About The Series
This section contains timely reviews of current theatre, film, television and exhibitions.
These pieces are written to orient readers in the moment. They respond to work as it is being encountered publicly, offering clear evaluation of how it functions, what it attempts, and how successfully it communicates with its audience. Reviews here are concise, time bound and grounded in the conditions of viewing.
This section sits alongside Rewind Revue and Features. Where Rewind Revue allows for distance and reflection, Reviews prioritise clarity, context and immediacy. Each mode serves a different purpose, and each is used deliberately.
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The Producers and the Danger of Laughing Too Quickly
in ReviewsWhat happens when a musical moves so fast that laughter arrives before meaning? The Producers at the Garrick Theatre is explosive, technically accomplished, and deeply unsettling, inviting its audience into complicity before leaving them to question what they were so ready to enjoy.
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Connection and Identity at the Painted Hall
in ReviewsInstalled inside the Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College, Connection and Identity promises a transformative encounter between heritage and contemporary art. In practice, Peter Walker’s exhibition struggles to compete with the scale and intensity of its setting.
Colin Cushion 