Miriam Gibson
07 Nov
Reviews 
Review: THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE at the Duke of York's Theatre
By Miriam Gibson Sunday, November 7 2021, 09:21
Memory, family, reality, storytelling, grief, magic, language- there's plenty of themes in Joel Horwood's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's 2013 novel. The Ocean At The End Of The Lane opens at Duke of York's Theatre after its 2019 debut at the National.
15 Oct
Reviews
Review: THE SHARK IS BROKEN at the Ambassadors Theatre
By Miriam Gibson Friday, October 15 2021, 07:12
When Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon’s play premiered in Edinburgh in 2019, the concept- three people stuck for weeks in a confined space, gnawing on each other’s nerves, battling boredom, and gradually losing their marbles- probably had less resonance than it does now.
05 Feb
Reviews
Review: KUNENE AND THE KING at The Ambassadors Theatre
By Miriam Gibson Wednesday, February 5 2020, 07:35
In contemporary South Africa, Jack Morris is an aging alcoholic actor, recently diagnosed with liver cancer. He's dying, but determined to stay alive long enough to star in King Lear. Lunga Kunene is the professional nurse sent to care for him. Jack is white. Kunene is black.
John Kani as Lunga Kunene and Antony Sher as Jack Morris in Kunene and the King. Photo by Ellie Kurttz. © RSC
26 Nov
Reviews
Second Look: & JULIET at The Shaftesbury Theatre
By Miriam Gibson Tuesday, November 26 2019, 08:55
An alternative ending to Shakespeare's tragedy is just the start for this brash, silly pop musical. Like many jukebox musicals, your enjoyment of shallow, bombastic and camp & Juliet depends on how willing you are to switch your brain off and go along with a paper-thin plot and shoehorned-in songs.
21 Oct
Reviews
Review: THE GIRL WHO FELL at Trafalgar Studios
By Miriam Gibson Monday, October 21 2019, 10:11
"My friends would think it was less weird if I'd run off to Syria to join ISIS", sighs 15-year-old Billie, explaining her decision to quit social media. Instead, Billie is obsessed with an app which supplies her with facts and quotes, which she's fond of reciting to those around her.
« previous articles - page 5 of 6 - next articles »