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The Olive Boy review – a teenager’s love letter to mothers everywhere

Ollie Maddigan’s open-hearted solo show about a motherless 15-year-old is full of crude comedy and swaggering confidence – until it exposes the grief underneath and becomes a sweet, emotional tearjerker

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25

Brixton Calling at Southwark Playhouse Borough review: a great London story, told with brio

3/5 This story of how the Brixton Academy was built has infectious charm and cocksure swagger

Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2025

The Frogs at Southwark Playhouse review: bursting with unfulfilled promise

3/5 Stephen Sondheim’s weirdest show gets its moment in the spotlight

Evening Standard · May 28, 2025

Here review – creepy and captivating kitchen-sink gothic

Clive Judd’s Papatango-winning play about a West Midlands family haunted by the past is unorthodox and invigorating

The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2022

Noor at Southwark Playhouse review: the real Noor deserves better

The dialogue in this misjudged play is full of melodrama and bathos, the acting mostly poor

Evening Standard · Nov 9, 2022

The Lesson review – Ionesco’s sinister comedy still shocks

Southwark Playhouse, LondonIt can feel exasperating at times but this well-performed 1951 drama offers a smart balance of discomfort and laughs

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2022

Anyone Can Whistle review – Sondheim flop gets a blazing revival

This 1964 curiosity – whose original production closed on Broadway after nine performances – finds brilliant new contexts for its absurdist story

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2022