Louise Penn
Review: BBC PROMS: BLACK DYKE BAND, Royal Albert Hall
Black Dyke Band brings its popular programme of classics and movie music, written or arranged for brass, to the BBC Proms.
Review: COMPAŇÍA MARCO FLORES - RAYUELA, Sadler's Wells East
In Reyuela, Flores and his collaborators see flamenco as a game of risk, mischievousness, and arrogance.
Review: ZOONATION YOUTH COMPANY, Royal Ballet And Opera
ZooNation Youth Company presents two shows as part of the Next Generation Festival 2026 - a showcase for dancers under 21 to engage with the music, dance styles, and personal attitudes they enjoy most.
Review: DANCE DIGITAL, Sadler's Wells
The Lilian Baylis Theatre and associated spaces next door to Sadler's Wells is full of chatter and excitement on day 2 of the Dance Digital film festival.
Review: THE DANCE FACTORY - DADA MASILO’S HAMLET, Sadler's Wells
If you know the Shakespeare play this dance version is inspired by, you'll be on board with this truncated romp through the key scenes - murder, marriage, mousetrap, nunnery, church, closet, madness, death.
Review: JETTE PARKER ARTISTS: TALES OF LOVE AND LOSS, Royal Ballet And Opera
Ana Inés Jabares-Pita's set feels familiar and clearly defines time and place: The Departure remains in the 1960s; Making Arrangements moves into the 1970s, where a woman could choose to live independently; Four Sisters is in the materialistic 1980s, where 'greed is good'.
Review: SCOTTISH BALLET - MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, Sadler's Wells
Mary, Queen of Scots, is a remarkable piece of work, offering pointed comment on the place of women in the sixteenth-century court and on the mythology that casts Mary as a martyr.
Review: TO MAURY WITH LOVE, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
To Maury With Love at Theatre Royal Drury Lane celebrated composer Maury Yeston’s 80th birthday with songs from Titanic, Nine, and Grand Hotel.
Review: SAUL at LONDON HANDEL FESTIVAL, Sinfonia Smith Square
Opening the London Handel Fetsival, this flawless presentation of Saul was a celebration of Handel that set the tone of the performances to follow.
Review: CLASSICAL MIXTAPE: A LIVE TAKEOVER, Southbank Centre
Classical Mixtape: A Live Takeover is part of the Southbank Centre's 75th anniversary programme.
Review: BIGRE / “FISH BOWL” COMPAGNIE LE FILS DU GRAND RÉSEAU, Peacock Theatre
BIGRE/'Fish Bowl' is a glorious, inventive display of comedy clowning with the ability to engage and surprise.
Review: MRS PRESIDENT, Charing Cross Theatre
In Mrs President, an overuse of technical gimmicks reveals the lack of a cohesive, structured script.
Review: LOVERS ACTUALLY, The Other Palace
Lovers Actually takes the mick out of everyone's love-hate Christmas film, Love Actually, in a show written by Neil Hurst and Jodie Prenger.
Review: NORTHERN BALLET: LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, Royal Ballet And Opera
A delightful 'first ballet' aimed at children, Northern Ballet's Little Red Riding Hood offers a twist on the old tale of the hungry wolf and the sweet little grandmother.
Review: 50 FIRST DATES, The Other Palace
This musical of 50 First Dates tones down a lot of the crude humour found in the film, and produces a very safe piece of entertainment.
Review: THE CODE, Southwark Playhouse Elephant
Michael McKeever's play mixes fact, gossip, and invention in a spicy drama that offers a biting comment on the grime behind the glitter of Hollywood.
Review: EVERY BRILLIANT THING, Starring Sue Perkins, @sohoplace
Every Brilliant Thing, now on in the West End, never be the same show, so it could be watched 10 times, 100 times, a million and still reach deep into the heart of you.
Review: THE GENESIS, Peacock Theatre
The Genesis has been astonishing audiences across the globe with its showcase of trust and spectacle.
Review: THE PITCHFORK DISNEY, King's Head Theatre
This timely revival of Philip Ridley's first play, The Pitchfork Disney, brought back to the London stage by Lidless Theatre, Zoe Weldon and King's Head Theatre Productions, marks a major moment in the partnership between Lidless and Ridley.
Review: BBC PROMS: FOLK SONGS AND DANCES, Royal Albert Hall
This intriguing and contrasting programme of folk songs and dances offers the woodwind, brass, and percussion sections of the orchestra to shine, and the virtuosity of the trombone soloist is a true treat.
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