Camille Leadbeater is a writer, curator and art historian based in North East London. She regularly writes for art galleries, theatres and wellness companies across the capital. She is currently a reviewer on The Wanstead Fringe committee, and is keen to promote new and upcoming talent on the theatre scene. She can think of no finer way to spend an evening than going to see a show - on or off the West end!

Camille Leadbeater


Review: THE GODLESS WAR at Bread & Roses Theatre
By Camille Leadbeater Wednesday, July 9 2025, 14:36
The most powerful stories in theatre - the ones that linger long after the curtain falls - are those that transcend their immediate plots and moral messages.
The Godless War production image. Photo by Lidia Crisafulli.


Review: ESTHER'S REVENGE at The Bread & Roses Theatre
By Camille Leadbeater Monday, June 30 2025, 09:11
In 1953 Lagos, Nigeria, a Black woman named Esther Johnson was sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of her abusive white lover. Tried by an all-white jury in the midst of colonial upheaval, racial injustice, and deep systemic prejudice, Esther stood no chance. But does she stand a chance today?
Artwork for Esther's Revenge.


Review: OSCAR AT THE CROWN
By Camille Leadbeater Monday, June 23 2025, 09:26
If you’re heading for a night out in Soho and are in need of a loud, chaotic, but thoroughly fun precursor, Oscar At The Crown is the play for you. Moreover, seeing this play at its custom-built bunker-come-discotheque venue in 213-4 Tottenham Court Road could easily be your entire night out.
Oscar at the Crown in London. Photo by Luke Dyson.


Review: ROMEO AND JULIET at Wilton's Music Hall
By Camille Leadbeater Friday, June 13 2025, 10:46
Flabbergast Theatre’s Romeo & Juliet at the iconic Wilton’s Music Hall is a delectable and compelling interpretation of Shakespeare’s tragic love story. A darkly comedic, conceptual re-imagination of the classic drama, it is a far cry from the rather more slick and sanitised variations we have come to expect from modern theatrical productions.
Production image of Romeo and Juliet. Photo by Michael Lynch.


Review: CONVERSATIONS AFTER SEX at Park Theatre
By Camille Leadbeater Saturday, May 3 2025, 17:16
With clothing and underwear strewn all across the stage, a dishevelled, Tracey Emin-esque bed, illumination of a large-scale light-box behind and a cohort of late-night ‘just before the club closes’ music, we knew exactly what was going on here, almost as though we were -ahem interrupting something…
Conversations After Sex. Photo by Jake Bush.
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