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Review: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, Wilton's Music Hall Photo Review: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, Wilton's Music Hall
by Franco Milazzo - March 18, 2024

In the week when an Arts Council England report lambasted the current state of opera and questioned its relevance to wider society, Charles Court Opera’s The Barber Of Seville stands as a stern rebuff to those who consider this art form to be dated and irrelevant....

Review: THE RETURN OF THE KING IN CONCERT, Royal Albert Hall Photo Review: THE RETURN OF THE KING IN CONCERT, Royal Albert Hall
by Franco Milazzo - March 18, 2024

With a live rendition of the Oscar-winning score by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and the Philharmonia Chorus, the latest in the Royal Albert Hall’s “films in concert” series brings the The Lord of the Rings epic fantasy saga to a majestic conclusion....

Review: GINGERLINE'S THE GRAND EXPEDITION, Dalston Photo Review: GINGERLINE'S THE GRAND EXPEDITION, Dalston
by Franco Milazzo - March 18, 2024

Like some latter day Phileas Fogg, immersive dining specialists Gingerline’s revival of The Grand Expedition leads us on a merry virtual journey around the world all while sat in a hot air balloon gondola....

Review: A SONG FOR ELLA GREY, Liverpool Playhouse Theatre Photo Review: A SONG FOR ELLA GREY, Liverpool Playhouse Theatre
by Sarah OHara - March 18, 2024

Pilot Theatre, the company behind the critically acclaimed Noughts & Crosses, return with their latest production, A Song For Ella Grey, which is a unique and engaging retelling of the ancient Orpheus Myth....

Review: INSTRUCTIONS FOR A TEENAGE ARMAGEDDON, Garrick Theatre Photo Review: INSTRUCTIONS FOR A TEENAGE ARMAGEDDON, Garrick Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - March 18, 2024

Girlhood comes to the Garrick. Rosie Day’s moving one-woman play Instructions for a Teenage Armageddon transfers to the West End helmed by Bridgerton’s Charithra Chandran. Filled to the brim with trigger warnings and imbued with the blunt honesty and pure emotion owned by young girls only, the piece...

Review: JENŮFA, London Coliseum Photo Review: JENŮFA, London Coliseum
by Franco Milazzo - March 15, 2024

Opera is not short of stories where women are violated and abandoned by the men in their lives but Leoš Janáček’s Jenůfa is an especially cruel tale....

Review: HIDE AND SEEK, Park Theatre Photo Review: HIDE AND SEEK, Park Theatre
by Louise Penn - March 15, 2024

Hide and Seek is not an easy watch, although it starts off in a light vein, almost sweet, when one schoolboy is exploring a cave and finds the hideout of his missing classmate.. Despite being distant out in the real world, here they develop a friendship which grows and flourishes despite themselves....

Review: HARRY CLARKE, Ambassadors Theatre Photo Review: HARRY CLARKE, Ambassadors Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - March 14, 2024

Billy Crudup's mercurial talent keeps this flaccid show afloat...

Review: ROBBY HOFFMAN, Soho Theatre Photo Review: ROBBY HOFFMAN, Soho Theatre
by Kat Mokrynski - March 18, 2024

Throughout the show, Hoffman returns to one phrase that keeps her going - “It could be worse.” She has a tendency to focus on the past, with one example being reenacting how someone invented dominoes out of pure boredom one day. But, even though everything could be worse, Hoffman brings up a range o...

Review: SAPAN VERMA: SHAME ON ME, Soho Theatre Photo Review: SAPAN VERMA: SHAME ON ME, Soho Theatre
by Kat Mokrynski - March 15, 2024

Sapan Verma: Shame on Me begins with an introductory video, played on the two screens above the stage. In the video, Verma confesses that he hadn’t actually filmed any of the performances that he talks about, so to prove his worth, he provides us with a review - from his parents. ...

Review: RICHARD, MY RICHARD, Shakespeare North Playhouse Photo Review: RICHARD, MY RICHARD, Shakespeare North Playhouse
by Sarah OHara - March 13, 2024

One of the best plays you will see this year, Richard, My Richard is an outstanding first production from Philipa Gregory....

Review: AUTOBIOGRAPHY (V95 AND V96) - COMPANY WAYNE MCGREGOR, Sadler's Wells Photo Review: AUTOBIOGRAPHY (V95 AND V96) - COMPANY WAYNE MCGREGOR, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - March 13, 2024

Wayne McGregor has been working with digital intelligence in relation to creativity since 2017, and why not? This is the digital age after all. Who needs humans?!...

