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Review: Shaniqua Benjamin / Love Warrior
A darkened room with a figure tied to a chair – are we ready for Shaniqua Benjamin’s warmly delivered monologue? We hear ’I love you’ but...
Donna Bonner
Nov 23, 20231 min read
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Review: Sh!t Theatre / Or What's Left of Us
Rebecca and Louise, the duo that makes up Sh!t Theatre, are walking around the audience with beaming smiles on their faces, asking people...
Olivia Pryle
Nov 23, 20231 min read
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Review: Abandoman / Future Fest
Party music plays and ravey visuals project onto a background screen as we wait for the show to start. Questions pop up on the screen-...
Ariana Groot
Nov 22, 20232 min read
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Review: Sh!t Theatre / Or What's Left of Us
Sh!t Theatre – or what’s left of them, as they tell us in the title of this work in progress - are in the audience when we enter. Two...
Georgina Periam
Nov 20, 20232 min read
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Review: Aaron Baksh / Made in Paradise / Legacy Youth Zone
One of the most inspiring aspects of the Croydonites programme is the showcasing of local artists and performers and tonight’s offering...
Helen Butlin
Nov 17, 20232 min read
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Review: SLiDE / Meridian High School & The Pappy Show
Meridian High School and The Pappy Show 'Show of Hope' The pupils from Meridian High School performed creative versions of playground...
Jo Bodley
Nov 15, 20232 min read
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Review: Hannah Maxwell / Nan, Me & Barbara Pravi
In 2021 Hannah watched Eurovision with her grandmother in her Luton living room and began developing a romantic obsession with the French...
Miriam Rudge
Nov 14, 20232 min read
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Review: Hannah Maxwell / Nan, Me & Barbara Pravi
A dining table, two gingham draped chairs and a microwave invite us into Hannah’s life at home in Luton, caring for her grandma. She...
Ariana Groot
Nov 14, 20232 min read
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Review: KH Del Rio Smith / DESCENT
KH compares the myth of Sumerian goddess Inanna’s descent into the underworld with their high school journey. They describe how one boy...
Miriam Rudge
Nov 14, 20231 min read
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Review: In Bed With My Brother / Trollied
The three performers make a memorable entrance with one zipped up in a bag rolling through the audience. They’re topless in blue shorts...
Olivia Pryle
Nov 14, 20232 min read
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Review: KH Del Rio Smith / DESCENT
KH del Rio Smith’s earnest D E S C E N T and Katie Hurley’s unapologetically brash You’re So F**king Croydon seem an unlikely...
Amber Ash
Nov 9, 20231 min read
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