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Reviews

Below, you will find all of my reviews, sorted by medium. Reviews listed without a publication were written for The Independent.

Theatre
 

Duck Pond review: This circus mash up of ‘Swan Lake’ and the ugly duckling is a seasonal treat (Time Out, December 2024)

Robin Hood and the Christmas Heist review: Chris Bush's show has an enjoyable political bite (Time Out, December 2024)

Why Am I So Single? review: A second hit from the Six the Musical geniuses (The i, September 2024)

The Years review: This Annie Ernaux adaptation is a unique, profoundly moving experience (The Independent, August 2024)

Fangirls review, Lyric Hammersmith: There's nothing else in London theatres like it (The i, July 2024)

My Father's Fable, Bush Theatre review: Rakie Ayola is superb (Time Out, June 2024)​

A View from the Bridge review: Dominic West’s spark is missing (The i, June 2024)​

Multiple Casualty Incident, The Yard Theatre (Time Out, May 2024)​

The Crown Jewels review: Royal comedy is lacklustre, but Al Murray and Mel Giedroyc still sparkle (July 2023)​

A Strange Loop review: A musical within a musical that you can never second guess (June 2023)​

August in England review: Lenny Henry’s Windrush play is punchy and poignant (May 2023)​

Retrograde review: Ryan Calais Cameron cements himself as one of theatre’s most thrilling voices (April 2023)​

Guys and Dolls review: You’ll struggle to find a classier revival (March 2023)​

The Great British Bake Off Musical review: Sweet songs and silly jokes, but the puns are overdone (March 2023)​

2:22 A Ghost Story review: Cheryl the actor has arrived – and she’s frightfully good (February 2023)​

Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol review: Tennessee-based Dickens retelling is heavy on the cheese (December 2022)​

I, Joan review: Funny, fierce non-binary Joan of Arc proves sceptics wrong (September 2022)​

My Fair Lady review: Amara Okereke shines as Eliza Doolittle in Bartlett Sher’s glossy musical (May 2022)​

Middle review: David Eldridge play explores the mundanity of married life (May 2022)​

Daddy review: Jeremy O Harris’s play is nothing short of a masterpiece (April 2022)​

Straight Line Crazy review: David Hare’s new historical drama is unsubtle and sluggish (March 2022)​

Cock review: Jonathan Bailey captivates as Taron Egerton’s sexually conflicted lover (March 2022)​

Red Pitch review: Tyrell Williams’s debut play celebrates friendship in the face of gentrification (February 2022)​

One-Woman Show review: Liz Kingsman skewers the ‘messy woman’ with deliciously disorienting defiance (January 2022)​

The Glow review: A bold supernatural epic that morphs into Doctor Who (January 2022)​

Fatal Attraction review: Kym Marsh holds together a confused production (January 2022)​

Operation Mincemeat review: A glittering Second World War musical that is funnier than Hamilton (January 2022)​

Best of Enemies review: Pushes the boundaries of what can be done on stage (December 2021)​

A Chorus Line review: Innovative in unexpected ways (December 2021)​

String v SPITTA review: A premise so ingenious it’s hard to believe it hasn’t been done before (December 2021)​

Rare Earth Mettle review: A bloated three hours of incoherence (November 2021)​

little scratch review: Katie Mitchell breathes life into Rebecca Watson’s experimental novel (November 2021)​

The Drifters Girl review: Beverley Knight shines within weakly scripted jukebox musical (November 2021)​

’Night, Mother review: Stockard Channing returns to the London stage in darkly comic drama (October 2021)​

Mum review: Morgan Lloyd Malcolm paints a devastating picture of perinatal depression (October 2021)​

Athena review, Yard Theatre: A witty, enthralling fencing comedy (October 2021)​

What If If Only review: Caryl Churchill explores grief and madness in 17 minutes (October 2021)​

curious review: Jasmine Lee-Jones searches for history and finds her voice (September 2021)​

Is God Is review: Bizarre, beautiful revenge tale is a technical triumph (September 2021)​

Cinderella review: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical is high-camp fun with a muddled message (August 2021)​

Shedding a Skin review: Amanda Wilkin is a sensation as a woman on the brink of a breakdown (June 2021)

Channel 5's The Castaways reminds us why Sheridan Smith is one of the greats (The i, January 2025)

Channel 4's new police drama Patience provides a punchy portrayal of autism (The i, January 2025)

Lockerbie is a crushing reminder of the worst terrorist attack in UK history (The i, January 2025)

