Director Rebecca Frecknall tackles one of the greatest plays of all time, Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire back in the intimacy of the Almeida Theatre and brings a devastating ne…
Wreckage, Tom Ratcliffe's latest play to reach London (he also performs as Sam) is an ambitious and emotional powerhouse about love, loss, and regret at the Turbine Theatre.
Going into a new year it's great to see that Six the Musical is as vibrant and wonderful as ever. The current queens of the castle do an outstanding job of keeping the energy of the show fre…
The sports biography is a great focus for drama and at the Park Theatre the focus is on boxing legend Vernon Vanriel who is telling his own story in the world premiere of On the Ropes, a pla…
Following the 7.45pm performance of Enda Walsh's acclaimed 2006 play The Walworth Farce on Tuesday 28 February 2022 at Southwark Elephant, I'll talk to creatives and cast. Any questions? Joi…
One of Alan Ayckbourn's biggest ever successes, 1975's Bedroom Farce, has only just made the transition in an entertaining production from Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres which premiered in…
Lisa Gaye Wright's new and original comedy spoof musical The Real Housewives of Codswallop " funny, quirky and full of parody with toe-tapping songs throughout " will be staged at The Theatr…
"It could be worse" observes Baby, one of the pair of Irish sisters who open and close Margaret Perry's richly enjoyable new play Paradise Now! at the Bush Theatre, as she contemplates their…
The National Theatre's production of The Ocean at the End of the Lane is currently on a UK tour " here's what critics have been saying about it so far.
The Art of Illusion won several awards when it opened in Paris in 2014. Now it gets its London premiere at the Hampstead Theatre but will this play about magic and illusion conjure up some E…
With a setlist that covers different moods, a striptease, some audience participation, a fair sprinkling of upstaging, and a large dollop of nostalgia through a prism of parody, A Night At T…
If you want to see a couple of young actors bringing truth and sincerity to a well structured piece of dialogue and elevate it towards the stars which provide a backdrop to this piece, then …
Remember it's not just the West End where excellent shows can be found. Here's a guide to some of the shows we can't wait to catch on tour.
I'm at London's Finborough Theatre in February for the UK premiere of Marc-Emmanuel Soriano's multi-award-winning French play One Who Wants to Cross (Un Qui Veut Traverser), directed by Alic…
When I heard that the touring production of the Lyric Hammersmith's Theatre production of Alan Parker's Bugsy Malone The Musical, was going to stop at Ally Pally for six weeks over Christmas…
The War Of The Worlds: The Immersive Experience from experts in the field Layered Reality takes H.G. Wells' famous novel, adds a heavy layer of input from the famous 1978 concept album maste…
From a red handkerchief disappearing within the hands of a magician to fake footage in the early 20th century, Hampstead Theatre's latest international import is the UK premiere of The Art o…
Discover what critics have been saying about Josie Rourke's production of Shakespeare's As You Like It at @Soho Place with our review round up.
Director and performer Stephen Smith bought One Man Poe to our screens during the lockdown. The gothic trilogy The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum and The Raven are now being perfo…
As somebody who loves a listicle plus a bandwagon to jump on, how could I NOT compile my list of my top 20 new (to me) shows of 2022? It's been 12 months in which live entertainment has come…
Billed as an examination of gentrification, Kerry Jackson at the National Theatre has disappointingly little to say about this subject. Its main characters have clichéd opinions and stereot…
What is certain is that if you want an account that's faithful to the spirit (sorry!) of the original but doesn't let proceedings drag on (it comes in at under two hours without missing much…
This feels like a moment; I haven't been able to do a best of theatre list since 2019 because of 'you know what'. It's been huge fun revisiting the plays I've seen " nearly 50. And while tha…
We take a look at what critics have had to say about Mother Goose at the Duke of York's Theatre & touring, the pantomime starring John Bishop and Ian McKellen, currently touring until Ap…
If you want an interesting funny and fabulous evening out with the family that's full of sparkle as well as wicked, then get yourself down to Wimbledon Theatre for Snow White & the Seven…