Well-meaning canine comedy goes astray Dog Mom, which comes to London after running in the U.S. plugs into the contemporary trend for dog ‘humanisation’, emotional rescue and where ‘fur babies’ become an alternative to the human version. So no surprise in seeing human actors playing dogs in this comedy from writer Tate Hanyok. Sarita (Vinita […]
Some Woman – Dorfman National Theatre
Some play – Anne-Marie Duff triumphs as a woman of resistance Some Woman starts with Julie (Anne- Marie Duff) coming into a normal suburban kitchen. She leans against the table clearly in some pain, emotional pain but her reflex is still to clear away the morning’s dishes. Something has happened – an incident at the […]
Blood of my Blood – Royal Court Theatre
Antebellum ancestor drama powerfully evokes the complications of legacy At the opening of Blood of my Blood, Talulah (Jodie Campbell) sings ‘You got a right to the tree of life’. She is a young Black British woman who has come to South Carolina to conjure her ancestor. The set, upstairs at the Royal Court, consists […]
Table 17 – Kiln Theatre
A sassy, date-night rom-com, but does it have the bite? Table 17 comes to London after successful runs in New York and L.A. It is now served up to UK audiences at the Kiln Theatre, which is transformed via a versatile set into Bianca’s restaurant, the centrepiece of which is the eponymous Table 17. Before […]