Liam O’Dell

Liam is a Deaf and disabled freelance journalist, campaigner, theatre critic and public speaker.

Press image for Newsies. Several men on stage with a scaffolding-like set in the background. Three dancers in the middle of the image are jumping in the air and kicking their legs out.

#ReviewIn72: ‘Newsies’ at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

A brown man with short black hair and a white vest clenches his fist while performing on stage.

‘Invisible’ review – Nikhil Parmar’s perplexing play of (untapped) potentials

The cast of ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’. In the middle is a white man in a blue blazer in mid-air falling forwards onto the stage. Other cast members are watching on in shock.

‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ review – Calamitous, confounding comedy delights in ninth West End year

A theatre production shot. Left, a white man in a brownish green suit, with short black hair at the back of his almost bald head, sits in a chair and stares with a neutral expression at another man sat in front of him. The other man, a white man with short brown hair, and a black suit, is talking to him. In the background behind them are coats on a wall and a desk with an office lamp on it. They are in a rehearsal room.

‘The Motive and the Cue’ review – Sam Mendes and Jack Thorne’s lulling, then lyrical, labour of love for theatre

Lenny Henry, a Black man with a short grey beard, is seated on a red armchair on a stage, looking to his right with a look of confusion and concern. He’s wearing a blue suit and grey flat cap, with the set behind him looking like an eccentric living room with wooden cabinets and a red leather carpet.

‘August in England’ review – Lenny Henry’s dancing and damning Windrush debut

A blurred image of two males, one with his back to us, working on laptops on a desk.

Spectrum 10K: Webinar sessions to discuss controversial autism DNA study announced ahead of consultation deadline