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Josie Long: Now Is The Time of Monsters review – ‘endearingly intimate and vigorously potent’

Josie Long visits the Old Vic with her acclaimed 2025 Fringe show, ‘Now Is The Time of Monsters.’ It’s lovely to see comedy in the Old Vic, as it’s such a beautiful venue, and since winter has apparently arrived in Bristol at 11am today, it feels appropriately cosy to go to the theatre and watch a show on a cold Sunday evening – even if today is the first day its felt remotely cold.

Stars. I generally don’t use star ratings, they’re reductive. However I make an exception at the fringe, as there are so many shows and the stars can help with marketing. I still don’t publish anything I’d give two stars or less. That helps nobody.

AI. I don’t use it in any of my work, and I won’t cover productions that use it either.

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Josie Long: Now Is The Time of Monsters review – ‘endearingly intimate and vigorously potent’