Review: LOOK BEHIND YOU, Theatre at the Tabard
25 years on, Strut & Fret revive and update their backstage comedy to winning effect
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Review: REHAB THE MUSICAL, Neon 194
Keith Allen and Mica Paris lead a tremendous cast in a musical that deserves a bigger stage
Review: DON'T DESTROY ME, Arcola Theatre
Michael Hastings' debut play is both of its time and anchored in an adolescent scream for stability and meaning
Review: THE UNFRIEND, Wyndham's Theatre
Lee Mack and Frances Barber lead a fine cast in Steven Moffat's comedy, sailing back into the West End for a limited run
Critics' Pick: Gary Naylor's Best of 2023 in Review
Some highlights of the last year and some optimism for an uncertain future
Review: OH NO IT ISN'T!, Jack Studio Theatre
Luke Adamson's backstage tale proves both a celebration of the joy of seasonal theatre and a condemnation of the loneliness it can bring
Review: THE REST IS POLITICS LIVE, Royal Albert Hall
Wonderfully warm show by the soi-disant 'Pod-Gods' taps into a desire for a gentler, more considerate politics.
Interview: Reviewing The Situation with Steve Furst, OLIVER!'s Fagin, at Leeds Playhouse
Ten questions for The Artful Dodger's boss
Review: ODYSSEY: A HEROIC PANTOMIME, Jermyn Street Theatre
Five opera singers are holding out for a hero
Review: THE TOYMAKER'S CHILD, Chickenshed Theatre
The joy springs from stage to stalls and back again in a wondrous update on Pinocchio
Review: OLIVER!, Leeds Playhouse
Family show retains enough edge to honour its sources, providing thrills and spectacle and that wonderful, wonderful score
Review: THE NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE: ADA, Workshop Theatre
Ada tells the story of the neglected pioneer of computing and, if you look a little, also the story of a foundation stone of English Theatre
Review: TAMING WHO?, Arcola Theatre
21st century language and sensibility ensures that Shakespeare's most dated plot fizzes with new energy and relevance
Review: MAESTRO, in cinemas and streaming on Netflix
Carey Mulligan impresses in a movie not so much ill-focused as misfocused
Review: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI, Royal Opera House
Sensational staging and great music sung with such passion, but are changing mores transforming how we see the sad clown and his wicked revenge?
Review: THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA, National Theatre
One of the great 20th century plays staged by one of London's great 21st century directors, but the alchemy doesn't quite create theatrical gold
Review: SUPERYOU, Lyric Theatre
Empowering musical still has work to be done, but demonstrates its potential to captivate an audience
Review: THE LOVE OF DON PERLIMPLÍN AND BELISA IN THE GARDEN, Cervantes Theatre
Paula Paz's unique staging of Lorca's brief but compelling play finds plenty in its text and invites the audience to find even more.
Review: BEYOND OURSELVES, Union Theatre
A play about a play that never emerges, gives a platform that reveals potential, but does not go far enough in exploring the talents on stage
Review: SEIZE THE CHEESE!, New Wimbledon Theatre Studio
Up and down show about the annual cheese-chase in Gloucestershire as a metaphor for seizing control of one's destiny
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