Rachel O'Riordan Archives

REVIEW: Iphigenia in Splott, Lyric Hammersmith (2022)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:3 October 2022
Post category:London but not West End Play Review
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The difference in Gary Owen’s Iphigenia in Splott is that Effie gets slaughtered by her own hand. Her life is binge drinking, sex, and stealing from her gran to fund this. She enjoys people looking away when they see her on the street. Splott is a run down part of the Welsh capital Cardiff.

Rachael Stirling as Lady Susan Climber (Photo: Marc Brenner)

REVIEW: Scandaltown, Lyric Hammersmith (2022)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:17 April 2022
Post category:London but not West End Mike Bartlett Play Review
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Scandaltown, sex and satire! "You ignored your own law and partied in the garden." Freddie Peripheral Rachael Stirling as Lady Susan Climber and Henry Everett as Carson (Photo: Marc Brenner) Mike…

Adam Best as Pato and Orla Fitzgerald as Maureen (Photo: Helen Maybanks)

REVIEW: The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Lyric Hammersmith (2021)

Post author:Brian Clover
Post published:17 October 2021
Post category:London but not West End Play Review
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The Beauty Queen of Leenane... comes on like a village Romeo and Juliet. "Me? A whore? I dream."Maureen Boy (40+) meets Girl (40). They more than click. Love looks set…