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Simon Parsons
bengal
Theatre review / 11 December 2025
11 December 2025

SIMON PARSONS is fascinated by a play about the Iraq war where the carnage haunts those still alive

draca
Theatre Review / 9 December 2025
9 December 2025

SIMON PARSONS feels a little overwhelmed by the joke count of an ebullient production that manages to convey Stoker’s Dracula without corpsing

millenium
Theatre Review / 8 December 2025
8 December 2025

SIMON PARSONS applauds an intriguing story of two Pakistani women working in Woolworths on the eve of the millennium

badlads
Theatre review / 24 October 2025
24 October 2025

In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre

SREBRENICA
Theatre review / 17 October 2025
17 October 2025

SIMON PARSONS recommends a striking production that revisits recent history and offers a timely warning

amazon
Theatre review / 1 October 2025
1 October 2025

SIMON PARSONS applauds an impassioned demonstration of the fundamental role of women in the history and protection of the forest ecosystem

cry
Theatre review / 1 August 2025
1 August 2025

SIMON PARSONS is beguiled by a dream-like exploration of the memories of a childhood in Hong Kong

IMPASSIONED: Phoebe Thomas and Matt Whitchurch / Pic: Ellie Kurttz
Theatre review / 25 May 2025
25 May 2025

SIMON PARSONS is taken by a thought provoking and intelligent play performed with great sensitivity

Terrors
Theatre review / 16 May 2025
16 May 2025

SIMON PARSONS is gripped by a psychological thriller that questions the the power of the state over vulnerable individuals

CLASS AND SEXUALITY: Sesley Hope and Synnove Karlsen in Laura Lomas’s The House Party / Pic: Ikin Yum
Theatre Review / 24 April 2025
24 April 2025

SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic

Lizzie Watts and Andre Squire in Jane Upton’s (the) Woman
Theatre review / 19 February 2025
19 February 2025
SIMON PARSONS is discomfited by an unflichingly negative portrait of motherhood and its trials
IT'S BEHIND YOU: The cast of A Good House, Amy Jeptha's Sout
Theatre review / 18 February 2025
18 February 2025
SIMON PARSONS applauds an insightful state-of-the-nation play that explores the growing class divide in South Africa