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It's the end of the universe " so of course Doctor Who " Time Fracture is utterly chaotic. It is also rather good fun.
Playing at Theatre Peckham before a UK tour, Tamasha Theatre's Under the Mask " written by a junior doctor " is a haunting revisit of the early days of the pandemic.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical kick off their new West End residency at the Garrick Theatre in their own inimitable style.
Featuring 18 West End musicals, The Show Must Go On is a concert to remember, featuring a whole host of theatrical talent both on and off the stage.
ABBA MANIA offers uncomplicated and undoubted pleasures with this effervescent tribute concert at the Shaftesbury Theatre.
A digital production of Waiting for Lefty, updated to the modern day, breathes some sharp, fresh air into the Zoom theatre form.
Julie Hesmondhalgh and Frances De La Tour, among others, star in the heartbreakingly excellent Still Life: Untold Stories of Nottingham Now.
Moments of dark humour are scattered throughout Edition #6 of the Royal Court's Living Newspaper but elsewhere it is a bit more hit and miss.
Alexis Gregory's Safe puts the stories of homeless and at-risk LGBTQ+ young people front and centre.
The likes of Hannah Khalil, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, Sarah Niles and Juno Dawson deliver some excellent work in The Motherhood Project.
The Royal Court's Living Newspaper continues with edition #5 which feels a little less reactive to the headlines and a little more reflective on the state of the world as we find it today.
Talking Gods sees Arrows & Traps move online with a creative hybrid of theatre and film hoiking Ancient Greek mythology into the modern age.
A trio of cast recording reviews covers musicals Amélie The Musical, Cases and After You " each one a winner in its own way.
Jessie Buckley is astonishing as the National Theatre's Romeo and Juliet makes the jump from stage to screen to extraordinary effect.
The third edition of Royal Court's Living Newspaper moves online only, with some seriously fierce political writing this time around.
In Pickle Productions' Ordinary Days a musical about human connection is given the production full of humanity it deserves.
Stewart Pringle's beautiful two-hander Trestle is revived digitally and delectably by Matthew Parker for Maltings Theatre.
Ian Hallard's debut play Adventurous finds a gently comic soul in its exploration of middle-aged online pandemic dating.
Alfred Enoch and Russell Tovey enliven a digital take on Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Charlie Josephine's Birds and Bees captures teenage awkwardness perfectly, in the shadow of a school sexting scandal.
Graeae's Crips Without Constraints Part 2 shows off UK Deaf and disabled artists firing brilliantly on all creative cylinders.
A trio of music reviews with Marisha Wallace's album Tomorrow, Shan Ako's EP Brave Heart and the original concept album of Soviet Zion.
Richard Blackwood excels in Ryan Calais Cameron's searing monologue Typical, the weight of its enduring relevance painfully clear.
Taking immersive theatre online in great style, Sherlock Holmes: An Online Adventure offers huge entertainment in The Case of the Hung Parliament.
Before Six, there was The Regina Monologues! Maltings Theatre's streaming debut offers an interesting set of monologues.
