Review: AIDA, Royal Opera House
A provocative and ultimately successful reimagining of opera's most operatic of works
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Review: ANOTHER EAVESDROPPING, Jack Studio Theatre
Angel Theatre Company have a lot of fun, but still find some bite, with their snatches of conversation overheard in London in 2022.
Review: SUS, Park Theatre
Sus retains its power and relevance, but one can't help wondering if it requires an update to account for the changes in policing minorities in the 43 years since it was written - at their roots, the problems are the same, but they present somewhat differently.
Review: ROSE, Park Theatre
One woman's reflections on her life as a Jew in the 20th century throw light on the history of a people - and give us much food for thought in the 21st.
Review: THE SNAIL HOUSE, Hampstead Theatre
Big ambitious new play derailed by too many cookie-cutter characters and a central dilemma that fails to land as its explanation lacks the required clarity
Review: WALKING WITH GHOSTS, Apollo Theatre
Catch a master at work in London before the show heads to Broadway
Review: THE BEAR and AND I DECIDED..., Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre
Opera at Home's double bill offers the traditional and the avant-garde
Review: GEORGE MICHAEL A LIFE by James Gavin
James Gavin finds the man, but doesn't quite find his place in this detailed biography
Review: LARKIN WITH WOMEN, Old Red Lion Theatre
There's more to Larkin's life than we see here, but, nevertheless, it's a lovely play that does full justice to the three women with whom he spent much of his life
Review: BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE, Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre
Fascinating one act opera performed by technically very strong singers and musicians, but let down a little by a lack of clarity in its narrative exposition
Review: THE NARCISSIST, Chichester Festival Theatre
Christopher Shinn's play brims with interesting politics but is too often bogged down in overly-familiar personal issues
Review: SIN THE MUSICAL, Arcola Theatre
A very young cast perform a new musical that needs work but has as good a chance as any if it gets the expertise and time in requires
Review: ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Not an easy play to watch, but a fascinating analysis of some of humanity's darker corners
Review: TWO UKRAINIAN PLAYS, Finborough Theatre
Important plays that make demands on the audience, but also demand to be seen.
Review: HMS PINAFORE, Opera Holland Park
The Charles Court Opera company team up with Opera Holland Park in a co-production that that is just what we need right now
Review: ALL OF US, National Theatre
A play that reminds us of theatre's power to entertain us, to affect us and, one hopes, to stir us to action
Review: BLACK, EL PAYASO, THE CLOWN, Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre
Grimeborn delivers another little gem with this pared back version of a somewhat obscure Spanish zarzuela
Review: TOM, DICK AND HARRY, Alexandra Palace Theatre
Whether we need another wartime tale of very decent Allied blokes escaping not at all decent Nazi blokes, isn't really answered in this new take on The Great Escape's inspiration.
Review: YEAST NATION THE TRIUMPH OF LIFE, Southwark Playhouse
Crazy show that might become a cultish success, but currently just looks misconceived and misplaced
Review: LITTLE WOMEN, Opera Holland Park
Bold programming pays off with an opera that has its demands but offers rewards in equal measure
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