The Wanderers. Review by Julia Pascal. This is a fascinating mess of a play which engages on every level. Anna Zeigler’s conceit is literary as the narrative plays out two parallel timelines within designated chapters.
Poetry review – glass knot sun: Colin Pink reviews Patrick Romero McCafferty’s poems set in two very different locations
Bloody Mary and the Nine Day Queen. Review by Barbara Lewis. Five centuries after King Henry VIII instigated the English Reformation, the press excitement around King Charles III’s decision to pray with the Pope is proof, were any needed, that some popular fascinations never die.
Canal Boat Contemporary. Review by Barbara Lewis. Miniatures are the perfect art form for those who do not have extensive gallery space – and for taking an ironic swipe at those who do.
Poetry review – SKAIL: Colin Pink feels the weight of Richie McCaffery’s perceptive but downbeat collection
Poetry review – PANDEMONIUM: Charles Rammelkamp is quite happy to follow Lenny Dellarocca through this selection of imaginative prose-poem narratives
Blue/Orange, Review by Barbara Lewis. In the quarter of a century since the first staging of Joe Penhall’s exploration of how the system fails to serve the most vulnerable and potentially most dangerous in society horribly little progress has been made in delivering reform.
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Poetry review – AFTER THE MIRACLE: Michael Bartholomew-Biggs admires the clarity and the intensity of Richard Meier’s poems
Poetry review – DISTANCE TO INFINITY: Charles Rammelkamp commends g emil reutter’s willingness to issue vigorous poetic warnings about dictatorships around the world and especially in the USA
Eyes Without a Face. Review by Alan Price. The BFI’s transfer (containing extra shorts, new commentary and a documentary) is the best print I’ve ever seen of a masterwork that’s both acutely painful yet tenderly poetic.
Poetry review – ALEPH BET: Wendy Klein relishes Sue Rose’s imaginative exploration of the Hebrew alphabet
By Michael Bartholomew-Biggs • books, poetry reviews, year 2025 • Tags: books, poetry, Wendy Klein