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.
If you’re considering going to see a play you’ll probably already know how theatre can help you forget your everyday pre-occupations by transporting you to the romance and adventure of another time and place.
Choreographer/Director Lloyd Newson and his celebrated company DV8 have been pushing at the boundaries of dance theatre for decades now, in and out of fashion, acclaimed and reviled by turn.
The blockbuster musical, MADE IN DAGENHAM, began life, like so much of current West End theatre, as a film. I didn’t see it but it’s dramatisation of how female factory workers became empowered to demand equal pay for…
The Tony-winning Broadway hit finally comes to the West End, bringing grit and bucket-loads of soul. This American import has taken a long time to make the leap across the pond and grace the London stage, but it has…
When were you last shocked by a piece of theatre? I mean open mouthed, horrified, shocked. Up at the Pleasance Theatre in Islington a new theatre company, Stripped Naked Productions, are getting exactly that audience…
Any list of the top 10 most popular and often performed operas around the world would include 3 by Mozart. Don Giovanni, Cosi fan tutte and The Marriage of Figaro, a trilogy of masterpieces known as the Da Ponte operas…
I really disliked this musical when I reviewed it in its original incarnation at the St James Theatre on the fringe, although it may have been coloured by the…
Lovers are well served by London Theatre over the next few weeks. There’s no more romantic a composer than Puccini, the opera genius behind La Boheme, Tosca, Madame Butterfly...
Wow! What a massive disappointment this latest revival of GREAT BRITAIN, a new satire by Richard Bean, directed by Nicholas Hytner, turns out to be; particularly after the pair’s international triumph with the Goldoni…
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