Critics' Choice: Gary Naylor's Best Theatre of 2025
by Gary Naylor - Dec 24, 2025
Theatre is, of course, a window on another world, often glitzier and brighter than our own, sometimes a reflection that can comfort or discomfit us and sometimes a portal into what it is to be human at all. It is an escape - and who can deny that we need such refuges more than ever - but it can be so much more than mere escapism. The best theatre of 2025 made those lofty promises - and kept them.
Review: TWELFTH NIGHT, Barbican Theatre
by Debbie Gilpin - Dec 17, 2025
“And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.” Following rave reviews, the RSC’s most recent production of Twelfth Night finally makes its way to London as part of the Barbican’s winter season. Directed by Prasanna Puwanarajah, it sees Samuel West, Freema Agyeman, Michael Grady-Hall and others reprise their roles for this limited run - but does this “midsummer madness” feel at home in the festive season?
Film Review: BLUE MOON, In Cinemas
by Gary Naylor - Dec 8, 2025
Richhard Linklater's film is set of the opening night of Oklahoma! in 1943, the beginning of the end for Richard Rodgers' first lyricist
Review Roundup: WENDY & PETER PAN at Barbican Centre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 4, 2025
Director Jonathan Munby's production of Wendy & Peter Pan is now playing at Barbican Theatre. This magical retelling of JM Barrie's beloved classic is adapted by Ella Hickson. See what the critics are saying.