James Price's theatre history

Didn't know what to expect from this show but so glad we went to see it. Camp, theatrical and a real love letter to Madge's father, who clearly played a huge role in helping Rob become who he is today. The recorded footage and supporting characters from Rob's family are as much…More

Great show! Went to see the WIP at the pleasance before their edinbugh run and it's roughly the same still - just a lot more rounded, bigger budget, funnier and with an ending! Some incredible moments in there. Slimothy has got to be one of the favourites. You can see these three…More

Very powerful and moving. Second half much better than the first. Not the best piece of narrative storytelling I've ever seen and feels like it gets through on emotion and ardent singing more than a well rounded and satisfying story. Some incredible singers on stage though with…More

So good. Particularly the dinner scene. @david fynn as beetjuice and @hannah nordberg as lydia were both brilliant bringing so much energy and incredible vocals to their roles, respectively. The only thing that slightly lets it down is pacing and a couple of slightly forgettable…More

Applauded byIan Mairs

Absolutely brutal. As difficult a watch as I've had in the theatre but in a sort-of-good way. The blood, needles, nudity, senseless violence were appalling to see and very visceral and real but something about their movement and watching it all happening in the just over 90…More

Incredible feat of theatre. The acting, set design, costume, script, direction - all brilliant. It's a brutal watch but surprisingly funny in many places for a completely tense and captivating tragedy. Shame see the theatre with so many empty seats on a show that had a full…More

Applauded byCarrie Price-Hill

I loved the acting and the staging. We sat on stage and the revolve was a brilliant concept, bringing so much life to what can be quite a wordy play. I loved its ideas about head and heart, science and poetry, and whether either is more important or whether life is just life…More

A really good premise and a well-constructed play, but this production just wasn't for me. I found both male performances broad and unconvincing, with frantic energy and volume often standing in for something more believable. It also felt stiflingly middle class, right down to an…More

The music is still great and the performances were very good, but this time it felt too long and didn't have quite the energy I remembered from my first visit. There are brilliant sequences, particularly songs like Wait for It, where the music and staging come together…More

A playful take on Sense and Sensibility, following two feuding actors who are forced to perform the whole story themselves after the rest of their cast disappears. I didn't know the story, so I think I missed some of the in-jokes. Lots of character-switching, chaos and comedy…More

The characterisations were brilliant. Some of the songs were a bit strange, but others were genuinely moving. The story is silly, playful and just great fun. The cast were brand new and you could sense a little nervousness, but they were all excellent. Such a good premise and a…More

A brilliant premise that somehow became a dull evening. The idea of weaving magic into the set changes and transitions was clever and occasionally came close to working, but overall the production felt clunky and underwritten. Too many moments seemed to get lost rather than…More

Such a clever idea for a children's show: every child brings a toy with them and those toys are incorporated into the performance. Some of the ideas were brilliant, and the performances and live music were particularly good. Despite a quite complex story, the kids loved it and…More

I'd forgotten quite a lot since seeing it the first time, so it was fun rediscovering it. The singing and music were brilliant, although the chandelier wasn't quite as impressive as I remembered from seeing it from the stalls the first time around. Some of the staging now feels a…More

Applauded byBethan Clancy

The puppetry was really impressive, especially the three different scales used for the BFG and the humans, and some of the performances were excellent. There were very funny moments with the two army generals, and the Queen was great. The story itself felt too disjointed, though…More

Absolutely brilliant. Every performance felt completely on point, and the whole thing worked as a true ensemble piece. The recording-studio setting made it wonderfully claustrophobic, while the story captured the sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll atmosphere of a band starting to…More

Nicola Walker was very good, but I found the script quite disjointed and never really understood what the whole thing was trying to say. There were interesting moments and performances, but it didn’t quite come together for me and didn’t leave much of an impression afterwards.

The initial reveal was shocking and hilarious in equal measure and set the tone perfectly. From there, the whole thing just kept escalating into increasingly bizarre, disgusting and ridiculous territory. Garry Starr is an incredible physical performer, and the premise gives him…More

Good rather than great. The premise was strong and it delivered much of what you'd expect from Inside No. 9: strange characters, dark ideas and some very funny moments. Our guest appearance from Jimmy Tarbuck rather derailed things, though. Some of the audience clearly loved…More