Hannah Goldswain

Impressive and Charming: Breaking the Code Review ★★★★ It was not only his work on breaking the enigma code that made Alan Turing a household name, but unj […]

Entrancing: Lost Atoms Review ★★★★ The set of Lost Atoms is impassive in its towering stacks of drawers that stand at the back of the sta […]

Utterly Charming: Dancing at Lughnasa Review ★★★★ In a kitchen, in Ballybeg, Ireland, in 1936, five sisters are dancing. Heads thrown back, arms flailin […]

Unstoppable Theatre: Aether Review ★★★★★ Aether immediately asks you to suspend disbelief. It asks you—just for one second—to expand your m […]

Powerful Theatre: Managed Approach Review ★★★★ Managed Approach begins with the news reels. Leeds, 2014, Holbeck—a new red light district being tri […]

Pulling No Punches: When We Were Young Review ★★★★ Lyrics singing of a sunny Glasgow play the audience into the Space on the Mile at the Edinburgh Festiva […]

Charming And Flirty: Sauna Boy Review ★★★ If gay saunas aren’t on your radar, then listen up, and listen up carefully. If you’re in the know, the […]

Pure Female Rage: I'm Not Saying We Should, But What If We Did? Review ★★★★ Think radical. Think promises you can keep. Think two female politicians interviewed on their policie […]

Captivating: The Last Bantam Review ★★★★ “There is a German sniper over there.” Michael Hughes points behind you, the audience, and under t […]

Chilling: Picnic at Hanging Rock Review ★★★★ Picnic at Hanging Rock passes like some sort of fever dream. Beth Frances directs a fast-paced, halluci […]

Utter Brilliance: 'The Walrus Has a Right to Adventure' Review ★★★★★ There is a walrus on a boat, a bear on the trails in Colorado and a stag in the Halewood Tesco. Wh […]

Gripping Physical Theatre: 'Inside Giovanni's Room' Review ★★★★ The stage is an empty concrete shell. In the centre sits a room that the audience have a full view in […]

Riotous: 'North by Northwest' Review ★★★★ Never has the cold war seen such frivolity. It’s 1959, America, the net is closing in post-war, […]

A Chilling Thriller: The Girl on the Train Review ★★★★ If you can’t trust yourself then who can you trust? With alcohol addled memories, Rachel Watson (L […]

Simmering Family Drama: Takeaway Review ★★★ “It was just an accident,” Chef (Wayne Rollins) declares after a brick is thrown through the takea […]

A Striking Adaptation: 'The Merchant of Venice 1936' Review ★★★★ A scene of careless destruction—overturned tables, chairs askew, belongings scattered—is carefully r […]

Riotous: 'Spend Spend Spend' Review ★★★★ What would you do if you won £4 million out of nowhere? Famously, Viv Nicholson proclaimed that she […]

Unadulterated Madness: 'The Lieutenant of Inishmore' Review ★★★★ Well, feck. Writer Martin McDonagh isn’t pulling any punches—or gun shots—in this whirlwind of […]

Brimming With Hope: 'Tell Me How It Ends' Review ★★★★ ‘Can you not spoil it this time!’ It’s the late 1980s when serial book-spoiler Aster (Emmy Stonela […]

Creative And Ambitious: 'The Legend of Ned Ludd' Review ★★★ There is something to be said for watching a performance about work, out of work hours. It could feel […]