Handle with Care 5★★★★★

Ontroerend Goed’s Handle with Care starts with one person in the audience raising what’s on every card on every seat.

It says that once everyone is seated, we should open the box. A woman with her husband and … Read More

Extra Dry 4****

Michelle Renee Johnson’s Extra Dry is an intensely personal exploration of her relationship with alcohol, charting the journey from those first liberating drinks to the point where drinking begins to take control.

The production is staged around an illuminated bar, … Read More

Don Quixote (Is a Very Big Book) – 5*****

Cervantes’ epic novel from the 17th century is notoriously impossible to adapt, with seemingly more films being made about how difficult it is to make a film of Don Quixote than actual Don Quixote movies. So it’s a bold choice … Read More

TO BE FRANK – 4****

There’s never been a shortage of adaptations of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein – argued in many a student essay to be the first ever science fiction book. The creature, sewn together from the body parts of various corpses remains one of … Read More

CADEL – Lungs on Legs – 4.5****

I have to admit I am a bit of a fan of The Tour de France, so I was very much looking forward to seeing “CADEL – Lungs on Legs”, and I wasn’t disappointed. For this is a wonderful show … Read More

Boy in the Box – Theatre*Taste 4****

The creators of this show clearly possess heavy souls, and they have produced a thoughtful, challenging and deeply uncomfortable experience that will undoubtedly stay with many viewers long after they leave the theatre. This is not an easy piece of … Read More

Lighthouse 4☆☆☆☆

Lighthouse is a claustrophobic and intense psychological drama where the mystery isn’t quite solved, but the plot isn’t the point. This is an exploration of what traumatised souls might do for a life-changing opportunity.

Three men – two experienced and … Read More

The Good, The Bad and The Almighty 4☆☆☆☆

This company work hard, even in the face of a cold crowd, and they bring a joy and enthusiasm to this ridiculous tale that won most folk round by the end. A nun, a Vatican priest and a Father walk … Read More

Locker Room Talk 4*

What do men actually say about women when there are no women around? That was the question behind Gary McNair and Orla O’Loughlin’s Locker Room Talk when it premiered ten years ago, inspired by Donald Trump’s infamous dismissal of his … Read More

Rosy Holt — Churchill’s Urinal 4****

Holt plays the new Chancellor of the Exchequer who has just moved into No. 11 and, in an attempt to flex her ministerial muscle, decides she wants an ugly urinal removed from her office. The only problem is that the … Read More