-
Review of ‘Hot Pot’: “Simmering tension quickly goes cold”
It’s a hard swallow. Not because it’s too raw to digest. And definitely not because it comes across as too sugarcoated. The thing is, there are barely any flavours to analyse in Hongwei Bao’s overall bland play, which celebrated its world premiere at London’s Playhouse East last week and lacks the spice, heat, and elaborateness…
-
Review of ‘Down The Road’: “When crime doesn’t pay”
London’s newly opened Playhouse East welcomes its second production, revolving around the conversations between two journalists and a notorious serial killer. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show, to let us know if its stinging narrative is either honed or deserves the knives out. Everyone has a little psycho in them – mine just…
