Review: HOLD ON TO YOUR BUTTS, Arcola Theatre
by Kat Mokrynski - December 16, 2024
Created by Recent Cutbacks, Hold On To Your Butts is a “shot for shot” parody of the iconic Jurassic Park film, with three actors taking on the movie in only seventy minutes (the original film has a runtime of two hours and seven minutes). Jack Baldwin and Laurence Pears take on nearly all of the ch...
Review: GIGI & DAR, Arcola Theatre
by Robert Vesty - October 10, 2024
Two young women, Gigi and Dar, are dressed in khaki and clutch machine guns. They are guarding a roadblock and out to kill time. With just six of their 730 days of conscription to go until they can return to Civvy Street, their fantasies about the future (travels, marriage and internships) are begin...
Review: MR PUNCH AT THE OPERA, Arcola Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - August 22, 2024
It’s not every show that hands out party poppers as you go in. Aimed at young audiences, Mr Punch At The Opera whips together the iconic hand-puppets with a musical amuse-bouche....
Review: UTØYA, Arcola Theatre
by Gary Naylor - August 18, 2024
With Far Right terrorism and toxic masculinity defacing the summer, this 2015 play's UK premiere could no be more timely...
Review: BANGERS, Arcola Theatre
by Matthew Paluch - July 24, 2024
Bangers, written by Danusia Samal was first performed at the Soho Theatre in 2022, and in Edinburgh in 2023. It returns for a third stint at the Arcola Theatre and one can understand why. ...
Review: SURRENDER, Arcola Theatre
by Niamh Jones - June 26, 2024
A woman’s story is a valuable thing, the trials of experience typically being viewed as under discussed even within modern literature. Amongst these trials are the very real challenges that come with raising a baby, especially when a single parent....