer – Trafalgar Studios, London
Tao of Glass by Philip Glass & Phelim McDermott – Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
The Nico Project by Maxine Peake & Sarah Frankcom – Stoller Hall, Manchester
Juliet and Romeo by Lost Dog – The Place, London
Wife by Samuel Adamson – Kiln Theatre, London
Freeman by Camilla Whitehill and Strictly Arts – Streatham Space Project, London
Three Sisters by Anton Chekov – Almeida Theatre, London
Human Jam by CPT/Euston community – Camden People’s Theatre, London
Die! Die! Die! Old People Die! by Ridiculusmus – Battersea Arts Centre, London
The Long Walk Back by Dougie Blaxland – Greenwich Theatre, London
Tartuffe by Molière, adapted by John Donnelly – National Theatre (Lyttleton), London
Downstate by Bruce Norris – National Theatre (Dorfman), London
Cyprus Avenue by David Ireland – Royal Court Theatre, London
Shipwreck by Annie Washburn – Almeida Theatre, London
Berberian Sound Studio by Joel Horwood – Donmar Warehouse, London
Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train by Stephen Adly Guirgis – Young Vic, London
The Lady From the Sea by Henrik Ibsen – Print Room at the Coronet, London
A Slight Ache and The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter – Pinter Theatre, London
When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other by Martin Crimp – National Theatre (Dorfman), London
Kompromat by David Thame – Vault Festival, London
Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare – National Theatre (Olivier), London
Outlying Islands by David Grieg – King’s Head Theatre, London
The War of the Worlds written by Isley Lynn, devised by the Company – New Diorama Theatre, London
Richard II by William Shakespeare – Almeida Theatre, London
2018
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe/Anthony Neilson – National Theatre (Dorfman), London
Alice and Bob’s Whopping Christmas Cracker Show/Party – Pegasus Theatre, Oxford
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare – Barbican Theatre, London
Happy Hour by Lobke Leirens and Maxim Storms – Vooruit, Ghent
Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London
Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell – National Theatre (Olivier), London
Moonlight & Night School by Harold Pinter – Pinter Theatre, London
Thirteen Cycles by Project 2 – Rosemary Branch Theatre, London
The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen – Almeida Theatre, London
It’s True, It’s True, It’s True by Breach Theatre – Diorama Theatre, London
Tamburlaine by Christopher Marlowe – Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
A Very Very Very Dark Matter by Martin McDonagh – Bridge Theatre, London
Macbeth by William Shakespeare – Barbican Theatre, London
The Lover & The Collection by Harold Pinter – Harold Pinter Theatre, London
Arabian Nights by Nessah Muthy – Hoxton Hall, London
The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power – National Theatre (Lyttleton), London
Ulster American by David Ireland – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
DUPed by John McCann – Sweet Grassmarket, Edinburgh
Blackthorn by Charley Miles – Summerhall, Edinburgh
Prehistoric by Marcel Dorney – Summerhall, Edinburgh
Cezary Goes to War by Komuna/Warszawa – Army Reserve Centre, Edinburgh
Notorious Strumpet and Dangerous Girl by Jess Love – Summerhall, Edinburgh
The Spinners by Limosani Projekts – Dancebase, Edinburgh
Coriolanus Vanishes by David Leddy – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Spaces – Sweet Grassmarket, Edinburgh
Everything Not Saved by Malaprop Theatre – Summerhall, Edinburgh
Lights Over Tesco Car Park by Poltergeist Theatre – Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh
Another One by Maxim Storms and Lobke Leirens – Summerhall, Edinburgh
Void by V/DA and MHZ – Summerhall, Edinburgh
Square Go by Kieran Hurley and Gary McNair –Summerhall, Edinburgh
Margo: Half Woman, Half Beast – Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
Chase Scenes by Ming Hon – King’s Hall, Edinburgh
How to Keep Time: A Drum Solo for Dementia by Antosh Wojcik – Summerhall, Edinburgh
The Political History of Smack and Crack by Ed Edwards – Summerhall, Edinburgh
£¥€$ (Lies) by Ontroerend Goed – Almeida Theatre, London N1
Exit the King by Eugene Ionesco – National Theatre (Olivier), London
Queens of the Coal Age by Maxine Peake – Royal Exchange, Manchester
