by Colin Thomas | Nov 7, 2019 | Review
There’s too much too soon. From the get-go, we know things are going to be creepy. In the story, which playwright Jeffrey Hatcher has adapted from Henry James’s 1898 novella, a young governess accepts a position from an eccentric Londoner: she will journey to Bly, the...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 3, 2019 | Review
Go see this show. Because you should never ever turn down a chance to see a play by Caryl Churchill. She’s been one of the most exciting dramatists in the world for the last 40 years, and she will fuck you up — and reward you — every single time. In...
by Colin Thomas | Nov 2, 2019 | Review
Jan Derbyshire’s Certified is pretty much perfect. And how often do I get to say that? Certified is about Derbyshire’s journey with mental illness and mental health, but it’s not one of those stories that collapse into the horrors of madness. Derbyshire allows herself...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 24, 2019 | Review
Taking in Frankenstein: Lost in Darkness is very much like sitting around a fire on a winter evening and listening to a storyteller who is very good — if a little long-winded. Peter Church has adapted Mary Shelley’s novel as a staged radio play and it’s full of foley...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 19, 2019 | Review
Oh man, why do such poorly written plays get produced? Yes, Marjorie Chan’s China Doll is admirably feminist and admirably inclusive of underrepresented experience, but it’s also boring. Chan starts her story in Shanghai in 1904, when her central character, Su-Ling,...
by Colin Thomas | Oct 18, 2019 | Review
I’ve been so bored in the theatre so often lately that I’ve been starting to wonder if I’m dead inside. That’s why I’m feeling so high right now: Take d Milk, Nah? kept me consistently stimulated and engaged. From the get-go, solo performer Jivesh Parasram is...
