Latest review for Γ: Iβve got a soft spot for Fiddler, and this tour of the Regentβs Park Open Air Theatre production absolutely smashed it.
11.09.2025 00:23 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0@rcmahar.bsky.social
Theatre criticism & thoughts at speakthespeech.blog / speakthespeech.bsky.social . Also writing at @alledintheatre.bsky.social. Actor, fight & intimacy director, lighting designer, Shakespearean, scholar, teacher, writer, runner, lifter, loon. she/her.
Latest review for Γ: Iβve got a soft spot for Fiddler, and this tour of the Regentβs Park Open Air Theatre production absolutely smashed it.
11.09.2025 00:23 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0EdFringe review for @alledintheatre.bsky.social: βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ ROCK OF AGES from @bareproductions.bsky.social is a smash hit, bringing a radically human approach to this classic jukebox musical. Read the full review here: www.alledinburghtheatre.com/rock-of-ages...
03.08.2025 16:52 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0@edfringe.bsky.social is upon us, and Iβll be there every day reviewing some of the most exciting shows the festival has to offer! My diaryβs filling up, but Iβve still got some space left, especially the 10-25th. Comment below if youβre bringing a show youβd like me to review! #edfringereviewer
30.07.2025 14:11 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Latest review for Γ: a darkly gilded retelling of the Midas myth.
09.07.2025 18:20 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Latest review for Γ: THE GREAT GATSBY at @pitlochryft.bsky.social is a transcendent adaptation of Fitzgeraldβs classic novel.
03.07.2025 19:36 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Two days and three shows at @pitlochryft.bsky.social in a whirlwind jaunt north. Stay tuned for the reviews, coming soon on @alledintheatre.bsky.social!
03.07.2025 13:25 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm on assignment for @alledintheatre.bsky.social in Pitlochry today and tomorrow, reviewing at @pitlochryft.bsky.social! This is my first time in beautiful Pitlochry and I canβt wait to see what the Festival Theatre has in store.
02.07.2025 12:06 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Latest review for Γ!
27.06.2025 21:22 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0I have, not for the first time, stayed up irresponsibly late reading one of @maryrussell.bsky.socialβs memoirs on the day it arrived. I do hope that this is one of my habits, along with being thrown out of libraries at closing time, of which Miss Russell might approve.
21.06.2025 21:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0REVIEW: @rawmaterialarts.bsky.social LEAR is ββ
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Β½ β Electric; a bold new staging of Katori Hallβs brilliant, unvarnished speculative exploration of the final hours of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.βs life.
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Latest review for Γ: I adored this new adaptation of The Merry Widow! An absolute smash on every front.
01.06.2025 21:41 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Latest review for Γ: @fbombtheatre.bsky.socialβs Monumental is an exciting piece of work addressing an important gap in public art and commemoration.
23.05.2025 17:51 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Latest review for Γ: this play has a special place in my heart, and I was delighted with Arkleβs rendition of Tom Basdenβs pointedly up-to-date adaptation.
16.05.2025 21:24 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0"AI" uses em-dashes because the writers whose (appropriated) work it's trained on use them. I use them a lot, personally, and of course just about everything I've ever written was chucked into the training bin without my consent or assent. So, you know, whenever you see an "AI" em-dash, think of me.
15.05.2025 23:52 β π 1625 π 240 π¬ 69 π 24Latest review for Γ: Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe is an absolutely outstanding version of a much-love, much-adapted story. βWhen There Was Springβ will be in my head for weeks!
15.05.2025 10:24 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Latest review for Γ: I wanted to like this Dracula, but it had both too much and too little going on to be successful.
14.05.2025 09:06 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Latest review for Γ! I loved this production of The Crucible from Scottish Ballet and visionary choreographer Helen Pickett.
03.05.2025 13:02 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Latest review for Γ: a lovely rendition of Incognito, with stellar work by cast & crew.
01.05.2025 10:13 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Had the opportunity to see this new work from @notsoniceuk.bsky.social, a strong effort on a compelling subject.
27.04.2025 12:17 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Latest review for Γ: This P&P was a hoot, be sure to catch it on the UK & Ireland tour if you can!
23.04.2025 20:28 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Just sent mine in ππ»
28.03.2025 05:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Latest review for Γ: DEATH OF A SALESMAN endures for a reason, and is navigated well by this production, despite a few flaws.
21.03.2025 16:06 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0REVIEW: Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Company - βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ - βrelentlessβ¦a shattering RSC debut from Thallonβ
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REVIEW: Our @rcmahar.bsky.social was at CHEF from @thegaiety.bsky.social Ayr, at the @traversetheatre.bsky.social
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15.03.2025 22:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Hi there! Could you please add me, and also @speakthespeech.bsky.social ? Thank you!
15.03.2025 18:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Iβm so grateful for the support of @alledintheatre.bsky.social as I launch this new venture- and donβt worry, Iβm still reviewing there as well!
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REVIEW: Here's @rcmahar.bsky.social on the Bohemians PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT at the Festival Theatre.
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Long live the Queen" she says, of a production that is "an explosion of glitter whose sparkle will remain long after the show has closed."