 | Unhappy Birthday   17 May 2013 The audience arrive and are shoved back into retro heaven. A party hat is thrust on your head, you're handed a cake which is so sweet it hurts your teeth and a party bag complete with traditional fi.... More... |
 | Cuddles     17 May 2013 "We live off sandwiches - we, as in the Royal We" spills Rendah Haywood's Tabby in Cuddles. The Royal We, or "Margaret Thatcher's We" as is commonly reported, has been the topic of much conversation.... More... |
 | Mess      17 May 2013 Life. It’s a mess isn’t it? All those things flying at you: exams, and work and people and... and what if it all makes you just a bit too anxious? Just a bit too unable to cope. With the d.... More... |
 | Playing with Grown-Ups     17 May 2013 Playing with Grown-Ups at the Theatre503 is a rare treat; it manages to combine drama with naturalism like a TV soap, with the audience peering into the fourth wall to gain a snapshot of the lives of .... More... |
 | Prometheus Bound    16 May 2013 Following the struggle of Prometheus (Henry Regan) after stealing fire and protecting the human race from Zeus’ wrath which prompt Hephaestus (Mark Moore), Force (Alex Sycamore) and Power (Jacob.... More... |
 | 4000 Miles     16 May 2013 This import from New York, by way of the Ustinov Studio at Bath’s Theatre Royal, is a bit of a treat. The writing of Amy Herzog and a very strong cast results in beautifully constructed ch.... More... |
 | These Shining Lives     16 May 2013 The new theatre's much better than the new play, but the whole enterprise looks promising. Jez Bond's splendid new neighbourhood theatre looks like a metro destination, too, with its Donmar-style .... More... |
 | Public Enemy     14 May 2013 The art of saying the unpopular truth is always attractive, and in Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, which David Harrower has rewritten for ace director Richard Jones as Public Enemy (from a literal.... More... |
 | Sons Without Fathers      13 May 2013 Chekhov's unfinished first play is best known as Platonov but director Helena Kaut-Howson reverts to the closer Russian title of "Fatherlessness" in her spiky and colloquial translation, first seen .... More... |
 | And in the End - the Death and Life of John Lennon   10 May 2013 Ed Sullivan's 1964 introduction of the Beatles was a classic moment in pop music history that presented a fresh faced group of musicians from Liverpool to an unsuspecting global audience. This all see.... More... |