Don’t be Terrible 3***

Steve is a ‘standard man’, he is disconcertingly average and he wants to learn comedy. Alice is a comedian who is bad at relationships but good at turning it into material. This show follows their meeting and Alice’s efforts … Read More

Frankenstein: How to build a monster 5*****

I was particularly excited to see Frankenstien: how to make a monster, having a few years ago stumbled upon snippets of it at Latitude and being totally blown away. In the intervening years the show has transformed into a slick … Read More

Mengele – Smokescreen Productions – 5*****

I spent a gripping hour watching this play written and directed by Philip Wharam and Tim Marriot. Based on Philip Wharam’s novel ‘Right To Live’ and with advice and support from the Holocaust Educational Trust, Mengele is a portrait of … Read More

Choir of Man – 5*****

The General Assembly Hall on the Mound becomes the Jungle Bar for the evening, a bastion of the fast disappearing old-time local, where customers sing and dance with great gusto and the audience is treated to a free beer on … Read More

George Egg: Movable Feast – 4****

George Egg is a chef and comedian, who specialises in cooking food in unusual locations. This time it’s on moving vehicles, trains and planes, and he begins by taking out his laptop and plugging it into the power socket of … Read More

COMA 4****

COMA is the latest show from DARKFIELD, a company who specialise in immersive experiences using cutting edge sound technology. The show is housed in a shipping container fitted out with rows of bunks, which make you feel like you’re in … Read More

A Table Tennis Play – Walrus/Theatre Royal Plymouth – 4****

In a wonderfully bleak, vaulted venue, a table tennis table takes centre stage with a pit full of table tennis balls separating the audience from the stage. The setting is an old basement air raid shelter under a big house … Read More

Art Heist – Poltergeist – 4****

Three different burglars prepare to steal a painting from an art gallery, all for different reasons and all by adopting different methods of entry. Rosa is disguised as a chef and manages to gain access through the service entrance to … Read More

Musik 5*****

Frances Barber provides a stunning performance as Billie Trix, a dried up, drug addled, narcissistic rock star.

She enters the stage in true rock star fashion, dressed in a black cape with a black eye patch over one eye, (not … Read More

Hughie 5*****

Hughie is a Eugene O’Neill one act play.

Mike McShane is Charlie, the hotel desk clerk and Phil Nichol plays Erie; the wise cracking, fast talking professional gambler. This is a shabby New York hotel. The faded grandeur and the … Read More