Honest, first-hand reviews of London shows, plus the most comprehensive review roundups around: every critic's verdict in one place, updated as new reviews land.
The reviews are in for Madam, The Royal Ballet's two-night tribute to its founder, Dame Ninette de Valois, which played the Linbury Theatre at the Royal Opera House on 3-4 November as part of the Royal Ballet School's…
The reviews are in for Birmingham Rep and Sadler's Wells' brand-new The Snowman, which played its first home run at the Birmingham Rep until 1 November and now heads to London's Peacock Theatre for Christmas.
The reviews are in for Middlemarch Parts 1 & 2, Nina Raine’s two-part adaptation of George Eliot’s novel for the Royal Shakespeare Company, directed by Jeremy Herrin at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
The reviews are in for The Sea, Jonathan Munby’s revival of Edward Bond’s 1973 comedy at Theatre Royal Bath, with Jennifer Saunders as Mrs Rafi, the self-appointed first lady of an East Anglian seaside village in 1907.
The notices for Speculations are in, and they are cooler than its pedigree promised. Torben Betts’s new play, directed by Trevor Nunn at the Marylebone Theatre, follows the columnist Dorothy Kilgallen (Janie Dee) as she…
The reviews are in for The Bridge, the Palestinian actor and comedian Alaa Shehada’s second solo show at the Bush Theatre, written with its director Sam Beale and first seen at this summer’s Edinburgh Fringe.
The notices for The Lives of Others are in, and they are warmer than a stage version of a much-loved film can usually expect, though the enthusiasm is not unanimous.
The reviews are in for Big Love, a one-man show written and directed by David Brady and performed by Samuel Warren at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre in Kentish Town, where it closes the Here | For 2026 season of new work.
The reviews are in for The Moth, Paul Herzberg’s play about a Black British journalist and a white South African ex-soldier whose chance meeting on a train binds them together for thirty years.
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