Theatre reviews

Name of the Game

Paul Ricketts and Steve Gribbin

Comedian Theatre Company

PBH's Edinburgh Virtual Fringe 2022

6–28 August 2022

The Anorak

Adam Kelly Morton.

No Frills Theatre Company

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall

3–13 August 2022

Rita

Music by Gaetano Donizetti with libretto by Gustave Vaez

Charing Cross Theatre Productions

Charing Cross Theatre

7–20 August 2022

Splinters

Judy Seal

Dolphin Youth Theatre

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall

8–13 August 2022

Josias Dos Moleele, as Langston Hughes and Anele Nene as Bloke Modisane

Bloke and His American Bantu

Siphiwo Mahala

Assembly George Square Studios

3–14 August 2022

The War of the Worlds

Based on the novel by H G Wells

Grist to the Mill

Gilded Balloon Teviot

4–29 August 2022

Butchered

Expial Atrocious

Greenside @ Nicolson Square

8–12 August 2022

Freddie Hayes: Potatohead

Freddie Hayes in association with Pleasance and York Theatre Royal

Pleasance Courtyard

3–29 August 2022

David Osmond (Dan) and Karen Henson (Mrs Bramson)

Night Must Fall

Emlyn Williams

Tabs Productions and Theatre Royal Nottingham

Theatre Royal, Nottingham

9–13 August 2022

The Gods, The Gods, The Gods

Alex Wright and Phil Grainger

Wright & Grainger in association with Hartstone-Kitney Productions (HKP)

Assembly Rooms

6–27 August 2022

The Osmonds: A New Musical

Story by Jay Osmond, book by Julian Bigg and Shaun Kerrison, additional mater...

Royo Twins Entertainment , Vicky Nojesproduction, Krall Entertainment, Aria Entertainment and Guy James Theatrical

Palace Theatre, Manchester

9–13 August 2022

Manbo

Sam Dugmore

Gilded Balloon Teviot

6–29 August 2022

The Beatles Were a Boyband

Rachel O'Regan

F-Bomb Theatre

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose

6–12 August 2022

Dreams of the Small Gods

Zinnia Oberski

Summerhall

6–28 August 2022

Paisley Reid as Pip and Alex Nowak as Stig

Stig of the Dump

Clive King, adapted by Jessica Swale

Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre

Grosvenor Park, Chester

1 July–29 August 2022

Finding Magic

Beverley Bishop

C ARTS | C venues | C digital

5–31 August 2022

Project Dictator

Julian Spooner and Matt Wells

Rhum + Clay

Pleasance Courtyard

6–27 August 2022

Wolf Song: Journey to Valhalla

Livewire Theatre

Paradise at Augustines

6–12 August 2022

Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

AHSTF presents Leysin American School

theSpace @ Venue45

6–9 August 2022

Angel

Henry Naylor

Torch Theatre Company