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Catherine Love

Catherine Love writes about theatre for the Guardian

April 2025Abigail’s Party review – woozy, boozy Beverly throws her party from hell once againThis version of Mike Leigh’s classic brings out the boozy claustrophobia, while Kym Marsh as

Beverly and Tupele Dorgu as Susan brilliantly draw out the sadness of suburban dreams10 Apr 2025 12.10 CESTFebruary 2025All Blood Runs Red review – scattershot biopic of America’s first

black pilotMorgan Bailey’s one-man show explores the many lives of Eugene Bullard, but for all its cinematic flourishes, emerges as a frustratingly shadowy character study17 Feb 2025 12.36

CETJuly 2024Chariots of Fire review – breathless staging of classic Olympic dashThe perseverance of runners Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell is well conveyed with stage and auditorium

becoming training ground and racetrack12 Jul 2024 14.34 CEST…… commentsJune 2024Dramas in a crisis: England’s theatres commit to new plays at perilous time for artsIn an industry often

focused on young debut talent, companies are using creative methods to nurture playwrights of all ages and experiences12 Jun 2024 17.05 CEST…… commentsMay 202442 Balloons review – charming

musical about reaching for the skyJack Godfrey’s witty show is about a lovable dreamer who took flight in a garden chair attached to helium balloons3 May 2024 12.12 CEST…… commentsMarch

2024Jungle Book review – Kipling’s man-cub tale as you’ve never seen it beforeAvant garde director Robert Wilson’s adaptation of the classic tale prioritises surreal setups and atmosphere

over family friendly narrative29 Mar 2024 13.17 CET…… commentsOctober 2023Mycelial review – underground community of sex workers fight for change27 Oct 2023 13.45 CEST…… commentsTransform

festival in Leeds: little orphan Annie’s gang do group therapy16 Oct 2023 10.26 CEST…… commentsJuly 2023Sovereign review – CJ Sansom’s historical doorstopper comes home to York20 Jul 2023

14.45 CEST…… commentsIn Dreams review – margaritas and mortality in Roy Orbison musical13 Jul 2023 12.11 CEST…… commentsMay 2023Mayflies review – online dating waiting game crashes IRLA

long-gestating app romance fails to sync offline in this innovative musical with songs that outshine the dialogue3 May 2023 11.08 CEST…… commentsMarch 2023Lord of the Flies review – school

staple is bang up to date for world on the brinkAmy Leach’s production evokes a very current crop of anxieties with the castaways excellently played by a young cast24 Mar 2023 13.09 CET……

commentsFebruary 2023Macbeth review – neon-tinted remix plays like a cinematic thriller27 Feb 2023 09.00 CET…… commentsBlow Down review – damning portrait of a town demolished by neglect6

Feb 2023 17.24 CET…… commentsDecember 2022Betty! A Sort of Musical review – Maxine Peake brings Boothroyd’s story to the stageA slightly wonky meta structure involving a team of amdram

actors muddles this show about the former MP but it has abundant charm9 Dec 2022 12.48 CET…… commentsNovember 2022Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Musical review – a burst of colour in

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unk-filled world30 Nov 2022 12.08 CET…… commentsThe Cherry Orchard review – Katie Mitchell presents the view from the trees28 Nov 2022 12.13 CET…… commentsThings Hidden Since the Foundation

of the World review – a theatrical revelation4 Nov 2022 11.16 CET…… commentsGuy Fawkes review – mild comedy needs some satirical gunpowder2 Nov 2022 21.00 CET…… commentsOctober 2022Let the

Right One In review – bittersweet production brings out the terrors of adolescenceThere are some scares, but Jack Thorne’s adaptation of the Swedish vampire novel focuses more on the

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