
Justin Murray


Review: SPARKS at HighTide Theatre, Walthamstow
By Justin Murray Monday, October 1 2018, 13:13
Sparks follows a woman who’s not played by one person, but two; one of whom (Jessica Butcher) speaks in words, the other (Anoushka Lucas) in music and song, aided by her keyboard.


Review: THOR AND LOKI at HighTide Theatre, Walthamstow
By Justin Murray Saturday, September 29 2018, 07:57
Harry Blake, writer-director-thunder-god of Thor and Loki, had better hope that the Asgardians aren’t looking down the Bifrost at the parodic antics of this production. Or perhaps not?


Review: THE PRISONER at the National Theatre
By Justin Murray Wednesday, September 19 2018, 18:36
Who is The Prisoner, Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne’s latest show, for? What effect is it trying to have on those people?
Hervé Goffings and Kalieaswari Srinivasan in The Prisoner. Photo by Ryan Buchanan


Review: STICK OR WIZARD at the Wandsworth Fringe
By Justin Murray Friday, May 11 2018, 15:48
Stick Or Wizard is a nutty, collective adventure through the mind of Gaulier-trained clown Oli Weatherly. Owing in part to the practical difficulties of creating marketing copy for a show before one has a show, the title is (spoilers) something of a misnomer.


Review: PÉRICLÈS, PRINCE DE TYR by CHEEK BY JOWL at The Barbican
By Justin Murray Tuesday, April 17 2018, 09:43
So, it’s Pericles. That Shakespeare play you, erm, know and love. In… French? With a frame narrative which places the action of the Shakespeare play entirely in a different character’s head? Sure, I guess…
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