John Mortimer’s two-hander is a classic of the genre – the genre being plays set within a legal framework: Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose (1964) comes to mind as does Terrance Rattigan’s The Winslow Boy (1946), as well as David Hare’s Murmuring Judges (1991). Mortimer was a lawyer by trade but after the success […]
The Spine by Nathan Powell at Camden People’s Theatre | Review
Stumbling around in the dark I found myself at the Stage Door of Camden People’s Theatre and was astonished to find a large skip filled with empty energy drink bottles. Someone must be high on ener-drenaline I mused. As the lights came up on the show I found out who. This vibrant, kinetic, pulsating and […]
Life and Death of a Journalist at the Vault Festival – Cage | Review
Ostensibly, this is a play about a journalist fighting for freedom of expression with a sub-plot about the journalist’s tortured and disintegrating relationship. Or: it’s a play about a journalist’s tortured and disintegrating relationship with a sub-plot about a journalist fighting for freedom of expression. I can’t decide between the two. Each of the two […]
Review – Raphael Wakefield: Wengerball at The Vaults Festival
Cards on the table: I have to declare a non-interest. I’m a Spurs supporter. This is a solo show about Arsenal. The Wenger Years to be precise. So if you support Arsenal you’ll adore this show. Though if you love football, and don’t follow Arsenal, then I believe you’ll still appreciate this show. Even if […]
The Incident Room at New Diorama Theatre | Review
Filing cabinets. Lots and lots of filing cabinets. Wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling filing cabinets, in fact. By my reckoning 230ish of the grey, metallic, functional-but-boring instruments of administrative torture that form the backdrop to this play about the Yorkshire Ripper. It’s an inspired design by Patrick Connellan because it informs us, from the start, that the piece […]