Tag: black comedy
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Is God Is, Royal Court
Thursday 16th September 2021
reviewAleshea Harris’s award-winning play is a thrillingly satirical mash up, which bl…
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The Memory of Water, Hampstead Theatre
Friday 10th September 2021
reviewSombre revival of Shelagh Stephenson’s 1996 classic about three sisters is an un…
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Harm, Bush Theatre
Friday 21st May 2021
reviewNew monologue is a complex and ambiguous account of a digital obsession, involvi…
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Sydney & the Old Girl, Park Theatre
Tuesday 5th November 2019
reviewBlack comedy is occasionally entertaining, but much too dark and dispiriting for…
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A Very Very Very Dark Matter
Tuesday 30th October 2018
blogText of the day: “If you were a Congolese pygmy, imprisoned for sixteen years in…
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A Very Very Very Dark Matter, Bridge Theatre
Tuesday 23rd October 2018
reviewVery very very feeble: Martin McDonagh’s latest is poorly written, self-plagiari…
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Allelujah!, Bridge Theatre
Thursday 19th July 2018
reviewAlan Bennett’s latest black comedy, his darkest yet, is about the privatisation …
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Monogamy, Park Theatre
Monday 11th June 2018
reviewNew comedy about a troubled celebrity chef occasionally sizzles, but leaves an u…
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Electra
Saturday 10th March 2018
blogText of the day: “The Gods don’t belong to the battlefield — they don’t do mud.”
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