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Chris Omaweng
@comaweng.bsky.social
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Reviewer for LondonTheatre1 since 2014. Office manager at American International Church rehearsal rooms. Loves wine.
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 10h
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
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 10h
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
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 10h
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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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 10h
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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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 10h
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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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 10h
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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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 10h
Ragdoll - Jermyn Street Theatre | Review

"An uneven if well-intentioned production."

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Ragdoll - Jermyn Street Theatre | Review
The 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst by the United Federated Forces of the Symbionese Liberation Army, a short-lived far-left organisation in the United States w
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 6d
A Case Study of Shoplifting - Hen & Chickens Theatre | Review

"Mia Bennett puts in an engaging and committed performance in a show that attempts, with varied success, to put across alternative perspectives on a pertinent contemporary issue."

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A Case Study of Shoplifting - Hen & Chickens Theatre | Review
The usual perception of shoplifting is that it’s an activity that goes against the concept of working hard for material wealth – but if you think those are
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 6d
Exe Men - Exeter Northcott Theatre | Review

"It was all as triumphant and victorious as the rugby team being portrayed."

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Exe Men - Exeter Northcott Theatre | Review
There may not, as one of the Exeter Chiefs players helpfully points out, be any mountains in all of Devon, but there are certainly hills in Exeter, and once mor
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 6d
Da Vinci's Laundry - Riverside Studios | Review

"There are one or two scenes that need a little tightening, but overall this is a perceptive and enjoyable piece of theatre that could well become a comedy period piece in decades to come."

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Da Vinci's Laundry - Riverside Studios | Review
This is not a show that attempts to counter stereotypes. It not only embraces them, it takes them out to dinner and a movie and then pays for their cabs home. T
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 6d
The Choir of Man - Arts Theatre

"Four years on from its London opening, it remains fun with a capital F, full of freshness and palpable energy."

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The Choir of Man - Arts Theatre | Review
I suppose my fellow theatregoer had a point when she winced and groaned at a musical number performed in a urinal. I don’t even remember what the song was (no
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 6d
Week beginning 13 October 2025
- I Swear @curzon.com
- Ragdoll @jstheatre.bsky.social
- At War With Myself - Bread & Roses Theatre
- Dial 1 for UK @taratheatre.com
- Safe Space @chichesterft.bsky.social
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 13d
Hand-Me-Downs - Jack Studio Theatre

"An intriguing show with potential, there are some astute observations about life – and death – to think about."

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Hand-Me-Downs - Jack Studio Theatre | Review
One of the show’s two critical incidents has already happened before the events in the play get going, and almost everything else that’s rather interesting
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 13d
Hamlet - National Theatre | Review

"To me, this is another serving of Hamlet, serviceable and satisfying, nothing less and nothing more."

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Hamlet (2025) - National Theatre | Review
As is usually the case at the National Theatre, the set (Ben Stones) is impressive, and on that basis alone, this show would be a good candidate for the ongoing
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 13d
Happy Ending - Waterloo East Theatre | Review

"A light-hearted and fluffy show that could have delved deeper into some of the various topics it briskly covers."

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Happy Ending - Waterloo East Theatre | Review
There are some twists and turns in this show, although there were so many that one ended up wondering whether anything either Andy (Jimmy Essex) or his client,
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 13d
Get Down Tonight - Charing Cross Theatre | Review

"An energetic night out, best enjoyed by sitting back and letting the music wash over you."

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Get Down Tonight - Charing Cross Theatre | Review
There’s a seemingly insatiable desire on the part of Harry (Ross Harmon) to focus on the good times, the positives, the love he had for those closest to him.
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 13d
(the) Woman - Park Theatre | Review

"A hardworking cast does well with what they are given. But the show feels somewhat unfinished"

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(the) Woman - Park Theatre | Review
As an ‘outsider’ to motherhood (for hopefully obvious reasons), this production was intriguing in parts – the bits about mothering were fascinating, the b
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 13d
Clarkston - Trafalgar Theatre | Review

"A good mix of tenderness and humour makes the ninety-five-minute running time feel considerably less"

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Clarkston - Trafalgar Theatre | Review
A curious name for a play, Clarkston is set in Clarkston – not the town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland (probably most famous for a gas explosion that killed t
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 13d
Week beginning 5 October 2025
- Best of Broadway @royalalberthall.bsky.social
- Plainclothes @curzon.com
- The Choir of Man - Arts Theatre
- Da Vinci's Laundry @riversidelondon.bsky.social
- Exe Men - Exeter Northcott Theatre
- A Case Study of Shoplifting - Hen & Chickens Theatre
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 20d
The Shadow in the Mirror - The Mill at Sonning | Review

"All things considered, a good story is a good story, but there could have been more dramatisation as opposed to recollection."

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The Shadow in the Mirror - The Mill at Sonning | Review
This was a short adaptation of a short story, which meant that even with the customary 8:15pm start at this venue, on account of the two-course meal in the rest
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 20d
The Billionaire Inside Your Head - Hampstead Theatre | Review

"An intriguing and irreverent tale about the destructive power of the love of money, it’s a hundred minutes well spent."

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The Billionaire Inside Your Head - Hampstead Theatre | Review
Not the easiest of plays to get one’s head around, The Billionaire Inside Your Head is an exploration of what may or may not be obsessive-compulsive disorder
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 20d
50 First Dates: The Musical - The Other Palace | Review

"It’s not exactly deep and intense, even if it does tug at the heartstrings rather more than one might expect on first viewing."

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50 First Dates: The Musical - The Other Palace | Review
Well, I was never sufficiently bored to bother keeping a tally of how many ‘first dates’ were actually staged in 50 First Dates: The Musical, in what proved
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 20d
The Man Who Was Magic - Adelphi Theatre | Review

"A confident and engaging performance, this is British magic at its finest, understated yet utterly magnificent from beginning to end."

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The Man Who Was Magic - Adelphi Theatre | Review
James Phelan, to his credit, tried very hard to persuade me to see his magic show earlier this year at the Edinburgh Fringe, but it ended up being one of many s
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 20d
Week beginning 28 September 2025
- Magic at the Musicals @royalalberthall.bsky.social
- (the) Woman - Park Theatre
- Get Down Tonight - Charing Cross Theatre
- Happy Ending @waterlooeast.bsky.social
- Hamlet @nationaltheatre.org.uk
- Hand-Me-Downs - Jack Studio Theatre
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 27d
The Weir - Harold Pinter Theatre | Review

"Some interesting and mildly amusing stories helped to maintain interest, but I was never deeply invested in proceedings."

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The Weir – Harold Pinter Theatre | Review
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Chris Omaweng @comaweng.bsky.social · 27d
The Land of the Living - National Theatre | Review

"an uneven and sluggishly paced production, even if it’s a worthy choice of topic at a time when migration is a pertinent contemporary issue"

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The Land of the Living - National Theatre | Review
A traverse stage, or ‘alley’, ‘corridor’ or ‘catwalk’, is in use in a reconfigured Dorfman Theatre, though I’m not convinced it made much differen
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