Mission Creep ☆☆☆ The White Bear Theatre, London The exposition for Mission Creep, written by Bee Scott, is intriguing enough: Tess and Liam are determined to get off the planet at any cost. On paper, they’re the perfect applicants for Britain’s intergalactic relocation project: they’re young, fertile, and their queerplatonic relationship might even pass … Continue reading
Parris is Dreaming ☆☆☆☆ The Pleasance Theatre Parris is Burning examines the lives of three women “dismissed, ignored and affected by society” through music, dance, sound effects, clowning, physical theatre and natural dialogue. The show opens with three androgynous stylish performers lip syncing to “I got the music in me” with cropped hair, immaculate makeup, … Continue reading
Illegal drugs! They can be such fun – until addiction takes over and starts to derail your life of course. This is the jumping off point for GHBoy by Paul Harvard, an admonitory tale about the thrills of the East London chemsex scene. Robert (played by Jimmy Essex) is a young man for whom … Continue reading
REDD by Boy Blue ☆☆☆ Barbican There is a poem by the singer/songwriter Rachel ‘Maiday’ Moulden in the programmes for tonight’s show. It’s a touching meditation on the nature of bereavement called ‘Words on Grief’. Choreographer Kenrick ‘H20’ Sandy (Olivier nominated for Blak Whyte Gray in 2017) has taken this as basis to develop … Continue reading
Equus ☆☆☆☆ Trafalgar Studios This is an astonishing production of Equus and several dramatic moments stay burned on your retina long after the curtain comes down. It’s a play about a terrible violent act by the central character and the possible psychological motivations and debate around whether we all are capable of such passions. … Continue reading
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