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Chris Omaweng
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Reviewer for LondonTheatre1 since 2014. Office manager at American International Church rehearsal rooms. Loves wine.
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Week of 16 Nov 2025
Harry Potter & The Cursed Child
Precipice @newdiorama.bsky.social
Drifting @swkplay.bsky.social
Ride The Cyclone The Musical @swkplay.bsky.social
End @nationaltheatre.org.uk
Jobsworth @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social
Jack and the Beanstalk @lyrichammersmith.bsky.social
Possum Trot - Theatre at the Tabard | Review

"...there were moments of humour in amongst the despair and bad news that restore one’s faith in humanity. A thoughtful and engaging production."

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Possum Trot - Theatre at the Tabard | Review
Some people have concerns about the number of people moving into their area, or to be more specific, the lack of new housing and infrastructure being built to a
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November 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The Gardening Club - New Wimbledon Theatre | Review

"In a world that seems overly slanted towards anger and aggression, this story, told with sensitivity and compassion, deserves a wider audience."

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The Gardening Club - New Wimbledon Theatre | Review
Roe v. Wade was an important case in American history: in January 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Constitution of the United States
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November 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
After Sunday - Bush Theatre | Review

"A gritty and heartfelt portrayal of a world which relatively few people, by default, know very much about."

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After Sunday - Bush Theatre | Review
Wowsers. There’s a new play out there that tells its story in forward chronological order, and doesn’t confusingly bounce back and forth between years or ev
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November 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Coven - Kiln Theatre | Review

"...the ‘happy ending’, inverted commas mine, doesn’t ultimately feel entirely earned, given that there were no winners in this dark chapter of England’s past."

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Coven - Kiln Theatre | Review
For a show set in Lancashire, far too many characters’ accents were from somewhere significantly further south. Accordingly, this isn’t a show that even att
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November 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The Talented Mr Ripley - Richmond Theatre | Review

"Atmospheric tension and all that were there, but not nearly as strongly as I would have expected a psychological thriller on stage to be."

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The Talented Mr Ripley - Richmond Theatre | Review
I struggled to connect with what is essentially a story of sheer self-indulgence, with Tom Ripley (Ed McVey) waxing lyrical, in what were sometimes long, intens
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November 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Week of 16 Nov 2025
Harry Potter & The Cursed Child
Precipice @newdiorama.bsky.social
Drifting @swkplay.bsky.social
Ride The Cyclone The Musical @swkplay.bsky.social
End @nationaltheatre.org.uk
Jobsworth @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social
Jack and the Beanstalk @lyrichammersmith.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Disposable - Union Theatre | Review

"there is such a thing as being too inconclusive, and I find myself in the unusual position of wanting a show to be twenty minutes longer as a result"

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Disposable - Union Theatre | Review
A pink carpet awaited patrons arriving for press night of Disposable, a production in a fundraising partnership with Women’s Aid, a charitable organisation th
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November 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Fatherland - Hampstead Theatre | Review

"A highly observational play that glides through legal technicalities and family conflicts with equal effectiveness."

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Fatherland - Hampstead Theatre | Review
I had initially thought the storyline was reasonably realistic. On second thoughts there has to be an element of creative licence going on – which isn’t pro
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November 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Even More... Ghost Stories By Candlelight - Battersea Arts Centre | Review

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"a sufficiently disquieting and unsettling experience"

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Even More... Ghost Stories By Candlelight | Review
This is the third part of a trilogy, which isn’t the same as a sequel to a sequel, and being a collection of short stories, if you’re not particularly enjoy
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November 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Here & Now - New Wimbledon Theatre | Review

...if the woes and troubles of the world at large were the ‘Last Thing On My Mind’, the show has done its job as something best enjoyed by sitting back and letting proceedings wash over you.

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Here & Now - New Wimbledon Theatre | Review
I suppose one shouldn’t be too demanding of a musical full of songs from the back catalogue of the dance-pop music group Steps. And one mustn’t be too dismi
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November 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Week beginning 9 November 2025
- "Then Our Eyes Met" album launch - Crazy Coqs
- The Talented Mr. Ripley @richmondtheatre.bsky.social
- Coven - Kiln Theatre
- After Sunday @bushtheatre.bsky.social
- The Gardening Club @newwimbtheatre.bsky.social
- Possum Trot - Theatre at the Tabard
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Emilia - The Questors Theatre | Review

"there’s plenty of food for thought in this stylish and enthusiastically performed production"

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Emilia - The Questors Theatre | Review
There’s an ongoing conversation amongst those who care about such things as to how much of what is generally considered to be the dramatic works of William Sh
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November 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Felixxx - Drayton Arms Theatre

"An impressive, entertaining and enthusiastically performed production."

