EFFIE STOODLEY: Much of the journey was snappy and expertly put together, but when more seriousness and desperation was called for it broke down and never made its destination
KIERAN CORCORAN banishes this play from his sight for staining the Imperial name of Theatre.
KIERAN CORCORAN has been chasing down crime, but still has some energy left for theatre.
HELEN CARRIE would rather bump n’ grind than see a play which is like The Inbetweeners, but angsty and bad.
Theatre Editor KIERAN CORCORAN has some big paws to fill. Judge him as he rounds up this week’s pack of plays.
KIERAN CORCORAN: ‘Fired Up, like a prostitute you couldn’t quite afford, leaves you confusedly contended and wanting more’.
HOLLY STEVENSON talks thrillers and chilling murders with EastEnders scriptwriter LAURA WATSON.
TOBY PARKER REES gives it to you straight like a pear cider made from 100% theatre guide dog.
CAITLIN DOHERTY is jack-booted by nothingness in a production with ‘no famine of acting talent’.
Theatre Editors JESSICA PATTERSON & TOBY PARKER-REES are pleasantly surprised by a thoughtfully curated evening of new writing.
LOUISE RIPLEY-DUGGAN is suffocatingly depressed by a piece of new writing about ‘suffocating depression’.
Tabatha Leggett
Kieran Corcoran
Abi Bennett
Toby Parker Rees