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Directed by Oliver Jones Writer: Lizzie Nunnery Reviewer: Elizabeth Vile The Public Reviews Rating: A man has been in exile for nine years, torn from his friends, family and the woman he loved, until the war was finally over and he began the long journey home. This collaboration between Trestle and Blindeye, based on the book of the [...]

Puppetry has well and truly come of age. The theatrical phenomenon that is War Horse has seen success and awards on both sides of the pond, the Little Angel Theatre is celebrating its 50th year as the home of puppetry in London, and this autumn sees the return of the Suspense London Puppetry Festival from [...]

Writer: Teresa Deevy Director: Gavin McAlinden Reviewer: Carol Evans The Public Reviews Rating: This play is not, as the title suggests, a drama about the woman who is James Whelan’s wife. It is more about who James Whelan’s wife is going to be and how this driven, ambitious young man makes his decision. There are three contenders: [...]

Writer: Friedrich Schiller Translators: Daniel Millar and Mark Leipacher Director: Mark Leipacher Reviewer: Elizabeth Davis The Public Reviews Rating: ‘Man is moulded out of dirt.’ Mark Leipacher’s production of Schiller’s The Robbers sets out to show the cruelty man is capable of and the terrifying vertigo of an amoral world. As an old Count dies, his younger son [...]

Adapted by: Rina Vergano Director: Oliver Jones Composer: Juwan Ogungbe Reviewer: Vicky Bell The Public Reviews Rating: The first war on terror – what do you think of? The uprising of the Mau Mau in Kenya may not be a topic we are all familiar with but director, Oliver Jones, is clear in his vision of why this [...]

Writer/Director: Sebastian Rex Composer: Theo Holloway Reviewer: Elizabeth Davis The Public Reviews Rating: Human interaction is manipulative and abusive. This is the premise of Sebastian Rex’s play, Spare. In Rex’s world, people are victim or aggressor, abused or abuser. Everything is black and white in this deliberately, disarmingly naïve piece of theatre. Eight “gender-neutral” characters are played by [...]

Writer: Robert Gillespie Director: Robert Gillespie Reviewer: Carol Evans The Public Reviews Rating: Did you know that Bewick swans mate for life and we – especially if we live in the West – are just like those swans, always on the lookout for Mr or Ms Right? Retired estate agent Michael Smith in Robert Gillespie’s Love, Question [...]