London

Mother Courage and Her Children – Shakespeare’s Globe

Brecht without being Brechtian, Mother Courage at the Globe is an array of sound and colour that departs from the…

6 months ago

Visite – Coronet Theatre

This is the second time I’ve come across the work of physical theatre company Teatro dei Gordi. The first was…

6 months ago

Sherlock Holmes – Regents Park Open Air Theatre

Sherlock Holmes is back in his home place at the Regents Park Open Air Theatre from the 2nd May to…

6 months ago

The Last Man – Southwark Playhouse Elephant

Deep down in an underground bunker made of concrete and reinforced steel, our unnamed protagonist (played by Lex Lee on…

6 months ago

Noughts & Crosses – Hackney Empire

Noughts & Crosses arrives on stage with traces of something oxymoronically freshly familiar. Adapted from Malorie Blackman’s landmark novel, this production…

6 months ago

BalletBoyz at 25 – Sadler’s Wells

What does a 25-year retrospective owe us? Nostalgia, certainly. A greatest-hits reel, perhaps. What BalletBoyz offer instead at Sadler’s Wells…

6 months ago

An Ideal Husband – Lyric Hammersmith

An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde is given a fresh and contemporary adaptation at Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, blending Wilde’s classic…

6 months ago

1536 – Ambassador’s Theatre

In 1536 Anne Boleyn, then married to Henry VIII, was accused of treason, locked up in the Tower of London…

6 months ago

Blood Brothers – Richmond Theatre

The classic and much-loved musical Blood Brothers returns to Richmond Theatre, bringing Willy Russell’s iconic story back to the stage…

6 months ago

Godot’s To-Do List and Krapp’s Last Tape – The Royal Court

The double bill at the Royal Court (Leo Simpe-Asante’s curtain raiser, followed by Samuel Beckett’s classic). Godot’s To-Do List charts…

6 months ago