Review: ADAM FLOOD: REMOULDED, Soho Theatre Photo Review: ADAM FLOOD: REMOULDED, Soho Theatre
by Kat Mokrynski - March 14, 2024

Adam Flood: Remoulded is a fun night of musical comedy that takes a look at what it’s like to be trapped between two selves. Flood does a fantastic job of switching between stand-up and singing, and I’d say the £350 autotune tool was certainly a good investment!...

Review: PUDDLES PITY PARTY, Soho Theatre Photo Review: PUDDLES PITY PARTY, Soho Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - March 13, 2024

Puddles Pity Party returns to Soho Theatre after almost a decade away....

Review: MACBETH (AN UNDOING), Rose Theatre Photo Review: MACBETH (AN UNDOING), Rose Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - March 13, 2024

A production that promises to be a 'fresh take' on one of Shakepeare's most famous plays is apt to produce a weary sigh or two. After previously playing at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum last February, Zinnie Harris now brings her promising yet unfocused version of the Scottish play to the Rose Theatre....

Review: LONDON ZOO, Southwark Playhouse Photo Review: LONDON ZOO, Southwark Playhouse
by Gary Naylor - March 12, 2024

Too much left unexplored in biting satire on the workplace and the emerging new media landscape of the 21st century...

Review: LOVE FROM CARMEN, Chickenshed Theatre Photo Review: LOVE FROM CARMEN, Chickenshed Theatre
by Gary Naylor - March 12, 2024

Rap and Bizet's music tells this updated story of love in a hostile world...

Review: THE LONDON 50-HOUR IMPROVATHON, Wilton's Music Hall Photo Review: THE LONDON 50-HOUR IMPROVATHON, Wilton's Music Hall
by Kat Mokrynski - March 12, 2024

'Directed by Adam Meggido and Ali James, The London 50-hour Improvathon is exactly what it says on the tin - a show that takes place over fifty hours in London, bringing together improvisational actors to create an absolutely wild weekend.'...

Review: GUYS & DOLLS, Bridge Theatre Photo Review: GUYS & DOLLS, Bridge Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - March 12, 2024

The challenge of updating theatrical classics has led to some truly stunning theatre, such as the sell-out Cabaret and last year’s darkly stark OKLAHOMA! Frank Loesser’s 1950 musical comedy about sin and romantic salvation during the height of Prohibition was ripe for an update and Nicholas Hytner’s...

Review: BEN & IMO, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon Photo Review: BEN & IMO, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
by Kat Mokrynski - March 11, 2024

Written by Mark Ravenhill and directed by Erica Whyman, Ben & Imo tells the story of the composition of Benjamin Britten’s (Samuel Barnett) Gloriana with musical assistant Imogen Holst (Victoria Yeates) over a period of nine months in the coast town of Aldeburgh. The play is based on Ravenhill’s BBC...

Review: BLUE, Seven Dials Playhouse Photo Review: BLUE, Seven Dials Playhouse
by Cindy Marcolina - March 09, 2024

It’s easy to understand why Blue garnered excellent reviews and a Fringe First Award for their run in Edinburgh last year. It’s an intense, alarming, carefully eloquent, and raw achievement. It’s a reactive and reactionary piece of theatre, real and terrible, relevant and urgent. If all that doesn’t...

Review: GIANT, Royal Opera House Photo Review: GIANT, Royal Opera House
by Alexander Cohen - March 09, 2024

Where does a body start and a human being end? The story of Charles Byrne, the so-called “Irish Giant” is the diving board off of which Composer Sarah Angliss’ debut opera leaps...

Review: NEW YORK CITY BALLET: MIXED BILL, Sadler's Wells Photo Review: NEW YORK CITY BALLET: MIXED BILL, Sadler's Wells
by Vikki Jane Vile - March 09, 2024

New York City Ballet are at Sadler’s Wells for the very first time, and returning to London for the first time since 2008 in a rare event for dance fans in the capital. Now under the direction of Jonathan Stafford, they arrive with a diverse quadruple bill, presumably designed to offer something for...

Review: ROMEO AND JULIET, Globe Theatre Photo Review: ROMEO AND JULIET, Globe Theatre
by Alice Cope - March 08, 2024

Shakespeare's classic tragedy Romeo and Juliet is currently being performed with an exciting and contemporary makeover at the iconic Globe Theatre, enchanting younger audiences with modern twists, an engaging diverse cast and daring BMX stunts....

Review: FOR BLACK BOYS WHO CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE HUE GETS TOO HEAVY, Garrick Th Photo Review: FOR BLACK BOYS WHO CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE HUE GETS TOO HEAVY, Garrick Theatre
by Abbie Grundy - March 08, 2024

The kind of writing and performances that stick with you long after you've left the theatre....



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