Wimbledon Studio Theatre, London. It is 1972, and comedy double act Douglas and Adams are at the end of their successful summer season tour. They are riding high, with another TV series in the pipeline. But one of them has some news that will tear things apart. Martyn Grahame's script cracks along, full of witty … Continue reading Double Act – 5 stars

This feels very much like a play of two halves. Set in a bleak not-too-distant future where "dreams have been outlawed and imagination has all but vanished", there is, during the first 20 minutes or so, a lot of information to get across, a bit too much exposition, and a cacophony of ideas. It all … Continue reading Kid Arthur and the Knights of the Revolution – 3 stars

New Red Lion Theatre, London. The New Red Lion in Islington is 'London's newest comedy venue', and on Saturday night played host to James Hamilton and his "tragi-comedy sketch bastards" Casual Violence, for the only London preview of their Edinburgh show. Having seen this group perform in the past, I was looking forward to this … Continue reading Casual Violence: Choose Death Edinburgh Preview – 4 stars

'Phantasmagoria', we are told on the front of the program, is a noun meaning 'a fantastic sequence of haphazardly associative imagery…' and Gravel Theatre Company have certainly succeeded in producing that with their latest collection of three 20-minute plays. The first one is '80 Miles East Of Nowhere', written by Ciaran Dowd and directed by … Continue reading Phantasmagoria – 4 stars

Tristan Bates Theatre, The Actor's Centre, London. The cynical amongst us might think that "a modern musical football fable" going on this month is timed to coincide with the biggest football competition in the world. I rather suspect it is, to be honest, but don't let that put you off or make you think that … Continue reading Who Ate All The Pies? – 4 stars