Franco Milazzo
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Review: DERREN BROWN: ONLY HUMAN, Apollo Theatre
After being taken on a lengthy tour of the UK and Ireland, Only Human comes to the West End as Brown’s first appearance since 2022’s Showman, a post-pandemic show filled with highly personal insights.
Review: 4.48 PSYCHOSIS, Royal Ballet & Opera
The idea that “art is not a mirror but a hammer” has been attributed to Bertolt Brecht, deployed by Leon Trotsky and could serve as the epitaph for Sarah Kane’s repertoire, not least her final work.
Review: ANGEL'S BONE, London Coliseum
Whether intentionally or not, London’s opera houses have leaned hard into the Halloween season with an unspoken theme of “go bleak or go home”.
Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, The Arts At Marble Arch
Directed by Jonathan O'Boyle, this production comes from Barn Theatre Cirencester where it was first staged in 2022, revived for a summer run and now transfers with its full Barn company before heading off on a national tour.
Review: ALCINA, Royal Ballet And Opera
Returning to Covent Garden for the first time since it waltzed off with an Olivier in 2022, Richard Jones’ Alcina is ravishing to look at, a joy to hear and its clever design motifs still stand out from the crowd.
Review: JILL'S TUPPERWARE PARTY, Underbelly Boulevard Soho
There's an indecently good chance that you will walk out of Jill's Tupperware Party very different to how you came in.
Review: MAN TO MAN, Starring Tilda Swinton, Royal Court
Those worrying that Tilda Swinton — the patron saint of Sunday afternoon arthouse movies and performance art best experienced through reviews — has gone mainstream should make themselves a cup of chamomile tea and relax.
Review: MERE MORTALS, Sadler's Wells
Seven years is a long time to keep a London audience waiting.
Review: CRYBABIES: THE SCARING, Soho Theatre
Fresh from a run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Crybabies trio creep into Soho Theatre with their comedy-horror offering The Scaring.
Review: FUCCBOIS: LIVE IN CONCERT, Soho Theatre
Grab a hankie, wipe away the tears and round up all your friends-with-benefits: after 12 years, pop sensations Fuccbois have called it a day and we are all invited to their final gig.
Review: CREATURE, Colab
Yes, yes: ask the average person about Frankenstein and they will speak at length about the book and the films but, if it wasn't for the theatrical adaptations, Mary Shelley's gothic classic would arguably just be collecting dust in your local library.
Review: THE COMEDY ABOUT SPIES, Adelphi Theatre
Set in 1961, the same year that a balding former milkman and coffin-polisher from Edinburgh was interviewed for the role of James Bond, The Comedy About Spies sees two pairs of agents (one American, one Russian) face off in London’s Piccadilly Hotel as they hunt for the mysterious “Project Midni
Review: NOW YOU SEE ME LIVE, London Coliseum
Packed to the brim with illusions and disillusionment, it quickly becomes clear that Now You See Me Live is only a magic show in one sense of the word.
Review: THE CAR MAN, Sadler's Wells
Luca swaggers into Harmony (population 375, and dropping) looking less like a drifter than an escapee from a protein powder advert, and Matthew Bourne's dance-noir wastes no time weaponising that effect.
Review: TAO OF GLASS, @sohoplace
Six years after its debut in Manchester, My Neighbour Totoro director Phelim McDermott takes centre stage in this emotionally piercing collaboration with iconic composer Philip Glass to London.
Review: GREASE THE IMMERSIVE MOVIE MUSICAL, Evolution London
Grease is the word yet again as immersive theatre giant Secret Cinema rolls back into London with a repeat of last year's summer spectacular.
Review: THE TIMEWALK EXHIBITION, ImmerseLDN
DEM Museum’s attempt to traverse a dozen millennia in an hour is lacking in neither chutzpah nor dazzling technology.
Review: SPACE EXPLORERS: THE ISS EXPERIENCE, Eclipso
The most common question people ask me about immersive theatre — right after “do I need to wear a costume?” and “is there a bar?” — is usually something along the lines of “What does ‘immersive’ mean and isn’t everything immersive?” To cover the second part first: yes, everythi
Review: BBC PROMS: PROG ROCK: A FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN, Royal Albert Hall
Finally, prog gets its Prom.
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