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Interview: In Conversation with Margarita Valderrama and Kay Brattan, Witch Girl Summer | A Young(ish) Perspective

Interview: Glass Skin and Human Limbs: The Horrific Catharsis of Witch Girl Summer | Everything Theatre

Beyond the Charm: Navigating the Moral Tension of Daughter with Cristiano Benfenati and Alexandra Rizkallah | Everything Theatre | February, 2026

Post Breakup Conversations in Kentish Town with Kay Brattan and Heather Jones | Everything Theatre | October, 2025

Stories From Home Interview with Kay Brattan | Theatre Full Stop | November, 2021

Reviews for Witch Girl Summer by Margarita Valderrama

"Witch Girl Summer by the Little Lion Theatre Company is a wonderfully spooky and intense story that explores the darker side of the beauty industry. Both actors deliver exceptional performances, bringing their character arcs to life in a way that is both relatable and engaging. The show is easy to follow—despite its supernatural themes—while ensuring that its more surreal moments remain striking and memorable."

5/5 Stars | Rhys Payne | Rhys Reviews

"The production skilfully incorporates these digital influences into the show. In one moment of great hilarity, a four-part exorcism ‘how to’ tutorial plays over the speakers in perfect sync with Martinez’ on-stage scrolling. The pictures and videos projected against the backdrop of the scene effectively immerse the audience in the toxicity of the algorithm-driven world that Girl inhabits. This visual language is also a stark contrast to the eery green and red lighting that shines down during the supernatural rituals which gradually take over Girl’s life. The result is an imaginative staging that blends horror aesthetics with comedic punches."

4/5 Stars | Isabel Ritchotte | Latino Life

"Visually, the production shines. Clever videography, haunting movement and atmospheric lighting work together to create a world that feels immersive and unsettling in equal measure. Elinor Coleman is mesmerising as Witch, delivering a magnetic performance full of sharp humour, eerie physicality and scene-stealing intensity, while Giullianna Martinez brings vulnerability and warmth to Girl."

4/5 Stars | Theatre to See London

Nominations for Outstanding Production, Movement/Choreography Direction (Kay Brattan), Video Design (Kay Brattan), Sound Design (Kay Brattan), and Lead Performance (Elinor Coleman)

Finalist Award Nominations for Sound Design (Kay Brattan), and Movement/Choreography Direction (Kay Brattan)

Reviews for Daughter by Adam Lazarus

"Masculinity as a subject for theatre is commonplace now, but Benfenati is compelling and terrifying, raising the stakes to a new level.Daughter Is visceral theatre."

4.5/5 Stars | Richard Maguire | The Reviews Hub

"Daughter is one of the most important pieces of theatre I have ever seen."

4.5/5 Stars | Rhys Reviews

"Little Lion Theatre’s bravery in taking that risk is clear, doing justice to an incredible piece of writing and making the audience squirm in their seats as we realise just what type of person we were laughing with merely an hour ago."

4/5 Stars | Rob Warren | Everything Theatre

Fringe Theatre Awards 25/26 Nominations for Best Director (Play) (Alexandra Rizkallah)
and Best Solo Performance in a Play (Cristiano Benfenati)

Review for We'll burn that bridge when we get to it: and I guess that's now
by Nicola Lanthier-Rogers

"A play that takes the most human of things, then scales it all up to the grandeur of world builders. It's both poignant and strangely hopeful."

4/5 Stars | Rob Warren | Everything Theatre

Reviews for Portia's Julius Caesar by Kaitlyn Riordan

"If you’re a Shakespeare buff looking for a beautifully crafted feminist version of Julius Caesar or a lover of iambic pentameter then I whole heartedly recommend this show to you."

5/5 Stars | Cathie | Theatre and Tonic

"They sing and move together in the spirit of sisterhood, a distaff mimic of the senators marching to commit murder.This play will appeal strongly to Shakespeare fans and devotees of Roman history, as well as those who enjoy the unfolding of a good story performed with energy and commitments.'

4/5 Stars | Louise Penn | LouReviews

Reviews for Mary's Daughters by Kaya Bucholc and Will Wallace

"The intertwined lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and her daughters, Fanny Imlay and Mary Shelley, reflect the enduring legacy of a tenacious mother whose influence shaped the course of history. Despite their differences, their shared experiences and the tragic loss of their mother bind them together in a poignant tale of strength, resilience, and the enduring power of familial love."

4/5 Stars | Ryan Lenney | Curtain Call Reviews

"The piece is clever, touching, and beautifully presented. While marketed as a ‘feminist ghost story’, it is not frightening – indeed, we can feel the ghost of Mary Wollstonecraft’s feminism running through it."

4/5 Stars | Mica Anderson | A Young(ish) Perspective

"The performances are uniformly excellent – the actors work brilliantly together as a family group, with the sisters convincingly vying for the mother’s attention. In a play that could be over-dense with ideas, the clarity and focus of delivery ensure that we remain gripped and transfixed throughout. In spite of their bickering and often bitter arguments, the three are bound together irreparably. Towards the end of the play her daughters bring Mary Wollstonecraft face-to-face with the legacy of her work today – it is an utterly charming, funny and delightful moment in a powerful and challenging play."

4/5 Stars | Simon Ward | The Peg

"Mary’s Daughters offers a refreshing take on biographical storytelling, shedding light on both the well-known and forgotten aspects of its central figures."

3.5/5 Stars | Monica Cox | The Reviews Hub

"What this show does wonderfully is give heart and soul to these pioneering female creatives and thinkers, all too often forgotten by history, and reminding us how their struggles have paved the way for men and women to live as equals, or at least aspire to do so."

3/5 Stars | Jackie Thornton | Fairy Powered Productions

"It’s a very committed play, a very worthy play, a play that is keenly aware of the importance of its subject and the world’s comparative ignorance of that importance. It is also a play that wants to give the daughters a chance to say all the things they never got the chance to say, and air resentments, and come to terms with their personal histories."

3/5 Stars | Chris Lilley | London Pub Theatre Magazine

"A thoughtful and lively performance with a cast that carries us confidently through the decades."

"The play is a great opportunity to learn more about a few of the women who have inspired and helped to create a more gender fair (though not yet sufficiently fair) society."

Keith McKenna | British Theatre Guide

Reviews for Yaga by Kat Sandler

"This comic and darkly piece transported us throughout; we are left in a smoky and dark room, with moody lighting from Michael Drozd. Set and costume designer Valentina Turtur hung a pagan floral wall hanging and woodland backdrop which artfully gave a feeling of a sinister Slavic myth where the language of house spirits and demons and lesser deities were felt only more deeply.
This wacky and weird play felt like a dive into the folk realm. Fabled, whimsical yet with a modern and funny twist. It was an easy watching show and bewitching way to spend an evening."

3/5 Stars | Kit Bromovsky | Theatre Weekly

"A lot of fun, with masses of creativity and energy, and a plot that kept us on our toes."

Baba Yaga, but not as you know her-Review of the new production at the Drayton Arms|London Born and Bred

‘A noteworthy, significant attempt to make myths resonate in today’s world’

3/5 Stars | Chris Lilly | London Pub Theatre Magazine