Review: PUNCH by James Graham, Apollo TheatreSeptember 27, 2025A true crime story that offers hope as well as tragedy
Review: LACRIMA, Barbican TheatreSeptember 26, 2025Caroline Guiela Nguyen and her cast and creatives have made something very special indeed
Review: HAMLET, starring Giles Terera, Chichester Festival TheatreSeptember 19, 2025A Hamlet shorn of gimmicks allows its power to come through
Review: EH UP, ME OLD FLOWERS!, White Bear TheatreSeptember 13, 2025Chris England's warm show is funny and clever and unafraid to pose some difficult questions
Review: TOSCA, Starring Anna Netrebko, Royal Ballet and OperaSeptember 12, 2025If you come to opera via film musicals and, later, stage shows, Tosca is amongst the most accessible.
Review: SEAGULL: TRUE STORY, Marylebone TheatreSeptember 10, 2025Putin, Chekhov, Trump, art, principles, punishment, love, hate and that iconic, topless-on-a-horse photo of Mad Vlad.
Review: HOME AT SEVEN, Tabard TheatreSeptember 6, 2025From the writer of Journey's End and The Dam Busters
Review: WHAT A GAY DAY!, Jack Studio TheatreAugust 29, 2025Super one-man show that does what its subject intended - makes its audience happy
Review: GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR, starring Sean Hayes, Barbican TheatreAugust 7, 2025Long forgotten talkshow guest has plenty to say about culture today
Review: FOR THE LACK OF LAURA, Shaw TheatreJuly 25, 2025Fine singing and pleasant songs, but the book needs work and the staging kills the energy
Review: WODEHOUSE IN WONDERLAND, Theatre at the TabardJuly 22, 2025Lovely one man play that will delight Wodehouse fans - present and future
Review: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Opera Holland ParkJuly 22, 2025Jennifer France gives everything in a role demanding bel canto singing and bloody revenge
Interview: Soprano Isabela Díaz, on The Royal Ballet and Opera's Jette Parker Artists ProgrammeJuly 21, 2025It's a long way from Santiago to the West End.
Review: THAT BASTARD, PUCCINI!, Park TheatreJuly 16, 2025Meta comedy never settles on its tone nor its focus, and runs out of steam long before the end
Review: EVITA, starring Rachel Zegler, London PalladiumJuly 2, 2025Turns out that The Revolution is Televised after all - and beamed back into the theatre
Review: PRESS, Jack Studio TheatreJune 21, 2025Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller's play has lots of good ideas but needs a more solid structure to succeed fully
Review: ANNA KARENINA starring Natalie Dormer, Chichester Festival TheatreJune 16, 2025La Dormer beams with five star wattage as the doomed Anna
Review: SOHO SONGS - THE TIGER LILLIES, Soho Theatre WalthamstowJune 7, 2025Martyn Jacques brings his unique sound and sensibility to a wonderful addition to London's panoply of theatres
Review: CUL-DE-SAC, Omnibus TheatreMay 30, 2025David Shopland's new dramedy is flawed by its lack of focus
Review: THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY, Chichester Festival TheatreMay 16, 2025Mark Addy and Jenna Russell lead a super cast in a show based on Rachel Joyce's runaway bestseller