Celebrating over 50 years since its initial publication, Judith Kerr's Mog the Forgetful Cat is now an institution for families all across the UK, as they settle down to a bedtime story toge…
A Complicite show is event theatre. Previous works such as A Disappearing Number, An Encounter and The Master and Margarita are locked in a pantheon of the great works of my lifetime. So, it…
Daniel J Carver's Revealed at Bristol's Tobacco Factory has been heralded as the most important work the space has ever presented. Perhaps the pitch pushes this conceit a little far, but wha…
Taking aim at capitalism, The Wardrobe Ensemble's Winners rushes through the history of man, big ideas and systems designed to make the 'special ones' rich at the expense of all others and t…
David Mercatali's production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf though long finds layer after layer in the lashings of marital discord.
There is a sadness behind the sitcom-like deadpan of Will Eno's The Realistic Joneses that keeps its audience gripped while still holding it one step removed.
An always fascinating piece, Wild Goose Dreams detours constantly down different alleys to tell its story and gets overwhelmed by all the work's devices.
In tackling Homer's The Odyssey, Bristol favourites Living Spit, known for their anarchic, slapstick takes on history's great and infamous figures, ascend to the next level of ambition.
Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory's Much Ado About Nothing hits a higher level of excellence again, producing a work that will appeals to both Bard newbies and connoisseurs.
It's only when the location moves to the battlefield and the production is allowed to breathe and the poetry to sing that this production of Cyrano finally begins to come into its own.
Much like Six, that pushes King Henry to the sidelines to place the spotlight on his long-suffering wives, here the Bennett sisters get to take complete ownership of the stage and the story …
It may not be a piece that shakes you, but in bringing the words of Keith Douglas to its audience, Sheers has proved a willing literary executor.
A sold-out Pleasance Grand suggests that Fishbowl may be one of the hits of the summer.
You can't accuse upcoming composer Finn Anderson of resting on his laurels. His fingerprints are all over this year's Fringe, from the buzz-worthy Islanders over at Summerhall, to this, Limb…
Who needs that double espresso shot when shows like Meghan Tyler's Crocodile Fever exist?
Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical is unlikely to go down as a musical theatre classic but you're guaranteed a good night out, even if you can't quite believe what you're watching.
It may not be the company hitting their absolute heights, but it knows what its audience wants having been versed over the past few years and plays all the hits. Like your favourite festival…
Rupert Everett's fascinating performance hides some of the deficiencies inherent in this production of Uncle Vanya which never gets to the heart of this transcendent play.
The Malory Towers company deserves great plaudits for putting their all into such a high-intensity show; it's a charming piece but one that undoubtedly feels like minor-key Rice.
What may have worked as a leisurely memoir, consumed over a period of a few weeks, fails to ignite in Vanessa Redgrave's Vienna 1934-Munich 1938.
It's is not going to change your life but for a chance to see a national treasure and to wallow away from the pressures of the real world for a couple of hours, Blithe Spirit ticks all the b…
Jonathan Church has a showman's eye for the popular and it's a relief to report that Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike provides a strong start to another Bath summer season.
Who could have predicted that Kenneth Grahame's genteel Edwardian tale about riverbanks and hot buttered toast would translate so well to Metta Theatre's grime infused retelling? I went in s…
Theatre is tackling a constant diversity issue, a key component being how to attract an audience that rarely feels the theatre is open to them. Barber Shop Chronicles is the kind of work tha…
Our Country's Good still grips, it would take a very poor production indeed to ruin that, but you can't help feeling that Anna Girvan hasn't fully got to grips with this one. Theatre does ch…