Pigspurt’s Daughter by Daisy Campbell – Hampstead Theatre, London
Boxman by Daniel Keene – Blue Elephant Theatre, London
Cockamamy by Louise Coulthard – Hope Theatre, London
Sancho: An Act of Remembrance by Paterson Joseph – Wilton’s Music Hall, London
Machinal by Sophie Treadwell – Almeida Theatre, London
How It Is (Part One) by Samuel Beckett – Print Room at the Coronet, London W11
Spiked by Félicité du Jeu – Pleasance Theatre, London
Misty by Arinzé Kene – Bush Theatre, London
Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker – New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
Macbeth by William Shakespeare – National Theatre (Olivier), London
Not I by Samuel Beckett – Battersea Arts Centre, London
Jubilee by Chris Goode from the screenplay by Derek Jarman and James Whaley, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London
The Ferryman by Jez Butterworth – Gielgud Theatre, London
John by Annie Baker – National Theatre (Dorfman), London
Arnika by Théâtre Volière – Bridewell Theatre, London
The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter – Harold Pinter Theatre, London
KEN by Terry Johnson – The Bunker, London
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 by Edward Bond – Secombe Theatre, Sutton
The Joke by Will Adamson with Brian Logan and Lloyd Hutchinson – Camden People’s Theatre, London NW1
2015
A Cool Million by Nathanael West – Brockley Jack Theatre, London SE4
The Heresy of Love by Helen Edmundson – Shakespeare’s Globe, London SE1
Miss Julie by August Strindberg – Bread and Roses Theatre, London SW4
The Notebook by Forced Entertainment – Battersea Arts Centre, London SW11
Radiant Vermin by Philip Ridley – Soho Theatre, London W1
2014
The Believers by Bryony Lavery – Tricycle Theatre, London NW6
Don Gil of the Green Breeches by Tirso de Molina – Arcola Theatre, London E8
In Lambeth by Jack Shepherd – Southwark Playhouse, London SE1
The Last Days of Limehouse by Jeremy Tiang – Limehouse Town Hall, London E14
My Perfect Mind by Kathryn Hunter, Paul Hunter and Edward Petherbridge – Young Vic, London SE1
Not I, Footfalls and Rockaby by Samuel Beckett – Royal Court Theatre, London SW1
2013
4000 Miles by Amy Herzog – Print Room, London W11
Gibraltar by Alastair Brett and Siân Evans – Arcola Theatre, London E8
The Good Neighbour by Sarah Golding & Ruth Dudman – Battersea Arts Centre, London SW11
Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph – Gate Theatre, London W11
Josephine and I by Cush Jumbo – Bush Theatre, London W12
The Last March by tinder – Southwark Playhouse, London SE1
Lizzie Siddal by Jeremy Green – Arcola Theatre, London E8
Moth by Declan Greene – Bush Theatre, London W12
Routes by Rachel De-lahay – Royal Court Theatre, London SW1
Sandpits Avenue by Yasmin Blake / League of St. George by Georgia Bliss – Hope Theatre, London N1
Three Birds by Janice Okoh – Bush Theatre, London W12
2012
The Animals and Children Took to the Streets by 1927 – Battersea Arts Centre, London SW11
Brand New Ancients by Katie Tempest – Battersea Arts Centre, London SW11
Chewing Gum Dreams by Michaela Coel / Chapel Street by Luke Barnes – Bush Theatre, London W12
Count Oederland by Max Frisch – Arcola Theatre, London E8
Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe – The Pleasance Theatre, London N7
Murder on the Nile by Agatha Christie – New Wimbledon Theatre, London SW19
A Respectable Wedding by Bertolt Brecht / Bud by Nick Darke – Waterloo East Theatre, London SE1
Three Kingdoms by Simon Stephens – Lyric Hammersmith, London W6
Trial of Ubu by Simon Stephens – Hampstead Theatre, London NW2
2011
Bluebird by Simon Stephens – The Courtyard Theatre, London N1
Richard III by William Shakespeare – Hampstead Theatre, London NW2
Street Scene by Kurt Weill and Langston Hughes – Young Vic, London SE1
Tender Napalm by Philip Ridley – Southwark Playhouse, London SE1
this is where we got to when you came in by non zero one – Bush Theatre, London W12
Woman Bomb by Ivana Sajko – Tristan Bates Theatre, London WC2
2010
Cardenio by William Shakespeare & John Fletcher – Warehouse Theatre, Croydon
Lingua Franca by Peter Nichols – Finborough Theatre
Light Shining in Buckinghamshire by Caryl Churchill – Arcola Theatre, London E8
Limehouse Nights by James Yeatman – Limehouse Town Hall, London E14
The Man With the Flower in his Mouth by Luigi Pirandello – The London Particular, London SE14
Tom Bolton 