Crime is in right now. True crime docudramas, gritty murder mysteries, courtroom and police thrillers – it’s all over Netflix and primetime TV. But in theatre, it’s perhaps less ubiquitous.…
Intra Muros, a new play by French playwright Alexis Michalik opens with Richard, a stereotypical ‘actor’ type, with flamboyant gestures, floral shirt and neck tie, played by (Ché Walker). He breaks the fourth…
A Simple Space is a contemporary circus show created by Australian company Gravity & Other Myths. Set in a black box at The Underbelly Theatre on the Southbank, this space…
Going Through is the UK premiere of Estelle Savasta’s critically acclaimed French play Traversée. With a cast of two, it tells the story of Nour, (Charmaine Wombwell) who is raised…
When does the portrayal of poverty turn into glorified entertainment? Kieran Hurley’s Mouthpiece presents this question within the unlikely friendship between privileged playwright, Libby and working class teenage artist, Declan.…
The opening act of The Wasp establishes the most intriguing meeting between two disparate characters. Sat in the outside area of a coffee shop Carla is pregnant, chain-smoking, not looking…
1960s working class Liverpool: the setting of Oliver’s Lionel Bart’s lesser known work, Maggie May. With a book written by Alun Owen, writer of The Beatle’s A Hard Day’s Night, which garnered him an…
‘We are not all born equal’ is the tagline for this double bill of short plays exploring how it is to grow up as working class. Both pieces delve into…
Walking into the Bunker Theatre, you are immediately struck by Minglu Wang’s set design; it’s an attack of the senses with fresh flowers winding around railings, hanging from the ceiling…
