Posts by Sarah Birch
East is South, Hampstead Theatre, stage review: ‘Urgent and thought-provoking’
Beau Willimon’s play exploring the relationship between artficial and human intelligence is ‘gripping’
Read MoreGregg Bordowitz: There: a Feeling, Camden Art Centre, exhibition review: ‘Ill health as a springboard for metaphysical reflection’
Bordowitz has lived with HIV for three decades, and it informs his work with ‘intriguing results’
Read MorePerformers lavish praise on Camden People’s Theatre at 30th anniversary bash
Comedian Frankie Thompson said the Hampstead Road venue ‘invests in artists at the very start’
Read MoreHappy Days, Etcetera Theatre, stage review: ‘Pub theatre at its very best’
This 60-minute take on the Samuel Beckett play is ‘well adapted’ to Etcetera’s pub stage
Read MoreStories of Migration, SOAS Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Grand questions that haunt us all’
This multimedia display ‘transforms ethnographic research into accessible formats’
Read MoreA Lesson in Cruelty, Harriet Tyce, book review: ‘An action-packed and beguiling read’
The local author’s ‘meditation’ on crime and punishment is underpinned by a ‘rip-roaring story’
Read MoreWhere Water Lies, Hilary Tailor, book review: ‘The intimacy of the community on the Heath’
Hampstead’s famous Ladies Pond is the setting for a story about two ‘brusque’ women who connect through swimming
Read MoreThe Glassmaker, book review – ‘engaging, enchanting magical realism’
Different stages of Orsola’s life are situated in different centuries – from the 15th to the 21st
Read MoreMary Headlam: An Artist Rediscovered, Abbott and Holder Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Impressive command of draughtsmanship’
The ‘expressive flair’ of the artist, a child of the great age of British illustration, is on full display
Read MoreThe 80s: Photographing Britain, Tate Britain, exhibition review: ‘A big show with a big takeaway’
This mammoth photography collection showcases artists who found ‘new ways of imagining their local communities’
Read MorePicasso: printmaker, British Museum, exhibition review: ‘Worth the effort’
This collection of around 100 pieces show the master at his most versatile
Read MoreGoodbye Mr Coffee, Courtyard Theatre, Camden Fringe, stage review: ‘Delicately-written drama’
The first production from De Beauvoir’s Brian Voakes is ‘at once relective and humorous’
Read MoreConversion, The Lion & Unicorn Theatre, stage review: ‘Delightfully light-hearted take on weighty subjects’
This play continues Precarious Theatre’s reputation for ‘quirky yet thoughtful studies of socially relevant topics’
Read MoreCamden Fringe – Extreme [The New Norm]: ‘drama that has emerged far enough from the gloom’
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A series of satirical sketches based on the Covid emotional rollercoaster
Read MoreCamden Fringe: – A Theatre Show: the ‘doomed struggle to survive’
Will a daring heist allow a company of aspiring actors to stage their brilliant new play?
Read MoreBubbling at the Camden Fringe – review: ‘packed with echoes of Sartre and Beckett’
An experimental drama by Bodies for Rent
Read MoreDead Souls, Camden Fringe, stage review: ‘A ribald romp’
Leo Egger’s adaptation of a literary classic at Etcetera Theatre is ‘hugely entertaining’
Read MoreWhen Winston Went to the War with the Wireless, Donmar Warehouse, stage review: ‘Entertaining viewing’
Sam Thorne’s new play ‘probes at tension at the heart of the state broadcaster’
Read MoreFailure Studies, Camden Fringe, stage review: ‘Genuine insight and endearingly zany dialogue’
Marco Biasioli’s play ‘offers a quirky take on society’s equation of success with professional achievement’
Read More¿Rob or Rose?, Camden Fringe, stage review: ‘Bouncy dialogue and an ever-shifting narrative’
Henry Charnock’s hour-long play is ‘delectable’
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