BWW Review: BUTTERFLIES, VAULT FestivalFebruary 17, 2019Flat 4 Theatre make their debut as a company with Butterflies, a quite jarring account of the relationship between Generation Z and technology.
BWW Review: TOBACCO ROAD, VAULT FestivalFebruary 16, 2019It's the Roaring Twenties in London. The Great War is over, having killed millions of people with it; citizens are going back to their disheveled lives and organised crime thrives in a city that's getting back up on its feet.
BWW Review: AGNES COLANDER: AN ATTEMPT AT LIFE, Jermyn Street TheatreFebruary 16, 2019Jermyn Street Theatre open the celebrations for their 25th anniversary with a world premiere aged 120. Harley Granville Barker's Agnes Colander: An Attempt At Life was found by the British Library about a century after the Edwardian director wrote it in 1900 and was immediately hailed as a masterpiece.
BWW Review: CALL ME FURY, VAULT FestivalFebruary 15, 2019After winning People's Choice Award in last year's edition of the VAULT Festival, Out Of The Forest Theatre are back with Call Me Fury to tell the stories of unjustly condemned women throughout the centuries.
BWW Review: INFINITY, VAULT FestivalFebruary 10, 2019Nessa Matthews compares the struggles of mental health to an astronaut floating in space. The metaphor she draws in her new solo play Infinity falls into place perfectly and engages the imagination in a colourful journey of healing and acceptance.
BWW Review: THE GOOD LANDLORD, VAULT FestivalFebruary 10, 2019A wonderful flat in Central London. You can see Big Ben from one of the windows and you can walk to work. All this for a ridiculous price. 'Where's the catch?'. Tom and Ed are flat-hunting and stumble upon the perfect accommodation, but something's not right.
BWW Review: ASHES, VAULT FestivalFebruary 9, 2019Shaun Amos explores the relationship with his deceased father in Ashes, a confused piece of dark comedy that doesn't reach the desired objective. First presented at The Arcola Theatre Scratch Night, it's a rollercoaster. Amos details his childhood and family life with sincerity and brashness, depicting a troubled youth and making no excuses for it.
BWW Review: GET RREEL, VAULT FestivalFebruary 9, 2019After years of world-wide success, girlband Get RREEL are breaking up. Ireland's pride and joy are hosting one last intimate concert to explain to their most loyal fans why they've taken this decision.
BWW Review: SEXY LAMP, VAULT FestivalFebruary 8, 2019Following her award-winning Bicycles and Fish, Katie Arnstein is back at VAULT Festival with Sexy Lamp, an honest and straightforward account of her beginnings as an actress and a cutting analysis of the flaws and sexism of the business.
BWW Review: GREYSCALE, VAULT FestivalFebruary 7, 2019Anonymous Is A Woman strikes again with a disquieting site-specific show about consent and its withdrawal. Inspired by the Aziz Ansari scandal where a woman referred to as 'Grace' accused the comedian of pressuring her into sex while he stood by the opinion that it was merely a bad date, Greyscale is an exploration of blurred lines and personal stance.
BWW Review: SUPERHOE, Royal CourtFebruary 5, 2019Superhoe marks Nicole Lecky's debut at the Royal Court Theatre in the venue's first collaboration with Talawa Theatre Company. Written and performed by the actress, the monologue sees 24-year-old Sasha taking one wrong turn after the next.
BWW Review: VIOLET, VAULT FestivalFebruary 1, 2019Bertie is living a hectic life in London. When everything starts to go wrong, she moves to the seaside for the Summer to clear her head and figure out what her next step should be. When she bumps into Violet, her world slows downs and begins spinning again at a different speed.
BWW Review: RINGMASTER, VAULT FestivalFebruary 1, 2019Part of VAULT Festival and performed at the Network Theatre, Ringmaster is introduced as being vaguely based on La Ronde. Schintzler's subversive 1900 play, banned and censored by his contemporaries, presents an analysis of the sexual costumes of the time.
BWW Review: VELVET, VAULT FestivalJanuary 31, 2019Tom dreams of being a famous actor. But it's hard to break into the industry and a day-job waiting tables takes its toll. Then, while cast in a fringe play he's met with a huge opportunity that goes against his beliefs and borders the inappropriate. The next step is up to him.
BWW Review: A SUPER HAPPY STORY (ABOUT FEELING SUPER SAD), VAULT FestivalJanuary 31, 2019Sally (Madeleine MacMahon) is celebrating her 16th birthday seeing her favourite band playing live. Everything seems to be going well in her life and she looks happy as she can be, especially on that night. Except that she's not feeling that great on the inside. Olivier Award winner Jon Brittain writes a playful epic about navigating depression.
BWW Review: COUNTING SHEEP, VAULT FestivalJanuary 30, 2019Mark and Marichka Marczyk fought in the Kiev Uprising in 2014. They witnessed life and death, injustice and dictatorship first hand before they decided to tell their story.
BWW Review: JUNIPER AND JULES, VAULT FestivalJanuary 28, 2019Juniper (Stella Taylor) meets Jules (Gabriella Schmidt) in a club and they go home together. One has always liked girls, the other isn't entirely sure what she stands. The former is a homebody, the latter doesn't like to follow the rules.
BWW Review: OPEN, VAULT FestivalJanuary 28, 2019Christopher Adams and Timothy Allsop draw on their real-life experience to paint a vivid picture of an open couple. They tell their tale aided by the audience, who are called on multiple times to read transcripts from their conversations, Grindr messages, and personal texts from the pair.
BWW Review: DANGEROUS LENSES, VAULT FestivalJanuary 27, 2019A man and his daughter move into Ann's block of flats, except that he says there's no little girl with him. The woman, addicted to watching people's lives through her window, grows an obsession with the mystery. A vision that's too-quickly deteriorating and a penchant for seclusion lead her to go a step too far.