Review: Bobby and Amy (rating 5/5) This is one of those plays that shows why a five star review at the Fringe is hard to achieve because it sets the bar so high that others will struggle to follow. Emily Jenkins’ superb script is set in a Cotswold town in the 90s where two outsiders, […]
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Parent power and a message to save the world
Review: Breakfast Plays: The Future Is – Kit Kat (rating 5/5) Kit Kat is a serious play with a strong message about global warming performed by three women, Rebecca Elise – who plays the mother, Ashleigh More who plays her very young teenage daughter, and Titana Muthui who plays her friend. It is set in […]
Show makes new Friends in a fast-paced retelling of a classic comedy
Friendsical: A Parody Musical About Friends (rating 5/5) US sitcom Friends, the story of six flatmates living in Manhattan, has such an enduring popularity that it has never been off television screens in the 25 years since the series began. So any spin-off is bound to draw an audience. This parody musical played to a […]
Delightful hour of Coward and Gert’s style and singing prowess
Review: Blighty, Broadway And Beyond! (rating 5/5) This is a story about the private lives of Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence but not as you might expect. It is set in an English garden which depicts purgatory, and narrated by the two characters while they are awaiting God (audience) to decide whether to send them […]
Shouting at the system with bite and humour
Review: Beach Body Ready (rating 4/5) This production from The Roaring Girls does not pull its punches. Rachael and Sarah are fat (their words, not mine). Josey is not. Together they open up to their audience and expose us to the expectations imposed on us all – and women in particular – by a media […]