Review: How The Other Half Loves @ The Old Vic

Review: How The Other Half Loves @ The Old Vic

Guest Contributor Aug 15, 2026 7 min read
As Matthew Warchus departs the Old Vic, Phillip Breen revives Ayckbourn’s How the Other Half Loves—a sly, suburban farce of class, combat, and bad choices.
Review: Cleansed – Almeida Theatre, London

Review: Cleansed – Almeida Theatre, London

Guest Contributor Aug 1, 2026 5 min read

Great works achieve the impossible by treading that fine line between truth and contradiction — works that make you laugh as well as cry, that make you think thoughts you…

25 Years of The Gruffalo: Behind the Stage Adaptation

25 Years of The Gruffalo: Behind the Stage Adaptation

Will Quinn Jul 29, 2026 9 min read
As Tall Stories’ stage adaptation marks its 25th anniversary, the cast and company reflect on keeping Julia Donaldson’s monster fresh for new audiences.
Two Decades on the Edge: Why the Camden Fringe Prefers Pragmatism to Empire Building

Two Decades on the Edge: Why the Camden Fringe Prefers Pragmatism to Empire Building

Will Quinn Jul 29, 2026 8 min read
Why does the Camden Fringe prefer pragmatism to empire building? Co-founders Zena Barrie & Michelle Flower look back on 20 years of independent London theatre.
Interview: Afsaneh Gray on NYT’s shopfront soap Nail Bar

Interview: Afsaneh Gray on NYT’s shopfront soap Nail Bar

Will Quinn Jul 23, 2026 8 min read
Playwright Afsaneh Gray talks bringing soap opera mechanics to an empty shopfront on Holloway Road in the National Youth Theatre's site-specific Nail Bar.