
14 May 2019
Death of a Salesman at the Young Vic
By Adam Mcdonnell // Theatre (London)
Wendell Pierce gives an astonishing performance in this enthralling revival of the Arthur Miller classic. With a fantastic supporting cast, Marianne Elliot and Miranda Cromwell’s latest joint venture is an …

27 April 2017
The 2016 MyTheatre Award Winners: London
By Oliver Simmonds // Theatre (London)
Okay, time for another round. For some reason I forgot why I chose Best Actor/Best Actress categories—was there a special reason for that? They seem like a 1950’s vestige. Who …

07 August 2016
Yerma at the Young Vic
By Adam Mcdonnell // Theatre (London)
Billie Piper produces an outstanding performance as a woman whose struggle to have a child turns to desperation and obsession in Simon Stone’s smartly reinvented version of the Federico Garcia …

28 May 2016
Blue/Orange at the Young Vic
By Oliver Simmonds // Theatre (London)
Christopher (Daniel Kaluuya) has reached the end of a month-long sectioning; on the brink of leaving, his doctor, Bruce (Luke Norris), has doubts over reassimilation given Christopher’s severe delusions, though …

23 February 2016
A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing at the Young Vic
By Oliver Simmonds // Theatre (London)
A partial standing ovation followed the press night of A Girl is a Half-formed Thing and that is what it deserves, for this one-woman performance is almost a triumph. It …

07 October 2015
La Musica at the Young Vic
By Oliver Simmonds // Theatre (London)
Its language and rhythms belong more to the French New Wave than a stage, yet La Musica has some inspired instances. Within it, we get to know a couple about …