Review: Cock at COLAB

Review: Cock at COLAB

A roller-coaster masterclass The title of this highly acclaimed play by Mike Bartlett can be open to interpretation; it is, however, a play about choices based on identity and labels, writes Linda Emmanuel.  As we enter and settle into the white-painted basement space, with seating around all walls, John and Man stand at opposite ends of the room, facing each other in an intense stand-off, as they roast each other, to painful and humorous effect…

Cock – COLAB Tower, London

Writer: Mike Bartlett Director: Dylan Trowbridge Mike Bartlett’s Cock has been around long enough to have acquired a reputation as one of the more testing plays in the contemporary British canon, a 90-minute exercise in romantic torment that refuses to offer its audience the comfort of resolution. This TIFT production, staged in a basement room [...] The post Cock – COLAB Tower, London appeared first on The Reviews Hub.

COCK review by thespyinthestalls at COLAB Tower

COCK COLAB Tower ★★★★ “a poignant and thought-provoking theatrical experience” Cock by Mike Bartlett, presented by Talk is Free Theatre at COLAB Tower, invites audiences into an intimate, immersive space-in-the-round that immediately dissolves the barrier between performer and spectator. This staging choice is not merely aesthetic – it amplifies the emotional immediacy of the piece, drawing us directly into the volatile dynamics of a queer rela…