Articles by Skot Wilson

The Establishment Versus Sidney Harry Fox

Thomas de Quincey once wrote of murder as ‘one of the fine arts’, and with regards to The Establishment [versus] Sidney Harry Fox, the statement is true.

The Cloak of Visibility

Review
★★★★
Skot Wilson
London Fringe
The Space
11th Jun, 2021

Amy cannot socialise with the other mums after the school run because she is needed in the office.

Shoe Lady

Viv (Katherine Parkinson) has lost her shoe on her London commute.

Three Sisters

Welcome to The Republic of Biafra, 1967.

A Kind of People

One party gone wrong and a constellation of friends, family, and sacrosanct values falls apart.

Midnight Movie

In Midnight Movie, Eve Leigh presents a universe of bedrooms where disabled people are unable to sleep due to the pain of having a body which is, right now, ‘glitching’.

No Place Like Home

Connor is on a night out and ready to be open about his sexuality.

A Letter to a Friend in Gaza

A long table stretches across the expansive floor of the Coronet.

Shadows by Jon Fosse

Suspended from the ceiling of the Coronet Theatre are five crystalline orbs that almost look like faces.

Baby, What Blessings

"I kind of want to die – but I’d really like to get into publishing, too," says Billie (performed by Grainne Dromgoole), as she explains the story of her first real l…

MOOT MOOT

‘What’s going on…??’ Rosana Cade cries, with their head in the seat of a swivel chair, spinning slowly in front of a fixated and silent audience.

The Dots

Within a basement room of the Hanover Suite (Venue 119) is perhaps the best musical sketch comedy you will find this Fringe.

Seasoned Professionals

It’s probably worth clarifying in the first sentence of this review that I was not expecting to be drawn into the bureaucratic complexities of being the Easter Bunny whilst at th…

Eleanor Conway: You May Recognise Me From Tinder

Eleanor Conway's vagina has a name (Jenny), and this is important to know.

Apollo: Take 111

James Stuart – or Stuart James – is passed out at his desk as the audience file into the space.

Smoke

What happens when you’re at a private fetish party, and you bump into the daughter of your boss? Such is the premise of Kim Davies’ Smoke.

The Accident Did Not Take Place

YesYesNoNo are searching for the truth.

Baby Reindeer by Richard Gadd

Richard Gadd pours a free cup of tea to a stranger at a bar – she comes back.

The Wave

"The Wave is THE WAY", boom the Almeida Young Company (14 – 18) before thudding their fists into their chests.

(This Isn't) a True Story

‘When on Earth did everyone become a detective?’ The voice rings out across the Almeida Young Company ensemble as they huddle beneath Sasha Venmore Rowland’s grief-stricken g…

Jellyfish

Playwright Ben Weatherill is right to call Jellyfish a love story.

Shipwreck

Review
★★
Skot Wilson
London Fringe
Almeida Theatre
23rd Feb, 2019

‘I haven’t had a Trump free 24-hours for… I don’t know how long’ complains a house-guest, ushered in from the cold before a snowstorm strikes a recently purchased farmste…

Paved With Gold and Ashes

Paved with Gold and Ashes is the story of five women who survive a hideous factory.

Dog / Actor

Dog and Actor are two short, explosive and vulnerable plays written by Steven Berkoff.

Poetry in Motion

Bethany Fox’s script explores the relationship between two jobbing actors, Jess (Bethany Fox) and Jack(Oliver Burkill), who, after a chemistry-charged first meeting outside an au…

An Enemy Of The People

Review
★★
Skot Wilson
London Fringe
Union Theatre
14th Jan, 2019

‘Enemies of the People’ is a welcome and observant theme for a theatre programme as we enter another year of post-truth politics, domestic division, and the third year in the r…

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