The After Dinner Joke

The After Dinner Joke

★ ★ ★ Caryl Churchill’s 1978 television play about the politics of charity, told through dozens and dozens of snapshot scenes, seems a fitting choice for a new stage adaptation.…
Playing God

Playing God

★ ★ ★ ★ Meg Pickup’s true life account of disastrous dating and poor family relations is delivered with such theatrical precision that it puts our big commercial theatre companies…
Ian Lynam: Autistic License

Ian Lynam: Autistic License

★ ★ ★ Autistic Licence is truly a one-man-show, with Lynam operating sound whilst making us laugh. The framing device of Lynam talking directly to his anxiety was brilliant and…
Talking with Shaun Fallows

Talking with Shaun Fallows

Wigan’s poet at large, Shaun Fallows has completed a short run of poetry shows at The Edinburgh Fringe, and whilst he found bringing his work to a new audience positive,…
The Glass Imaginary

The Glass Imaginary

★ ★ ★ Improvisation is a medium which is so often confined to comedy, possibly because it's easier to come up with quick jokes based on anything rather than a…
Cerys Bradley: Sportsperson

Cerys Bradley: Sportsperson

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ AUTISM! - We want to explicitly state that Cerys Bradley’s show is constructed through the lens of being autistic. How can it not be, the…
Joe Wells: I Am Autistic

Joe Wells: I Am Autistic

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Joe Wells is the comedian best known for his viral video about his severely unautistic brother (who may actually be his sister). Some people may…