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Jessie Buckley and Tim Crouch in An Oak Tree at the Young Vic. Copyright Pamela Raith.
07 May
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Stuart King

Review: AN OAK TREE at Young Vic

AN OAK TREETim Crouch has dusted off his 1hr 15min scripted play from 2005 in which the novelty unknown is a different celebrity on stage with him at each performance. With only an hour beforehand to become acquainted with the premise and format, each willing victim in this exercise, submits themselves entirely to Crouch’s direction of their onstage movements and dialogue. It’s an extreme trust exercise and not everyone will reach the end unscathed.

Jessie Buckley and Tim Crouch in An Oak Tree at the Young Vic. Copyright Pamela Raith.Jessie Buckley and Tim Crouch in An Oak Tree at the Young Vic. © Pamela Raith.

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Clara Francis, Ilan Galkoff, and Ben Caplan. Faygele, Marylebone Theatre
06 May
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Stuart King

Review: FAYGELE at Marylebone Theatre

On his thirteeenth birthday, a young Orthodox Jew realises that he is gay but is rebuked by his father as an embarrassment when he effeminately crosses his legs for a photograph during his bar mitzvah celebrations. The FAYGELE of the title, is Yiddish for a little bird, but is more commonly used as a slur which loosely translates as faggot.

Clara Francis, Ilan Galkoff, and Ben Caplan. Faygele, Marylebone TheatreClara Francis, Ilan Galkoff, and Ben Caplan. Faygele, Marylebone Theatre.

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cockfosters southwark playhouse borough review
04 May
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Miriam Gibson

Review: COCKFOSTERS at Southwark Playhouse Borough

“What would we do without the tube?” laments James, “We’d have to take the bus everywhere!”. Cue shudders from Cockfosters’ cast and audience. Writer-director Hamish Clayton’s comedy explores Londoners’ love-hate relationship with our underground transportation system, particularly the tribulations of taking the Piccadilly line.

cockfosters southwark playhouse borough reviewCockfosters production image.

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conversations after sex park theatre
03 May
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Camille Leadbeater

Review: CONVERSATIONS AFTER SEX at Park Theatre

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 park theatreConversations After Sex. Photo by Jake Bush.

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giant harold pinter theatre review
03 May
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Stuart King

Review: GIANT at Harold Pinter Theatre

Following its huge commercial and critical success at the Royal Court, Mark Rosenblatt’s GIANT (Olivier Award for Best Play) this week began a West End transfer, settling at the 872 seater Harold Pinter until 2nd August.

giant harold pinter theatre reviewGiant production image. Photo by Johan Persson

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