Adaptations of novels into one-person shows have yielded powerful theatre in the last few years: A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride at the Young Vic is one of my most memorable …
The War Inside, by Albany associate artist Camille Dawson, has to be seen (or rather, experienced) to be believed. In the style of good immersive theatre, we the audience are placed at the h…
Vardy V Rooney, the theatrical take on the trial that had the country enthralled, transfers to the Ambassadors Theatre for a limited run before embarking on a UK tour. But what have critics …
We're partial to a dark and twisty grown-up show so our interest was immediately piqued by the press release for Snowflakes, a black comedy promising a cross between Black Mirror and Inside …
To call The Beekeeper of Aleppo a story for our time would be an understatement. Christy Lefteri's original novel is the epic, moving tale of a family escaping war-torn Aleppo at the outset …
After a surprisingly (to them) successful stint at this year's Vault Festival, disability-led FlawBored Theatre returns with It's a Motherf**king Pleasure at the Soho Theatre, their razor-sh…
Jules and Jim at the Jermyn Street Theatre is an exploration of love and friendship told through the lens of three people living an unconventional lifestyle. Jules (Samuel Collings) is a Ger…
Love London Love Culture's Emma Clarendon take a look at what is being said about Deborah Bruce's new play Dixon and Daughters, making its debut at the National Theatre.
The latest in a long line of jukebox musicals to be impeccably performed but dead behind the eyes " Ain't Too Proud " The Life and Times of The Temptations opens at the Prince Edward Theatre
In Complicité Theatre's Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead, Kathryn Hunter keeps the audience engaged as her confidante and our gateway into shining a light on the anti-ecological p…
To be honest, if it's an evening of laugh-yourself-silly fun, catchy tunes, inspired lunacy and bona fide triple threat star turn performances that you're after, it doesn't get much better t…
"They Call Me, "Woman!'' (written by Ayo Jaiyesimi and presented by Thespian Family Theatre & Productions, Nigeria) is a set of five monologues spotlighting some of the issues confrontin…
Animal arrives in London riding high on rave reviews " believe the hype! John Bradfield's unflinching but hilarious play is a queer, inclusive joy. Filthy and funny, it's unmissable entertai…
The Dry House at London's Marylebone Theatre an excellent piece of drama that attempts to tackle some of the more pervasive issues of the day " in a theatrical, but sobering, way.
Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa is a memory play told from the perspective of Michael (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor), nephew to five sisters living in a cottage near the fictional town of Ballybeg. …
Big Aunty " the first home produced show of the spring season " will play in The Belgrade Coventry's B2 auditorium from 24 April to 6 May, with a press night on 26 April. Midlands-born perfo…
Ramps on the Moon's Village Idiot at Theatre Royal Stratford East is entertaining in many ways but it does need to tone down the crudeness a tad to make more of an emotional impact " despite…
Ain't Too Proud is a wonderful addition to the West End that features dazzling production value, and timeless music. A celebration of The Temptations and their impact on Motown, it will leav…
Written and performed by Collette Cooper, Tomorrow May Be My Last is an unabashed love letter to Joplin, and her legacy as a performer and human being. Anyone who knows anything about Joplin…
The Makings of a Murderer at the Adelphi Theatre is certainly worth catching if it comes near you on tour, though a strong stomach and nerves of steel certainly are highly recommended.
For Chronic Insanity's latest piece entitled Snowflakes the company has partnered up with Dissident Theatre in a production at London's Park Theatre. It's a dystopian alternative reality com…
The source material for The Secret Life of Bees may have a perhaps overly simplistic plot and limited character development but Lynn Nottage, Duncan Sheikh and Susan Birkenhead have done muc…
Get your leg warmers out and prepare for blast off, Ben Adams and Chris Wilkins' adorable pop musical Eugenius! is back. This ridiculous, feel good sweetheart of a show marries together comi…
Quality Street, written by J M Barrie (Peter Pan), tells the story of Phoebe Throssel (Paula Lane) and her sister Susan Throssel (Louisa-May Parker) as young women, Phoebe being the chirpy, …
The first thing I said to my friend during the interval of Private Lives at the Donmar Warehouse was, 'I don't remember this being a play about domestic violence'. We'd just witnessed Elyot …