Nikolai Foster's vision beautifully evokes a sense of community against a delicately balanced backdrop of political and emotional turmoil in Lee Hall and Elton John's Billy Elliot The Musica…
"What will happen in England after we have won this war? Bunting! Bunting everywhere!" Richard Bean and Oliver Chris' new play Jack Absolute Flies Again at the National Theatre takes R.B. Sh…
All three plays in Chris Bush's Rock/Paper/Scissors triptych run in Sheffield Theatres' three spaces simultaneously with one cast. The overall piece is a logistical coup-de-théâtre. It's…
Mark Bell's production of Cluedo, adapted from Sandy Rustin's US play which itself is based on Jonathan Lynn's screenplay of the 1985 film Clue, has been transposed to 1940s England.
School of Rock presents the recipe for a perfect 21st century family musical. A simple story with likeable characters and a heart-warming message, played out to a soundtrack of bombastic, fo…
Now a global hit and having spawned a BBC series and other Goes Wrong spin offs, this latest tour of The Play that Goes Wrong maintains its breathless energy.
Ian Rickson's production of Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem now returns to the Apollo Theatre with all the vitality and urgency it had first time round.
The premise sees Cher (Debbie Kurup) about to go onstage for her farewell tour. Facing a crisis of confidence the singer addresses her younger selves (Danielle Steers and Millie O'Connell), …
In Beautiful, we see singer-songwriter Carole King's journey, from turning out hits at 1650 Broadway for the biggest household names to how she broke the mould of what a star can be.
Waitress offers a sweet slice of Americana, well-balanced with fleshed-out, morally-compromised characters and topped with a belter of a ballad in 'She Used To Be Mine'.
I doubt I will see another show in 2022 that matches the allure and sense of occasion as Rebecca Frecknall's much-anticipated production of Cabaret.
Having seen the show a few times beforem I knew exactly what to expect from the affectionate pastiche of old B-Movies, but my husband (and co-blogger) was a newcomer, having never even seen …
In recent years, Curve have really hit their stride producing guaranteed Christmas hits. Their latest offering, A Chorus Line, is a solid and technically dazzling addition to the oeuvre.
The Watermill Theatre's 2016 production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black's one-woman, one-act musical has been revived for a UK tour.
A new piece from Matthew Bourne is always a talking point and a treat to get dance fans excited. I've been a fan for around a decade now.
This past weekend saw the return of the much-loved West End Live in Trafalgar Square. A free festival for theatre lovers, the event has increased in popularity each year (I still remember th…
Twenty-five years after its first performance at the Rep, Ayub Khan Din's comedy about a British-Pakistani family in 1970s Salford returns home to Birmingham. In Iqbal Khan's production for …
Anthony Almeida has created not only a highly entertaining piece of theatre in Cat On a Hot Tin Roof at Curve Leicester, but a tableau of family life that can still resonate with modern audi…
The songs featured in The Music Of Andrew Lloyd Webber have become standards for a reason and it is a pleasure to hear them performed by an excellent cast.
Following on from the immensely successful Sunset Boulevard in Concert, Curve has reunited the company of 2019's The Color Purple (a co-production with Birmingham Hippodrome) to once again b…
Now in its 68th year in the West End, The Mousetrap is also touring and shows no signs of slowing down. And whilst the play is more than a bit of a warhorse, it has become a staple of Britis…
This production of The Phantom of the Opera is spectacular in the truest sense and even the most curmudgeonly of spectators will find something to enthuse over.
Here's our Top 10 list for 2019 with three musicals " Come From Away, Curve's West Side Story and the touring production of Amelie dominating the top spots.
Nikolai Foster and co. have wrung West Side Story for every last drop of emotion, intellect and topicality. It has been given the full blooded revival it merits and I would love to see this …
Winsome Pinnock's 2005 play One Under has been revived in a co-production by Graeae and Theatre Royal, Plymouth, now touring the UK.