little scratch (deliberately styled in lower case) is adapted by Miriam Battye from Rebecca Watson's 2020 debut novel, and was first staged at the Hampstead Theatre in 2021. It now transfers…
Love London Love Culture's Emma Clarendon takes a look at what critics have said about Lolita Chakrabarti's staging of Maggie O'Farrell's novel, Hamnet.
Directed by Lisa Millar and choreographed by Christopher Tendai, Wonderland in Alice is an original adaptation of Lewis Carroll's tale that explores its themes and tropes through contemporar…
After One Who Wants to Cross at the Finborough in February, I'm thrilled to chair the post-show talk for another new play care of Clarisse Makundul Productions, Makundul's own Under the Kund…
A good double bill of one act plays can be a bit of a rarity. It might consist of pieces with radically different themes by diverse writers who adopt varying tones forming an unsatisfactory …
Renowned international touring company Complicité's world premiere production of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, the new stage adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning author Olga Toka…
The sun is setting on Michael Longhurst's time at the Donmar Warehouse and his penultimate production is a timeless classic, Noel Coward's sparky and charismatic relationship comedy about mi…
This touring production of Home, I'm Darling did have me questioning the role we all play in setting out norms and the judgements we make about people, lifestyle choices and assets but it wa…
The Downstairs studio space of the Hampstead Theatre manages to continue to offer an opportunity to go beyond the usual naturalism of traditional storytelling, and this is exemplified by Cor…
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…
The RSC's production of Julius Caesar is dynamic and refreshing. Atri Banerjee's directorial debut for the company is a brave, brilliant and bold experience, bringing this 400-year-old play …
Emma Rice's adaptation of Brief Encounter certainly adds a fresh look at the 1945 British romantic film directed by David Lean, which had originally been adapted from the Noël Coward play…
Love London Love Culture's Emma Clarendon takes a look at what critics have had to say about this revival of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe's musical Betty Blue Eyes at the Union Theatre.
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…
Children will be spellbound by the magic of the set and the catchy tunes in The Lost Spells, and adults will be reminded of the innocence of their childhoods. All will be reminded of the bea…
It doesn't take long to understand why Rafaella Marcus' debut play Sap garnered so many rave reviews at last year's Edinburgh Fringe. The quality of the writing and its exceptional delivery …
Wow! James Norton naked! Wow! New play by Ivo van Hove. Wow! It's four hours long. Wow! Wow! Wow! The much anticipated play of the year, an adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara's 700-page bestsell…
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy at the Apollo Theatre is a powerful and thought-provoking production which offers a unique perspective on the challenge…
Sucker Punch by Roy Williams delivers more than one or two physical and emotional punches throughout the play. Set within the boxing club environment throughout the production. Every battle …
The Union Theatre reopened some time ago but Betty Blue Eyes is its first in house production since then, a revival of the Stiles and Drewe musical from 2011 about social mobility, the weddi…
Love London Love Culture's Emma Clarendon looks at what is being said about Berlusconi " A New Musical, based around the politician Silvio Berlusconi. The musical continues to play at the So…
Based on the original play by the incredible Tennessee Williams, this modern take on the classic, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof wows at the Royal Exchange Theatre.
The fat has been cut from this Bristol Old Vic production of Hamlet, leaving the meat of the play. There is no Fortinbras subplot, the ghost and player scenes are stripped to the bare essent…
Dorset Bred's Georgia and the Iceberg is currently on tour. I would highly recommend taking the family to watch this. It's suitable for all ages and an important topic that we should all be …
The abundant musical and artistic quality impresses again as Melbourne Opera presents Siegfried, third instalment in their mighty Bendigo Ring Cycle. Seen last September in concert, Siegfrie…