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Theatre Reviews
Alongside pursuing my own artistic interests, I love writing about other people's art! Here are some of my latest theatre reviews. If you'd like me to write about your upcoming show or arts project,
please send me a note on gauravnijjer@gmail.com
Feb 9, 20231 min read
Review of 'Is Anybody Home?' by Gob Squad Collective at Volksbuehne Rosa-Luxembourg Platz
A new work by performance collective Gob Squad featuring an onstage performance alongside a live-stream feed from the streets of Berlin.
Dec 4, 20213 min read
Review of 'Red Riding Hood' at Theatre Royal Stratford East
Brings climate change, self-expression and other important themes for young audiences whilst maintaining the charm of the original story.
Dec 2, 20213 min read
Review of 'Measure for Measure' at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
A wonderful reading of the Bard’s lesser-known play, where we glimpse at the incongruity between structures of power, morality and freedom.
Nov 25, 20212 min read
Review of 'Jazz Meets Flamenco' at Sadler's Wells Theatre
An eclectic musical celebration of diverse cultural flavours that is a thoroughly entertaining experience.
Nov 25, 20213 min read
Review of 'Flinch' at The Pleasance Theatre
A well-crafted analysis of the many layers carried within modern-day relationships, and the clash between individual and shared identities.
Nov 24, 20213 min read
Review of 'While The Sun Shines' at the Orange Tree Theatre
A sharply-written farce about a lovers’ quarrel in the backdrop of the war, willing to risk it all in the name of honour, dignity and love.
Nov 20, 20213 min read
Review of 'Juliet & Romeo' at Chelsea Theatre
An exciting and urgent production that reimagines the feud between Montague and Capulet households in present-day London.
Nov 19, 20213 min read
Review of 'Le Petit Chaperon Rouge' at Coronet Theatre
A riveting production by Joël Pommerat that highlight's the the story's more salient themes of age, loneliness and fear.
Nov 18, 20212 min read
Review of 'Holier Than Thou' at the Canal Cafe Theatre
An attempt to find the funny in a larger commentary about faith and those who are entrusted with that responsibility in our communities.
Nov 10, 20212 min read
Review of 'The Seven Pomegranate Seeds' at Rose Theatre Kingston
A stellar reimagination of female characters from Euripedes’ plays in a contemporary setting.
Oct 29, 20213 min read
Review of 'Night, Mother' at Hampstead Theatre
An arresting presentation of a family’s darkest moment, with an understated portrayal of mental health and depression.
Oct 21, 20213 min read
Review of 'Chop Me Up or Let Me Go' at Hen & Chickens Theatre
A darkly funny take on what happens when two distinct personalities find themselves stuck together for an inordinate amount of time.
Oct 20, 20212 min read
Review of 'Flushed' at Park Theatre
A series of unfiltered conversations shared between cubicles that speak of sisterhood and survival.
Oct 20, 20212 min read
Review of 'Sold' at the Park Theatre
a deeply moving representation of one woman’s extraordinary struggle to overthrow a world order she was born into.
Oct 15, 20213 min read
Review of 'Screen 9' at the Pleasance Theatre
A nuanced, emotional commentary on gun violence in America through its focus on survivors and their words, unfiltered and unedited.
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