Breaker

****

Breaker is a joint Icelandic and Scottish production. Written by Salka Gutmundsdottir, it has been translated into English by Director Graeme Maley and set in a remote Scottish island. In both of these remote, coastal societies, myths have been … Read More

The Boy Who Kicked Pigs

****

Grey is a colour usually associated with blandness. Well, there is much grey in this show. The four performers faces are greyed up and the impressive large scale back projections showing different locations are grey in tone. The tale … Read More

Eugénie Grandet

****

For those like me who have not read Balzac’s 19th novel, this is of little consequence. This adaptation played in period costume and written for the stage by Jonathan Choat stands up as an enjoyable and absorbing piece of … Read More

BLAM!

*****

Danish company Neander takes physical theatre to a spectacular high level of athletic and inventive performance. On entering the auditorium we see four guys working away at their computers in a large, open space office but separated into individual … Read More

Making News

***

Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky’s satirical drama takes as its themes financial irregularities and the suppression of news within the BBC. The comedy focusses on the split structure of the BBC and the inter-departmental feuding and lack of trust … Read More

Below the Belt

**

There is a claustrophobic and menacing feel about Richard Dresser’s play. It is set in an industrial complex in a desert land, producing thousands of units of what we are not told.

In the opening scene, Dobbitt (Tom Golding) … Read More

Anna

****

You have to stand all the way through this show, and it’s hot, and it’s played out, at several points, inches in front of you, yelling in your ear. It’s visceral and horrific and truly … Read More

Sex Lives of Others

****

Under the direction of Hannah Eidinow, it is a triumph of ingenuity to stage Keely Winstone’s very funny sex comedy in the small, intimate venue that is Pleasance This. The cast, also, successfully rise to the challenge in giving … Read More

The Sleeping Trees’ Odyssey

****

The three guys who make up Sleeping Trees provide a hilarious, rapid, rollercoaster retelling of Homer’s Odyssey with, it has to be admitted, huge amounts of artistic licence. Dressed all in white with no set or props, they narrate … Read More

The Three Lions

****

William Gaminara’s comedy succeeds in several ways. It is part political satire and part farce with a touch of slapstick also thrown into the mix. The action takes place over the two days in December 2010 at a hotel … Read More