Off West End Reviews

Saria Callas is a new multimedia play about aspiring to be a singer while growing up in a place where it is forbidden for women to sing. Saria's already a bottle of red in, reminiscing about her experiences of childhood to womanhood. We revisit Tehran, the school bus parties, the wannabe prayer-caller and the secret w**ks at the all-girls' school. Now Saria stands at a crossroads with her child. How does a woman who has experienced firsthand repression of her body and voice r

Smart, chaotic, and wildly funny – Natalie Palamides delivers a fearless show full of clever gags, slapstick, and surprising twists. With bold direction, a witty script, and a tour-de-force performance, it’s equal parts mayhem and brilliance. Not every joke lands, and some moments get a bit messy, but when it hits, it really hits. ⚠️ Expect crude humour, partial nudity, and a whole lot of character-swapping madness.

Paper Swans draws on absurdist theatre, visual symbolism and the playwright's personal experience as a woman from a post-Soviet country coming to the UK. A one act play set in a closed park at night. A security guard finds a young woman in a ballet dress sitting on a bench making paper swans. As he tries to find out what she is doing and why, he locks them in a continuous never-ending loop of having to encounter each other again and again. However, each time they meet, there

A delightfully offbeat blend of physical theatre, puppetry & pathos — A Brief Case of Crazy is “a brilliantly told story” with standout choreography & real emotional depth.