George and Jude, originally from ‘up north’, are finishing preparations for the fortieth birthday barbecue of their daughter, Jen in their back bungalow garden located just outside the M25. She travels up once a year and it's a proper celebration. Only this year Hitler has drowned in the pond, George hasn't lit the briquettes and the lounge remains a mess.
As best-laid plans fail, long-buried secrets return home to haunt the elderly couple.
The play has a comic/tragic heritage of Eugene Ionesco’s The Chairs with a touch of Beckett/Harold Pinter; and a dose of the 80’s British TV sitcom Terry and June.

FringeGuru ★★★★★ “Neil Smith’s script grows on you. Its language is entirely natural but it’s insidious too.”…“This play composts you. You’ll crumble but be better for it.”

Fringe Review: “Neil Smith’s play is deceptively calm and then builds and explodes – visceral writing. What does that mean? It affected me physically – I was utterly still in parts, even lulled into a false sense of calm, before I moved uncomfortably in my seat, tuned into things I didn’t want to tune into that were happening before me…An unmissable play on the Fringe.”

ThreeWeeks.co.uk: “As I watched this piece of new writing, I had to constantly remind myself that it wasn’t some obscure Pinter play.”…“This fantastic script by Neil Smith balances subtlety with exposition to tauntingly reveal this couple’s secrets. At times they’re filled with resentment, tension, passive and physical aggression, but their interactions are also laced with love.”

Inspired by Strindberg's CREDITORS, BOILING FROGS is a black tragi-farce set in an abandoned hotel in a city besieged by riots, an unlikely friendship grows between Gustav, the Government economist, and Adolph, the artist. Adolph has turned from his painting and discovered sculpture; Gustav is the author of the riots, after trying and failing to create a new economic revolution. Adolph's wife Tekla is out sealing Hollywood deals for one of her novels, dodging the social upheaval. Unbeknownst to Adolph, Gustave is her ex-husband she walked out on. Drinking top brandy and pills, Gustav persuades Adolph he has seen his soul and it is being ingested by Tekla. Driven by jealousy and booze a plan is set to take back Adolph's soul from his wife before it's too late! But, it also seems they aren't alone.

London Theatre - ★★★★ "Lovingly updated by Neil Smith"
Ginger Hibiscus ★★★★ "An unnerving show with deeply sinister overtones, Neil Smith’s script is engaging and accessible."
Everything Theatre: "Full of tension and suspense, Creditors is an accessible and modern adaptation of a classical play. The story is a wonderfully complex revenge tale that is well performed."

John returns to the home he walked out on nine years ago only to find his ex 'Helene' is now called '1' and he has a nine-year-old daughter called '2'. Things sure have changed. But now he's here he wants to see '2' and find his place as her father. Only '1' has other plans. ECHOES is an ever-escalating psychological cat-and-mouse domestic horror that explores who we are in the face of change, the pain and love of being something new. And the joy of Barbie.

https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/review-absent-new-wimbledon-studio-theatre:
“What has probably been the finest piece of new writing and acting that I’ve watched in quite some time.”…“Neil Smith’s style of writing is darkly comic and simply brilliant. The depths to which he details his characters are fantastic and fascinating and the storyline concepts are original and intriguing. All characters I witnessed were thoroughly layered and always kept the audience on edge. I somewhat wish the scripts were available at the end of the show as I’m just the kind of person to read it, despite just seeing it, and shoving it down any of my friend’s throats that weren’t fortunate enough to catch it. Neil Smith has definitely got a new fan.”…“There were a few times when within one minute I went from smiling to holding back tears at the hand of these fine actors.”

Based on Hamlet, ROSELINE was commissioned to write an immersive Punchdrunk-style version of Shakespeare\\\'s play from an initial skeleton of scene numbers and using the empty building in the centre of Milan to set the action.
This version swaps Elsinore Castle for a religious cult located in an asylum. Hamlet\\\'s Father is the leader who has recently died leaving the cult in a transition that his mother has remarried to his brother Claudius. This version then explores how a cult reacts to the death of its leader.

As an immersive re-imagining of the text, it was written so the audience was free to wander and explore which character to follow. Each character is written to reveal more about their motives and inner character\\\'s life as the performance continues.

WEBSITE/TRAILER: https://roseline.com/

https://collectibledry.com/art-design/roseline-a-dramagate/

A year after Chekhov's Three Sisters, Irina, Masha and Olga are finally in Moscow in the lead-up to the St. Petersberg Bloody Sunday Massacre.
In 2011, on the eve of the London riots, three Russian immigrant sisters live in Lewisham, desperate to escape. The two narratives entwine historical/literary history with both sets of sisters needing to confront their roles in what's happening outside their doors.

Female Arts ★★★★★ An innovative triumph.....Definitely one of the best pieces of Fringe Theatre I have seen.

London Pub Theatres ★★★★ A strong challenging play with outstanding performances.

Reviewsgate: Undeniably ambitious.

Gay Star News: Impressive new piece of theatre.