It was a pleasure to chat to Kiki Ye from Ensemble Not Found and to write about querness, liminality and screens ✍️🏼

.zahid fayyaz reviews Randy Roberts at Crazy Coqs: old-fashioned drag, contemporary music and a polished performance make this a fabulously entertaining show theplaysthethinguk.com/2023/09/18/ran…

.Diana M reviews The Importance of Being Earnest at Chelsea Theatre: this excellent recreation of the classic critique of Victorian England's upper classes is made more nuanced and inclusive by casting visably disabled performers theplaysthethinguk.com/2023/09/28/the…

.zahid fayyaz reviews Ben Target: Lorenzo at Soho Theatre: tuis surprising solo show on caring and family doesn’t hold back from intense emotions and difficult subjects theplaysthethinguk.com/2023/09/29/ben…

.zahid fayyaz reviews Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello: The Body Show at Soho Theatre: in a post-apocalyptic world, Thompson and Ello try to work out how they fit in, in a funny and moving multimedia exploration of bodies theplaysthethinguk.com/2023/10/02/fra…

Michaela Clement-Hayes reviews The Ocean at the End of the Lane at the Noel Coward Theatre: creepy and magical, this adaptation has pitch-perfect performances and great design theplaysthethinguk.com/2023/10/16/the…

Review by zahid fayyaz: Boy Parts at Soho Theatre is a thrilling adaptation of the popular novel theplaysthethinguk.com/2023/10/31/boy…

.Diana M reviews FLIP! at Soho Theatre: this witty satire about social media, influencer culture and AI fizzes with great staging and performances theplaysthethinguk.com/2023/11/14/fli…

review: Night Shift at Stanley Arts has sharp, political teeth, and is a great example of inclusive ensemble performance, but could do with a bit of polishing theplaysthethinguk.com/2023/11/20/nig…

.zahid fayyaz reviews Cassie Workman: Aberdeen at Soho Theatre: this spoken word, solo show travels back in time to Kurt Cobain’s Seattle and connects it to the more recent Aberdeen theplaysthethinguk.com/2023/12/08/cas…

Latest review by zahid fayyaz: Ginger Johnson’s Christmas residency at Soho Theatre, Ginger Johnson: Ginger All the Way, is a high-calibre festive treat theplaysthethinguk.com/2023/12/19/gin…

Euan Vincent reviews Kin at Mime Fest/National Theatre: this deftly staged story of a refugee stokes empathy emphasises that we are all human, no matter where we were born and where we go theplaysthethinguk.com/2024/01/18/kin…

Review: Cowbois at The Royal Court is an ambitious new plays that gloriously queers the Wild West and dramatic form, but issues underpinning a couple of the primary themes aren’t fully explored theplaysthethinguk.com/2024/01/23/cow…

‘Despite the problematic aspects of the script, the performances & Charlie Josephine’s overall aspirations for the play mean there’s still a lot to like.’ @shakespeareanLK reviews #Cowbois at London’s Royal Court Theatre The Play's the Thing UK #RT. buff.ly/3Sx4csp

Last Rites at Shoreditch Town Hall/Mime Fest and touring exquisitely balances movement, BSL, and creative caption to depict a complex story of grief and family theplaysthethinguk.com/2024/02/02/las…

Review: Journey of a Refugee at Stanley Arts is a clever, hopeful promenade show skilfully using dance and puppetry to tell Zain’s story of arriving in the UK from Sudan theplaysthethinguk.com/2024/02/12/jou…

Review by Maria Majewska: Cold War at the Almeida is an offensive display of cultural erasure of Polish culture and identity theplaysthethinguk.com/2024/02/12/col…

‘The character-driven play is superbly performed by Julia Pilkington & Georgia Vyvyan.’ @shakespeareanLK thinks the queer coming-of-age/self-discovery plot of Cowboys & Lesbians at the Park Theatre brims with warmth The Play's the Thing UK #RT. buff.ly/3UYgxaH

.zahid fayyaz reviews Marry Me a Little at the brand new, Stage Door Theatre in Covent Garden: the two-hander revue of Sondheim songs uses an effective concept and is performed by fantastic actors theplaysthethinguk.com/2024/03/06/mar…