A quartet of performers brings to life the new song cycle by Sam Thomas, No Limits at the Turbine Theatre, which looks at friends, families, and relationships within a group of younger mille…
Emma Clarendon chatted to Owen Chaponda and Merryl Ansah about returning to the West End production of The Lion King to star as Simba and Nala, having previously been in the ensemble.
Although Windfall at the Southwark Playhouse purports to be a farcical comedy, I only found myself intermittently chuckling; the rest of the time I sat with my metaphorical head in my metaph…
A gem of classic musical theatre, The King and I is in top form as it embarks on a sparkling UK tour. Brimming with humour and character growth, Bartlett Sher's production is a less menacing…
Have you ever fancied creating your own comedy? Jumping the Shark explores just that, while unearthing the trauma, mix ups and relationships of five eager writers. The new comedy by David Ca…
What's Driving You, a 75-minute improv drama about the impact of speed on driving, explores the issue of what happens when you can't take responsibility for your actions. Will your mind let …
Overall, Cirque Berserk! at Riverside Studios does exactly what is says on the tin, offering up a real circus experience in a theatre setting. While it doesn't quite have the same atmosphere…
Acclaimed American play This Bitter Earth, set at the start of the Black Lives Matter moment in the US, receives its UK premiere this month, running at London's White Bear Theatre. Time to g…
The latest piece to grace the stage of the Park Theatre is a curious beast, and no mistake. Taking the form of a (fictional) lecture with illustrative acted examples, a healthy dose of audie…
The years following the 1929 Wall Street Crash left many Americans (and the rest of the world) facing economic hardship " a state of affairs that lasted right up until the Second World War. …
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…
We take a look at what is being said about the European premiere of the musical Head Over Heels, playing at the Manchester based Hope Mill Theatre until 4 March.
It is still a relatively rare experience to see a working class drama that invests its characters with a profound and complex, even a poetic interior, life, but from the first moments of Ric…
As adaptations go, they don't come a lot more ambitious than Simon Reade's reimagining of David Copperfield at Riverside Studios. The semi-autobiographical novel by Charles Dickens is known …
With the total loss of its Arts Council funding, Hampstead Theatre's future as a specialist new writing venue is in doubt. But before anything drastically changes, the playwrights and plays …
The question All By Myself at the Vault Festival leaves you asking is would you still be curating your personal life for just one online click if it was the end of the world? Co-writers Char…
DI John Rebus has retired, but his mind is never far from the job " even when he's been invited as a plus one to a swanky dinner party. Rebus: A Game Called Malice takes the detective off th…
Helena Wilson and Maggie Bain in Linck & Mülhahn, Hampstead Theatre, Feb 2023. Photo: Helen Murray Writer Ruby Thomas was in the British Library when she came across a reference L…
Hitting the ground running in Florida, Sam McGowan has been in the USA a mere ten months and already has made a huge impression within the entertainment industry, getting himself involved in…
Simon Stone turns his attention to another important literary woman, Phaedra as imagined by Euripides, Seneca and Racine and given a modern retelling in a production at the National Theatre …
The lockdown experience was, of course, an infinitely lonely and disturbing one for many and involved living life rather differently. It was also a time for making discoveries about oneself …
Based loosely on the Kafka play The Trial, the Unicorn Theatre's production of The Trial of Josie K " now a 12-year-old girl played by Nkhanise Phiri " retains the surrealism of the original…
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…
Everyone remembers that 'one' teacher who helped inspire, encourage, or left a lasting impression during their school years. Equally, we all remember the ones who you dreaded encountering to…
Love London Love Culture's Emma Clarendon takes a look at what critics have had to say about Kim Davies' play Smoke, starring Meaghan Martin and Oli Higginson, at Southwark Playhouse.