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Felixxx - Drayton Arms Theatre | Review
It’s just as well that Mark Ryder wants to take this show to the Edinburgh Fringe: it would sit very well amongst other shows exploring toxic masculinity and
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November 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Hedda - Orange Tree Theatre | Review

Drama about drama, proceedings thankfully zipped along at a good pace. But it was difficult to feel much sympathy for anyone, apart from the aunt whose sister had died, given the sheer amount of smoke and mirrors going on.

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Hedda - Orange Tree Theatre | Review
The show’s programme has a couple of photos of Merle Oberon (1911-1979). Oberon was born in Bombay to a White father and a Burgher mother, though for most of
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November 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This Little Earth - @arcolatheatre.bsky.social | Review

"There were engaging performances from both actors, but the time-hopping made it difficult to maintain focus, as it wasn’t always immediately clear when and where the following scene was taking place."

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This Little Earth - Arcola Theatre | Review
Boing, boing, boing. Yet another play that revels in time-hopping, back and forth. There was some humour, presumably unintended, not in watching Christopher (Ro
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October 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The Assembled Parties - Hampstead Theatre | Review

"I have no issues with the casting – but it would have been nice to have had a complete story rather than one with missing pieces."

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The Assembled Parties - Hampstead Theatre | Review
This was all rather tame for a play that could have had so much more dramatic tension: the most controversial thing that happens is that a young couple have had
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October 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Sit or Kneel: The Other Palace Studio | Review

"an insightful overview into the challenges faced by young clergy in the post-Christian era"

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Sit or Kneel - The Other Palace Studio | Review
With the recent appointment of the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, the Rt Rev and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE (yes, I had to look up her ‘proper’ title)
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October 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Every Brilliant Thing: Minnie Driver - [at] sohoplace | Review

"A testament to the power of storytelling, it’s a worthwhile experience."

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Every Brilliant Thing: Minnie Driver - @sohoplace | Review
Let’s just say it’s not every night that I walk away from a theatre wondering whether I should get myself a copy of I Love Dick, an epistolary novel with it
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October 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Michael Rosen: Getting Through It - The Old Vic | Review

"The lack of sentimentality made for an engaging experience"

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Getting Through It - The Old Vic | Review
At face value, there’s not much to this show – Michael Rosen approached the stage, to applause, sat down, and with a collection of loose papers in hand, beg
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October 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Week beginning 27 October 2025
- Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere @curzon.com
- Hedda @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social
- Meat Loaf by Candlelight - Adelphi Theatre
- Felixxx - Drayton Arms Theatre
- Bat Out of Hell the Musical - Odeon Wimbledon
- Emilia - Questors Theatre
October 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Week beginning 19 October 2025
- Michael Rosen: Getting Through It @oldvictheatre.bsky.social
- Every Brilliant Thing: Minnie Driver - [at] sohoplace
- Sit or Kneel @theotherpalace.bsky.social
- The Assembled Parties - Hampstead Theatre
- This Little Earth @arcolatheatre.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Company of Elders - Lilian Baylis Studio | Review

"Proof that inclusiveness is something done, rather than merely said."

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Company of Elders - Lilian Baylis Studio | Review
Past memories seemed to be a running theme in this double-bill, featuring nineteen dancers apparently over sixty years of age. I am not trying to ‘be kind’
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October 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Safe Space - Chichester Festival Theatre | Review

"Competition and ruthlessness make for gripping theatre in this intriguing snapshot of student life, covering some pertinent contemporary issues with nuance and insight."

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Safe Space - Chichester Festival Theatre | Review
University students can sometimes be unhinged firebrands – and this play, opening in the week when a University of Oxford student was arrested on suspicion of
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October 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Dial 1 for UK - Tara Theatre | Review

"There’s plenty of food for thought in this deeply personal story."

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Dial 1 for UK - Tara Theatre | Review
An intriguing story, Uday Kumar (Mohit Mathur) is not an altogether morally perfect man, although it can be argued that desperate circumstances called for despe
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October 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
At War With Myself - Bread & Roses Theatre | Review @lambethfringe.bsky.social

"A unique and fascinating story."

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At War With Myself - Bread & Roses Theatre | Review
A somewhat detailed account of life in the Armed Forces, it is no exaggeration to say that I’ve never come across a show quite like this one before – a stat
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October 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM