Honest, first-hand reviews of the shows playing in London. What worked, what did not, who stood out and whether it is worth your evening — so you can book with your eyes open.
The reviews are in for Crime and Punishment, the debut production of the new London company Off By Heart, running at the Jack Studio Theatre in Brockley until Saturday 26 September 2026.
The reviews are in for We’ll Always Have Paris, Paul Kalburgi’s new play at the White Bear Theatre in Kennington, and the critics have come back warm but not unanimous.
The reviews are in for The Turn of the Screw at the Arcola Theatre, where Morgan Lloyd Malcolm has rebuilt Henry James’s 1898 ghost story for Blackeyed Theatre as an interrogation: the governess, played by Amy Tara…
The reviews are in for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: New Works, the first of two programmes the company brought to Sadler’s Wells this month and its first London season under artistic director Alicia Graf Mack.
The reviews are in for Deep-Heat Rivalry, the musical parody of the ice-hockey romance Heated Rivalry, running at The Other Palace Studio until 11 October.
The reviews are in for Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, Simon Reade’s adaptation of Patrick Hamilton’s trilogy of 1920s London novels, running at Southwark Playhouse Borough until 17 October.
It is the first revival of Alcina since Richard Jones’ staging won an Olivier Award for its 2022 premiere, and it opened at the Royal Opera House on 15 September with most of that original company intact.
The Royal Opera opened its 2026/27 season on 10 September with a sixth revival of Kasper Holten’s 2014 staging of Don Giovanni, Mozart and Da Ponte’s comedy of a serial seducer that turns, without warning, into a…
The reviews are in for Thelma & Louise: A New Musical, the world premiere staging of Callie Khouri’s Oscar-winning road movie, which opened at the Young Vic on 16 September with a score by the alt-country songwriter…
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