Production: Blue/Orange (Joe Penhall)
Venue: Greenwich Playhouse
Review Date: Tuesday 17th November 2009
Closing Date: Sunday 6th December 2009

Notable Crew: David Hutchinson, Director; Emily Barratt, Designer, Jamie Haining, Lighting Designer

Notable Cast: Tarl Caple, Dr Bruce Flaherty; Pete Collis, Dr Robert Smith; Peter Muruako, Christopher

My review for the British Theatre Guide can be found here.

Barbara Lewis's review for The Stage can be found here.

Production: Public Property (Sam Peter Jackson)
Venue: Trafalgar Studios
Review Date: Monday 16th November 2009
Closing Date: Saturday 5th December 2009

Notable Crew: Hanna Berrigan, Director; Helen Goddard, Designer

Notable Cast: Robert Daws, Geoffrey Hammond; Nigel Harman, Larry De Vries; Steven Webb, Jamie Sullivan

My review for the British Theatre Guide can be found here.

Catherine Usher's review for The Stage can be found here.
Karen Fricker's review for Variety can be found here.

Title: Episode 002 The Joy of Politics PLUS Fran Gardiner
Date: Monday 9th November 2009

Podcast description: Lively discussion of London theatre productions with journalist Matt Boothman (Plus One).

Download Episode Two of The Plus One Podcast here, or subscribe using iTunes.

Production: The Joy of Politics (Andrew Jones, Cal McCrystal, Ciaran Murtagh)
Venue: Warehouse Theatre, Croydon
Review Date: Friday 6th November 2009
Closing Date: Sunday 22nd November 2009

Notable Crew: Cal McCrystal, Director; Sakina Karimjee, Set Designer

Notable Cast: Andrew Jones, Ciaran Murtagh (The Black Sheep)

My review for the British Theatre Guide can be found here.

Dominic Maxwell's review for The Times can be found here.

Title: Episode 001 Belt Up at Southwark Playhouse PLUS James Wilkes
Date: Saturday 7th November 2009

Podcast description: Lively discussion of London theatre productions with journalist Matt Boothman (Plus One).

Download Episode One of The Plus One Podcast here, or subscribe using iTunes.

Production: The Author (Tim Crouch)
Venue: Royal Court Theatre
Review Date: Thursday 1st October 2009
Closing Date: Saturday 24th October 2009

Notable Crew: Karl James, a smith, Directors; Matt Drury, Lighting Designer; Ben & Max Ringham, Music & Sound Designers

Notable Cast: Tim Crouch, Adrian Howells, Vic Llewellyn, Esther Smith, Themselves

My review for the London Theatre Blog can be found here.

Dominic Cavendish's review for The Telegraph can be found here.
Theo Bosanquet's review for What's On Stage can be found here.

Production: Money (SHUNT Collective after Émile Zola)
Venue: New SHUNT Space
Review Date: Wednesday 30th September 2009
Closing Date: Tuesday 22nd December 2009

Notable Crew: Francesca Peschier, Scenic Artist; George Tomlinson, Head of Construction; Paul Ross, Chief Carpenter

Notable Cast: Serena Bobowski, Gemma Brockis, Lizzie Clachan, Louisa Mari, Hannah Ringham, Layla Rosa, David Rosenberg, Andrew Rutland, Mischa Twitchin, Heather Uprichard

My review for the London Theatre Blog can be found here.

Production: Orestes: Re-Examined (after Aeschylus)
Venue: Southwark Playhouse
Review Date: Thursday 17th September 2009
Closing Date: Saturday 3rd October 2009

Notable Crew: Emma Gersch, Director; Alexie Kharibian, Designer; Alex Musgrave, Lighting; Kitty Randle, Movement; Katherine Hare, Composer

My review for the London Theatre Blog can be found here.

Nicholas De Jongh's review for the Evening Standard can be found here.
Giles Cole's review for What's On Stage can be found here.

Title: Launched: theblogpaper, the troll's soapbox
Publication: The 5th Medium
Date: Friday 25th September 2009

Column description: Arts journalist Matt Boothman talks performance, playwriting and criticism from London's fringe, where theatre is both challenging and affordable.

Read the fourteenth instalment of my 5th Medium column here.

Production: Mother Courage and Her Children (Bertolt Brecht, trans. Tony Kushner)
Venue: National Theatre
Review Date: Wednesday 16th September 2009
Closing Date: Tuesday 8th December 2009

Notable Crew: Deborah Warner, Director; Duke Special, Songs; Mel Mercier, Musicscape

Notable Cast: Stephen Kennedy, The Chaplain; Martin Marquez, The Cook; Harry Melling, Swiss Cheese; Charlotte Randle, Yvette; Clifford Samuel, Eilif; Fiona Shaw, Mother Courage; Sophie Stone, Kattrin

My review for the London Theatre Blog can be found here.

Michael Billington's review for The Guardian can be found here.
Benedict Nightingale's review for The Times can be found here.
Charles Spencer's review for The Telegraph can be found here.
Fiona Mountford's review for the Evening Standard can be found here.
Heather Neill's review for The Stage can be found here.
Michael Coveney's review for What's On Stage can be found here.
Stephen Crowe's review for musicOMH.com can be found here.