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Review of SeatPlan’s Last-Minute Deals
There is just so much to see on the London stage that keeping up with its offer can be a challenge. And it’s not like live shows are the most affordable form of entertainment. For that matter, the last-minute deal has become one of the most popular and effective ways to enjoy world-class performances on…
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Writer and performer Ted Walliker talks new one-man show ‘RON’: “Struggling to make people laugh makes for a fascinating glimpse into what kind of person you are”
Following its inaugural run last March, the show returns to London’s Riverside Studios for Pride Month, bringing back the laughs, trills, and horrors of this unconventional queer love story. Guillermo Nazara chats with its creator to learn more about the piece’s development and how this story involving toxic relationships intends to make a killing. How…
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Review of ‘Ron’ (2026, Riverside Studios): “Criminal comedy gets away with murder”
It’s bloody absurd. And bloody violent. But fortunately, not bloody awful. In fact, it’s everything but that. Although there is blood. A lot of blood. And the funny thing, which is something quite prominent in this show, is that you will feel drenched in it without even seeing the tiniest drop of it. It is…
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Review of ‘Driftwood’: “Family-estrangement narrative is relatively unfulfilling”
It just took me one and a half hours to finally get hooked. And even then, there wasn’t that much grip. It’s a shame. Not an utter disappointment, but a shame anyway. A play about the reunion of an estranged mother and son should have brought me to tears. Or at least, caused some kind…
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Review of ‘Are You Watching?’: “Sex-driven play is hardly a satisfier”
There’s a lot of fun involved in sex. And a lot of danger, too. This is not an intention to demonise such a pleasurable act, although that has somewhat become a trend in the most pious segments of the political spectrum. And that includes both sides. Yet, it’s interesting to explore how a basic human…
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Review of ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’: “One-dimensional adaptation is lost in space”
I’m not against postmodernism. Or aliens. Or postmodernism tales about aliens. What I might have a problem with is shows that carry little meaning and demonstrate zero aptitude for engaging with their audience. It doesn’t need to be an easy watch. In fact, I like to be challenged. But there’s no actual challenge throughout the…
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Review of ‘Redcliffe’: “Promising gay romance caves in to shallow execution”
These are the words of someone who had his whole childhood and adolescence ruined by overwhelming homophobia. And yet, I’m grateful. For the fact that, despite the progress that still needs to be made, I can live truthfully and away from the pain others inflicted on me. It’s not been easy. It never is. And…
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Review of ‘Dark of the Moon’: “Wizard-themed musical is far from bewitching”
It doesn’t matter if the protagonist has magical powers. This show simply doesn’t do the trick. There’s nothing charming about it. And there’s not enough sorcery in this world to erase the boredom, disappointment, and ultimate despair audiences are put through in Dark of the Moon, a new musical based on the 1940s play by…
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Review of ‘Love Omar’: “Arabian night is hardly a stroke of genius”
I didn’t love him. Or like him. Just like I didn’t love or like this play either. It’s not a bad concept. But it’s a clumsy execution. Very clumsy. To the extent that, if it hadn’t been for the final 20 minutes, I wouldn’t know what the point of this piece is. Nor what it…
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Creatives and performers Kate Taylor Hunter and Anita Brokmeier talk new immersive experience ‘Fish in a Kettle’: “Human beings are incredibly destructive, but also incredibly adaptive”
Following their vision of developing theatre with a laboratory mindset, Lab Rats Collective brings their latest experiment to Liverpool for a strictly limited run next week, taking audiences on a journey into the future and the dystopian consequences of climate change. Guillermo Nazara chats with the company’s founders to learn more about the show’s development…
