Review – Macbeth – The Globe

Review – Macbeth – The Globe

Michael HollandMar 17, 2025

The students’ zest added huge energy  Each year, The Globe stages a production specifically aimed at young people, with the laudable goal of making…

The story that Dickens left out

The story that Dickens left out

Michael HollandMar 15, 2025

“If you knew my story, your heart would break too” Havisham is Heather Alexander’s powerful one-woman show exploring the back story of the reclusive…

Review: WRESTLELADSWRESTLE – Battersea Arts Centre

Review: WRESTLELADSWRESTLE – Battersea Arts Centre

Michael HollandMar 12, 2025

An admirable and fun performance Jennifer Jackson uses theatre, dance, judo, and a confusingly large ensemble of women to take us through her memories…

Review: Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350 

Review: Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350 

Michael HollandMar 11, 2025

The Devil is in the Detail A missing 12-year-old boy has been located in the gallery but there’s no need to alert the museum…

Review: The Seagull – Barbican

Review: The Seagull – Barbican

Michael HollandMar 10, 2025

“Who’s up for a bit of Chekov?” Not everything called comedy in the theatre is necessarily funny but this version of Chekov’s ‘The Seagull’…

Review: Château Farci – White Bear

Review: Château Farci – White Bear

Michael HollandMar 9, 2025

Set against the backdrop of a crumbling French château, David Shireff blends comedy and drama in Château Farci. Providing an intimate insight into toxic…

The Rock & Roll Public Library

The Rock & Roll Public Library

Michael HollandMar 4, 2025

Mick Jones’ Punk Archive & The Clash’s Legacy For fans of music, punk, and pre-digital pop culture, The Rock & Roll Public Library (RRPL)…

Review: Alterations – National

Review: Alterations – National

Michael HollandFeb 28, 2025

Not tailor-made for the National but still a good fit Alterations is a 1978 play by Michael Abbensetts(with additional material by Trish Cooke) that…

Review: Three Sisters – The Globe

Review: Three Sisters – The Globe

Michael HollandFeb 15, 2025

Is knowledge important or superfluous? A big production in a compact space, Chekhov’s Three Sisters offers no doubling up of roles, one role per…

Review: More Life – Royal Court

Review: More Life – Royal Court

Michael HollandFeb 14, 2025

Live forever or switch off? It is 1803, and murderers are hung, spirited away and dissected by surgeons seeking to know more about the…

Humbled by Heroes on the Bermondsey Mile

Humbled by Heroes on the Bermondsey Mile

Michael HollandFeb 14, 2025

Portraits of Today’s Everyday Heroes When a collaboration between protein drink maker ‘For Goodness Shakes’ and Marvel Studios come together to mark the release…

Review: Churchill in Moscow – Orange Tree Theatre

Review: Churchill in Moscow – Orange Tree Theatre

Michael HollandFeb 14, 2025

Cleverly littered with historical detail Tom Littler’s production of Howard Benton’s Churchill in Moscow gives the audience a front-row seat at the very unsteady,…