Jack Whitehall doesn’t deserve a Christmas special (The i, December 2024)

Industry series 3 review: This is Kit Harington’s best performance yet (The i, October 2024)

Apples Never Fall is a cheap imitation of Big Little Lies (The i, September 2024)

Cooking with the Stars review: A flashy Celebrity MasterChef rip off (The i, July 2024)

Suspect series 2 review: A waste of Anne-Marie Duff’s talent (The i, July 2024)

Netflix's Exploding Kittens series is lost in translation (The AV Club, July 2024)

My Lady Jane review: This show tries annoyingly hard to be edgy (The AV Club, June 2024)​

Changing Ends review: Alan Carr’s sitcom deserves to be a hit (The i, April 2024)

Coma review: Jason Watkins is remarkable (The i, March 2024)

The Marlow Murder Club review: So stilted it felt like a murder mystery parody (The i, March 2024)​

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin review: After 25 years, Noel Fielding needs a new character (The i, March 2024)​

Things You Should Have Done review: Very stupid – and very funny (The i, February 2024)​

A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou review: Not as brilliantly silly as Stath (February 2023)​

Prince Andrew: The Musical review: A darkly fitting conclusion to a year of royals taking over TV (December 2022)​

Emily in Paris season 3 review: This cliché-riddled show isn’t as smart as it thinks (December 2022)​

The Flatshare review: This romcom won’t save the London rental market, but it might make you smile (December 2022)​

The Traitors review: Claudia Winkleman’s new deception game might not be very Christmassy, but it sure is fun (November 2022)​

The Horne Section TV Show review: Alex Horne’s magpie-ish meta comedy delight (November 2022)​

Love Island: There’s plenty of ickiness in the first episode of the new series (June 2022)​

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Versus The World review: Is Jimbo’s talent the weirdest Drag Race moment of all time? (February 2022)​

Toast of Tinseltown review: Matt Berry’s idiotic actor returns – and is just as weird as ever (January 2022)​

I’m a Celebrity 2021 review: It’s going to be a long three weeks (November 2021)​

Stath Lets Flats series 3 review: One of the funniest half-hours of TV in a long time (October 2021)​

This Way Up series two review: An even funnier, kinder and more heartbreaking return (July 2021)​

There She Goes series 2 review: Jessica Hynes continues to shine in unflinching disability comedy (July 2020)​

I May Destroy You review: An honest and unparalleled exploration of sexual assault and survival (June 2020)​

The Politician season 2 review: Ryan Murphy's political comedy heads to the big leagues (June 2020)​

Homecoming season 2 review: Amazon Prime drama fails to live up to past glories (May 2020)

TV

TV (Doctor Who)

Doctor Who drops its most consistent episode of the season so far (The AV Club, April 2025)

Doctor Who goes all Scooby-Doo in the meta 'Lux' (The AV Club, April 2025)

Doctor Who kicks off season 2 with lively dialogue and a reluctant queen (The AV Club, April 2025)

Doctor Who Finale Recap: Answers Through The Tears (The New York Times, June 2024)​

‘Doctor Who’ Episode 7 Recap: God of All Gods (The New York Times, June 2024)​

‘Doctor Who’ Episode 6 Recap: A Charming Rogue (The New York Times, June 2024)​

‘Doctor Who’ Episode 4 Recap: Now You See Her (The New York Times, May 2024)​

‘Doctor Who’ Episode 3 Recap: Scenes of Destruction (The New York Times, May 2024)​

‘Doctor Who’ Season Premiere Recap: Back in the Groove (The New York Times, May 2024)​

Doctor Who review, ‘The Power of the Doctor’: Jodie Whittaker deserved more for this end of an era (October 2022)​

Doctor Who review, ‘Legend of the Sea Devils’: Are the Doctor and Yaz finally on the cusp of their big romantic moment? (April 2022)​

Doctor Who review, ‘Eve of the Daleks’: Stripped back New Year’s special shows series at its most tender (January 2022)​

Doctor Who review, ‘The Vanquishers’: Series finale is more funny than terrifying as Jodie Whittaker fights for the universe (December 2021)​

Doctor Who review, ‘Once, Upon Time’: Even the most feared villains in the Whoniverse can’t save this meaningless mess (November 2021)​

Doctor Who review, ‘War of the Sontarans’: Too many threads are pulled at once in confusing episode 2 (November 2021)​

Doctor Who review, ‘The Halloween Apocalypse’: John Bishop is the shining light in a chaotic series 13 opener (October 2021)

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