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LIVR: A new perspective on theatre.
Over the years I've seen many fantastic plays. But what happens to them when the curtain falls? In a best case scenario, they might get a regional tour or the occasional revival, but eventually they...
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Review: 'The Institute of Nuts' at the Matchstick Piehouse Theatre, 9th April...
Reviewed by David JamesFuck ass-grabbers, service-staff abusers, catcallers, post-pub brawlers, knife-wielding teens, gambling traders, internet CHUDS, braying homophobes and... well, sadly this list...
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Review: 'Funeral Flowers' at The Bunker, 30th April 2019
Reviewed by David JamesRating: Flowers can feel like the 'default' gift: the object we choose to communicate emotions that cannot be easily summarised. Writer/star Emma Dennis-Edwards'Funeral Flowers...
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Review: 'Neck or Nothing' at The Pleasance, 1st May 2019
Reviewed by David JamesRating: Who would have thought a play about an eccentric inventor constructing a bear-proof suit would be so depressing? Fledgling Theatre's Neck or Nothing (co-written and...
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Review: 'Don't Look Away' at The Pleasance, 8th May 2019
Reviewed by David JamesRating: The consensus is in: everything is terrible. The headlines on any given day talk of environmental catastrophe, political paralysis, the rise of the far right and...
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Review: 'Fuck You Pay Me' at The Bunker Theatre, 9th May 2019
Reviewed by David JamesRating: Fuck You Pay Me can quite easily be summarised with the placards held aloft at the end of the show: "NO SHAME" and "SEX WORK IS REAL WORK". The two (entirely correct)...
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Review: 'Rejoicing At Her Wondrous Vulva the Young Woman Applauded Herself'...
Reviewed by David JamesRating: Who could resist a title like Rejoicing At Her Wondrous Vulva the Young Woman Applauded Herself? Written by Bella Heesom (and performed by her and Sara Alexander) the...
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Review: 'Little Death Club' at Underbelly Festival, 15th May 2019
Reviewed by David JamesRating: Sometimes all you need is fire, sex and alcohol. Bernie Dieter's Little Death Club provides all three in the form of a slick, stylish, satirical and salaciously wonderful...
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Review: 'Witt 'n Camp' at the Soho Theatre, 16th May 2019
Reviewed by David JamesRating: Quarter past ten at night turns out to be a very good slot for a Soho comedy/cabaret show. The tourists have scuttled back to their hotels, the clubs are yet to kick into...
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Review: 'User Not Found' at The CoffeeWorks Project, 21st May 2019
User Not Found reviewed by David JamesRating: If I had realised in advance what User Not Found was about I probably wouldn't have gone. The show, written by Chris Goode and performed by Terry...
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Review: 'Kill Climate Deniers' at the Pleasance, 11th June 2019
Kill Climate Deniers reviewed by David JamesRating: A good title can go a long way - and Kill Climate Deniers is an absolute banger. Never underestimate the power of a pithy slogan, especially not one...
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Review: 'To Drone In The Rain' at the Tristan Bates Theatre, 12th June 2019
To Drone In The Rain reviewed by David JamesRating: She's there for me last thing at night and first thing in the morning. Throughout the day she's got my back, and ensures there's never a dull moment....
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Review: 'It Rains Diamonds On Jupiter' at the Drayton Arms Theatre, 22nd June...
Reviewed by David JamesRating: It's true you know. About the diamonds anyway. Atmospheric data for Jupiter indicates that lightning storms in the Jovian atmosphere turn methane into soot. Said soot...
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Review: 'Me And My Whale' at The Vaults, 22nd June 2019
Reviewed by David JamesRating: We are currently living through the Holocene extinction event - the sixth and most dramatic mass extinction that has ever taken place on Earth. Previous mass extinctions,...
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Review: 'Tiger Under the Skin' at the Gielgud Theatre, RADA, 26th June 2019
Reviewed by David JamesRating: Panic attacks suck. The common experience is an overwhelming feeling of doom and fear, that all but immobilises you. Sufferers think they're having a heart attack, or...
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Review: 'Dark Sublime' at Trafalgar Studios, 27th June 2019
Reviewed by David JamesRating: The late 1970s and early 1980s were a golden age for British TV science fiction. Tom Baker was deep into his tenure on Doctor Who, while shows like Quatermass, Blake's 7...
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Review: 'Shadows' at the Tristan Bates Theatre, 2nd July 2019
Reviewed by David JamesRating: Unrequited love is slow-burning torture. Whether because of circumstances, sexual preference or simply a lack of social awkwardness - a person can end up spending hours...
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'IT IS IS IT' by Silvia Ziranek, One Canada Square
The first time I saw Silvia Ziranek perform was in front of a garage behind some flats in Bethnal Green. She was clearly a cut above the rest: my conclusion was that she was brilliant and that "It's a...
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Review: '80 Days - A Real World Adventure' at Underbelly Festival, 18th July...
Reviewed by David JamesRating: Over the years I've experienced Jules Vernes' classic Around the World In Eighty Days in a variety of forms. I've seen it told with Fogg as an anthropomorphic lion, as a...
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Review: 'River in the Sky' at The Hope Theatre, 8th August 2019
Reviewed by David JamesRating: Dealing with grief is like preparing a house for a tornado. You're scurrying around, boarding up the doors and windows of your mind to create a safe haven where the...
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