Barcelona Review
Skye reviews the play, Barcelona.
Straight Line Crazy: Urban planning between exclusion, imposition and contestation ★★★★
By Sophia Appl-Scorza Empty, uniform space: composed of grey, concrete-like material, the stage ranges into a seated audience, that, unable…
The Laughter Therapist: not quite Fleabag ★★★
By Sonja Belkin and Megan Széll The Laughter Therapist bills itself as the ‘perfect watch for lovers of Fleabag’ – an…
Hamlet at the Sam Wanamaker: A Tragic Performance? ★★
By Ben Helme and Anna Berkowitz It’s perhaps the definitive Shakespeare play, and the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse should be one…
9 to 5: satisfying, entertaining, and amusing throughout ★★★★
By James Knudsen 9 to 5 is a story of the liberation of three women from negative patriarchal figures. Violet…
Emma Rice’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ – At Best Authentic, at Worst – a Farce ★★★
By Stevan Balac Perhaps, after all, there are only so many ways to skin a cat. With a piece of…
Small Island: A Fantastic Drama That Entertains Like a Sitcom ★★★★★
By Anna Berkowitz The National Theatre’s take on Andrea Levy’s 2004 novel about the Windrush generation is a brilliantly revived…
Sister Act: A would-have-been masterpiece
An invitation to watch what would have been the final dress rehearsal of LSESU Drama Society’s production of Sister Act…
The Haystack: “We can’t find the needles, unless we collect the whole haystack.”
Written by: Amber Iglesia and Zehra Jafree Al Blyth’s debut play The Haystack at the Hampstead Theatre centres on two…
Private Lives: An iced cocktail of a play that goes down a treat
Private Lives, Noël Coward’s delightfully outrageous comedy, was first performed in the year succeeding the Wall Street Crash when the…
