Review: FANNY, King's Head Theatre
In Calum Finlay’s Fanny, sibling rivalry and musical history occasionally seem barely more than mere pretexts for a superlative slice of Mischief-adjacent tomfoolery.
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Review: HOFESH SHECHTER COMPANY: THEATRE OF DREAMS, Sadler's Wells
Hofesh Shechter — the Israeli choreographer who loves to make dance and music “because I believe those things make the world a better place” — is a dreamer, but he’s not the only one.
Review: ŁUKASZ TWARKOWSKI: ROHTKO, Barbican Theatre
The true crime genre has already provided one bona fide London smash this year in the sublime Kenrex but Łukasz Twarkowski takes a very different approach with this four-hour-long opus.
Review: MISTERO BUFFO, Pleasance Theatre
Why has the arrival of Tilly Norwood, a virtual actor apparently on the cusp of actual agent representation, caused outrage and panic among screen veterans but barely a murmur from their theatrical confrères? Julian Spooner’s take on the controversial Mistero Buffo offers one explanation why.
Review: THE HARDER THEY COME, Theatre Royal Stratford East
One minute you’re in an East London street, the next you are immediately transported to early-1970s Kingston: the style, the sounds, the rhythms, the smell of ambition and frustration.
Review: TITUS ANDRONICUS, Hampstead Theatre
Hampstead Theatre has seen its fair share of gore.
Review: THE SICILIAN VESPERS, Royal Ballet & Opera
The Sicilian Vespers is always going to be a challenging proposition.
Review: PENN & TELLER: 50 YEARS OF MAGIC, London Palladium
Incredible as it seems, globally renowned magicians Penn & Teller have finally got around to their first residency in London’s theatre district.
Review: 81 (LIFE), Almeida Theatre
As the iconic philosopher Ferris Bueller famously opined, “life moves pretty fast.
Review: PEAKY BLINDERS: THE REDEMPTION OF THOMAS SHELBY, Sadler's Wells
From the moment the curtain raises and smoke billows away to reveal a barely lit stage, it’s clear that Rambert’s The Redemption of Thomas Shelby isn’t interested in gently inviting you in and asking how you take your tea.
Review: SECRET CINEMA: GREASE THE IMMERSIVE MOVIE MUSICAL, Battersea Park
It may be one of the most beloved musical movies of all time but are we going to be hopelessly devoted to Secret Cinema’s second stab at Grease? Is this what the one that their devoted fanbase really want (ooh ooh ooh)?
Review: BBC PROMS: MENDELSSOHN'S VIOLIN CONCERTO, Royal Albert Hall
From the moment the first note rang out, this was no ordinary Proms night.
Review: ELVIS EVOLUTION, Immerse LDN
So, finally, Elvis Evolution has entered the building.
Review: Michael Sheen stars in NYE, National Theatre
In what feels like something of a Blue Peter moment, here comes a play which the departing Rufus Norris made earlier last year.
Review: HERSH DAGMARR: INDEFINITE LEAVE TO REMAIN, Crazy Coqs
With Indefinite Leave To Remain, the singular Hersh Dagmarr lifts and shifts the hits of The Pet Shop Boys into a cabaret setting.
Review: Dita Von Teese Stars In DIAMONDS AND DUST, Emerald Theatre
Burlesque royalty has come to London in the form of Dita Von Teese and her new show Diamonds and Dust.
Review: THE MINISTRY OF LESBIAN AFFAIRS, Kiln Theatre
Iman Qureshi’s The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs, directed by Hannah Hauer‑King, begins like a buoyant sitcom, only to pivot—sometimes too sharply—into earnest, confessional drama.
Review: THE MERRY WIDOW, Opera Holland Park
On the face of it, three celebrated opera companies joining forces is, without doubt, A Good Thing.
Review: FIGHT FOR AMERICA!, Stone Nest
On 6 January 2021, while the US Congress gathered in Washington DC to confirm Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States of America, a mob waited outside.
Review: LONDON CLOWN FESTIVAL: OPENING CABARET, Soho Theatre
Time to turn that frown upside down: London Clown Festival returns in its typically rambunctious style.
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