To be honest, if it's an evening of laugh-yourself-silly fun, catchy tunes, inspired lunacy and bona fide triple threat star turn performances that you're after, it doesn't get much better t…
Get your leg warmers out and prepare for blast off, Ben Adams and Chris Wilkins' adorable pop musical Eugenius! is back. This ridiculous, feel good sweetheart of a show marries together comi…
Eugene O'Hare's astonishing three-hander, The Dry House, premiering at the new Marylebone Theatre in a well nigh perfect production by the author himself, continues to demonstrate his remark…
Seeing Hay Fever at the lovely Mill at Sonning, not far from the Thames-side village Cookham, where Coward's play is actually set, feels almost like immersive theatre. It also feels a little…
Daniel Rigby won a BAFTA for his portrayal of the beloved comedian Eric Morecambe in a 2011 TV film. The spirit of Morecambe " endearing, absurd, inspired, with a slight edge of danger " per…
For any theatre enthusiast who has been living under a rock, Nicholas Hytner's new production of Guys & Dolls at the Bridge Theatre is unique because it is immersive, in the manner of th…
In the week which saw the Bush Theatre pick up two out of a possible five nominations in the Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre award category in this year's Oliviers, the excel…
Exhilaratingly original and pleasingly ambitious in scope and execution, Bootycandy at the Gate Theatre is the theatrical equivalent to having a bucket of cold water thrown over you: it take…
A very interesting programme article will tell you the difference between the multiple takes (the National's programmes remain the most informative and best value for money in the capital) b…
With Ben Fensome's highly entertaining Buff director Scott Le Crass comes up with another production rich in detail and dynamism but displaying total faith in the material and the central pe…
This is the sort of fare that might have run for years on Shaftesbury Avenue in the mid- 20th century and, despite references to Brexit and the internet, and the use of mobile phones, We'll …
As it turns out, Jemma Kahn's We Didn't Come To Hell For The Croissants, the South African, multi-authored one woman riff on the Seven Deadly Sins, offers rather more than just a whimsical c…
Existentialism, absurdism, clowning, vaudeville, country music and a gentle queer romance all collide in this strange but rather lovely show. And Then The Rodeo Burned Down is sometimes remi…
However, Rebecca Frecknall's production of A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida Theatre is an unusually youthful reading of a play usually marinated in the disappointments of middle age, …
"It could be worse" observes Baby, one of the pair of Irish sisters who open and close Margaret Perry's richly enjoyable new play Paradise Now! at the Bush Theatre, as she contemplates their…
As somebody who loves a listicle plus a bandwagon to jump on, how could I NOT compile my list of my top 20 new (to me) shows of 2022? It's been 12 months in which live entertainment has come…
This London premiere of Newsies at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre has already extended bookings until next spring and, if the ecstatic " verging on hysterical " first night reaction was any…
AIN'T NO MO' by Jordan E Cooper Directed by Stevie Walker-Webb Belasco Theatre, New York City " until 26 February 2023 https://aintnomobway.com All aboard the final flight of African America…
David Farr's new play A Dead Body In Taos, briefly in London following performances in Bristol and Plymouth and before moving on to Warwick Arts Centre, is an earnest addition to an underpop…
In Michael Longhurst's dreamy new London production of The Band's Visit at the Donmar Warehouse, where everyone is close to the stage, it's enchanting and quietly riveting. It also features,…
They're back, those big burly men who sing like angels while dispensing free beer… yes, The Choir of Man has returned to town and it's just the tonic that we need in these grim times. The …
Pitched somewhere between cabaret and recital, but most definitely a piece of true theatre, Only An Octave Apart (the title refers to the fact that Anthony Roth Costanzo is a classical count…
As it is, Bright Half Life has much to recommend it, especially the nimble, inventive direction of Steven Kunis which plays out under a rather beautiful kite shaped neon lighting grid (kite …
The Finborough has a rich and noble history of rediscovering lost dramatic gems, alongside their programme of new work (this year's Bacon and Pennyroyal are two of my favourite new plays sin…
Here's something you don't get to experience too often: a gritty piece of contemporary writing that gives theatrical voice to people largely unrepresented on stage, and does so with compassi…