Category: Theatre – Scripted

NOTE: I have never watched Coronation StreetOTHER NOTE: This was a development run, so I won’t be commenting on things that will obviously be changedTHIRD NOTE: This review will not contain spoilers You ever hop into a beloved series 36 years in and immediately understand what’s going on? I didn’t until tonight. Coro is the… Read more

Cards, Dragons, and Lies, move aside. There’s a new House in town. Ginge and Minge are back with their latest project, House of Ick, a sketch show centred around the creation of a brand new cult. For a whole hour, the duo fires off sketch after sketch, always giving the audience just enough to set… Read more

Flat shares always have a weird crowded energy. You feel like your space isn’t quite your own, that there’s little living going on in the living room. The kitchen is either a warzone that only the most precise of schedules can mange, or it’s in a perpetual pristine condition, never used by anyone in the… Read more

NOTE: This review will contain light spoilers. Sorry, don’t look at me, I’m just crying in the Community Centre. Before We Slip Beneath the Sea is an immersive theatrical experience that plunges its audience right into the heart of not just an incident, but a community of people about to be displaced by the rising… Read more

Spring’s here and the buds are blooming. Trees, Bees, and Me! is a squeaky clean kids’ show by Horse With No Name that arrives just in time for the school holidays. It’s a charming, delightful tale-within-a-tale that brings out a lot of meaty themes for the children to chew on, such as grief, environmentalism, and… Read more

NOTE: This review will not contain spoilers Sometimes the arts are great because they showcase a myriad of talents that could have easily gone unearthed. Sometimes they resonate with you, putting into words all the things you sort of knew but never had the vocabulary to express. And sometimes, they offer a fresh perspective, something… Read more

NOTE: I have never seen Hamlet – Five Hours It’s very strange for me to have watched two Shakespeare plays in one week, both with wildly different approaches. Hamlet – One Hour, directed by Jo Marsh, is a futuristic dystopian take on the classic Shakesperean tragedy. The modernisation of the show is largely in its… Read more

I’ve seen a lot of attempts at making Shakespeare accessible to the modern era. Maybe they set it in a new country, maybe they retell it from a minor character’s perspective. There seems to be a consensus that the problem with Shakespeare is the language, and so people tend to shy away from the thous… Read more

CW: Illness, Suicide, Body Horror, Death, Swearing Note: This review will not contain spoilers. I have a friend. His name’s Sai and for as long as I’ve known him, he’s been in pain. I always admired his tenacity, and his ability to smile and be endlessly positive, and I made sure he knew that. I… Read more

Note: This review does not contain spoilers. Risk is inherent in anything we do. At any point, things can go wrong for any little thing. You could spill your tea walking over to the computer to write a review. You could accidentally blind a performer with a laser pointer they’ve given you pre-show. You could… Read more