Theatre Reviews & More

Kiren Virdee creates a space for reclamation: I recently watched a 1999 film called East Is East, a comedy-drama widely regarded as one of the best British Pakistani representations in the media. As rich a portrayal as it was, I was struck by the fact that a major plot point revolves around two Pakistani girls being “unattractive”. The audience is expected to laugh at these young women for their size, their facial features, and their body hair. How must it feel...

Truth, Lies, and PowerPoint Slides: Several years ago, when I was planning a girls' trip, I came across something called “Bullshit London”

Raving hamsters, fortune tellers, video-gaming grandmothers, cosplayers, factory workers, calligraphers, aggressive pro-lifers, and a man...

True survival story from below deck: When we think about the Titanic, we often think about wealth and grandeur. How much it cost to make...

Likeable bloke plays guitar at audience instead of getting a diary: What does it take to turn a seemingly ordinary life story into a...

A life story without a lesson to learn: When you are at school and one of your classmates has an accident, it is a childhood milestone...

ELOINA gets to the meat of labiaplasty: It's rare to find a show that feels like it is at the beginning of a conversation. Even the...

A tiny window into a very big problem: There are a lot of shows that inspire compassion for a person with a drug problem, but not many...

Verbatim theatre with bold confessions and bodily fluids: Nothing sets the tone like some hot pink tarpaulin taped to the floor. It...

The stock characters and the standouts in Greta Zamparini’s solo performance: Sex work is a topic that, in theatre, feels like a...