Category: Theatre
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5 stars – engagingly surreal Who is Monkion? It’s easier to say what they are not. They are not humans, and they aren’t capable of empathy. They move in a funny way, and they are obsessed with… Benedict Cumberbatch! So much so that they have kidnapped him, and they have to figure out what to…
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2 stars – accidentally weak The theatre company Studio 212 wants to stage a new version of the 1944 noir movie Double Indemnity, with a queer, feminist and antiracist take on it. But on the day of castings, a disruptive element appears. It’s Piper, a woman who looks quite like the femme fatale from the…
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4 stars – pretty funny Gianna Milici has a lot of energy and talent – this is the first thing to be said about this show. Part stand-up comedy, part musical show, Pretty Delusional is a solid creation and a showcase of the young performer’s multiple abilities.
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I have never seen such an audience reaction: everybody came out of the theatre in shock, wide-eyed, wondering what it was they had just seen.
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5 stars – Revolutionary storytelling Despite its mysterious presentation, this show does have a plot, even if not a traditional one. In 1605, the young Anne Gunter is suspected to be bewitched, and her father Brian Gunter, the richest man in the village, points the finger against three women of the village who, to his…
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5 stars – Extremely engaging A lawyer in his free time, a singer by career, and a civil rights activist for his mission. Paul Robeson’s incredible biography can only get more and more interesting by digging deeper into it.
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3 stars – articulated and dense There is great excitement in Rome, where the political atmosphere is electric with ambition and conspiracies. Largely faithful to Shakespeare’s tragedy, except for some cuts and an introductory addiction, this new show by Myths Unbound Production is articulated and dense in its composition.
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3 stars – Young and intense Mirrored Metamorphosis is an intense show entirely realised by an all-female group of school students. The play rediscovers the story of Anthony and Cleopatra under the woman’s point of view. She was bestowed the power on a reign when she was still very young, and men only considered her…
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5 stars – Bloody fun Does a man really want to know what it is like to give birth? For what exact reason do neo mums go to yoga? How would a hygienic pad frown, if it had a face? Would it win the challenge against a moon cup?
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4 stars – beautifully crafted storytelling A teenage girl and her best friend dream of getting pregnant together and having kids at the same time. But when Raven does get pregnant, she feels that her life is too unstable and that she might not be ready yet.
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