The Theatre Reviewer

Step inside a museum where precious treasures are on display. But remember – strictly no touching! Dusk falls and the museum is getting ready to close but something is beginning to stir. Only a few visitors remain. These precious objects seem to call to them, yearning to be freed… Is this a heist happening in front of your eyes? Can it really be a heist when the objects are leading the way? Director Sue Buckmaster’s inventive staging keeps the audience captivated from start t

As Albatross prepares to soar across the UK on its national tour before landing at Omnibus Theatre, I caught up with writer and director Patrick Morris to discuss climate catastrophe, complicated family dynamics, and the emotional turbulence at the heart of this striking new drama. Rooted in extensive research with Antarctic scientists and wrapped in deeply human storytelling, Albatross asks timely questions about responsibility, sacrifice, and what we owe future generations.

Old friends face up to their future. Two boys climb out of the sea. And three thousand years ago, Telemachus is waiting. Across three short plays—telemachy; men of feeling; tights, no pants—OLDER explores love, sacrifice, and the impossible knot of growing up, asking; how do we live with the myths of our childhoods? And how do we reckon with what’s left? There is something undeniably ambitious about OLDER. Blending mythology, memory, grief and friendship across three intercon