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Review: A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY, Donmar Warehouse
by Cindy Marcolina - Sep 3, 2026

Natalya Petrovna has it all: a devoted husband, a gentle life, and she has enough wealth not to care about any of it. In spite of her long list of admirers and a silver tongue to go with it, she’s bored. Everything changes when she hires Aleksey as her son’s tutor. Ennui, the potential of a young lover, and plenty of jealousy make Brian Friel’s take on Ivan Turgenev’s play the perfect end-of-summer treat. Friel succeeds in maintaining the classic idle nature of Russian drama, and Lyndsey Turner turns it into a delicious slow burn. 

Photos: THREE MEN IN A BOAT in Rehearsal at Rose Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Sep 2, 2026

Rose Theatre has released a first look into rehearsals for Three Men in a Boat, a new comedy written by Al Smith, with original songs by Tony Award nominee Grant Olding. Check out the photos here!

Photos: Sophie Okonedo and More in Rehearsals for A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY at Donmar Warehouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 11, 2026

Donmar Warehouse will present A Month in the Country, by Brian Friel, after Ivan Turgenev. Get a first look inside rehearsals with a cast that features Ophie Okonedo and more.

Photos: THELMA & LOUISE in Rehearsal at the Young Vic
by Stephi Wild - Aug 6, 2026

The Young Vic Theatre has released all new rehearsal images ahead of the world premiere of Thelma & Louise. Learn more about the show and check out the photos here!

Photos: Russell Tovey Stars in THE GUILTY at the Donmar Warehouse
by Stephi Wild - Jun 30, 2026

All new photos have been released of Russell Tovey in the world premiere production of The Guilty at the Donmar Warehouse.  Learn more and check out photos here!

Review: THE GUILTY, Starring Russell Tovey, Donmar Warehouse
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jul 1, 2026

If you suffer from If you suffer from any kind of anxiety or nervousness, I would advise caution when booking the latest show at the Donmar Warehouse. Chloë Moss's new play, The Guilty, is 60 minutes of pure claustrophobic tension. In the heat of the summer outside, it feels like watching water gradually reaching boiling point.

Review: ARCHDUKE, Royal Court
by Alexander Cohen - Jun 29, 2026

We know how it ends. Two men meet in a tunnel, one introduces himself as Gavrilo, and the stage is set for the prelude to one of the most significant episodes of 20th century history. But Rajiv Joseph's Archduke has little interest in historical reenactment. Instead, it reimagines the Serbian nationalist assassins as distinctly 21st century losers who can barely handle themselves, let alone a pistol. 

Photos: Headlong's ROBOTA in Rehearsal at Oxford
by Stephi Wild - Jun 26, 2026

Headlong will premiere their first new production in the city this July, ROBOTA, the first full scale production to be staged at the theatre at the University of Oxford’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. Check out rehearsal photos!

Review: STING, Young Vic
by Clementine Scott - Jun 23, 2026

The protagonist of Sting, a postdoctoral student named Ash, lives in a divided world. Half of the set is taken up by the flat she shares with her boyfriend Dom, and the other half by the archive where she works as an assistant to researcher Lily, whose academic work focuses on historical accusations of witchcraft and ritualistic murders of alleged witches.

Review: A LIFE IN FOUR SEASONS, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
by Cheryl Markosky - Jun 13, 2026

Vivaldi's Four Seasons is one of the most recognised tunes going, thanks to its ubiquity in advertisements, as lift music and hold music (which this piece wittily refers to), so it's difficult to hear it afresh. That's what makes this reinterpretation of it, through an electronic remix by DJ Walde and vibrant new dance production directed by Tinuke Craig and choreographed by Alexzandra Sarmiento, such a distinct pleasure.

Photos: A LIFE IN FOUR SEASONS Reimagined at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jun 12, 2026

All new photos have been released from A Life in Four Seasons at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. Vivaldi’s  masterpiece is reimagined in a new contemporary dance work. Check out the photos here!

Photos: THE GUILTY In Rehearsal At the Donmar Warehouse
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 8, 2026

The Donmar Warehouse has released rehearsal photos for The Guilty, the world premiere play by Chloë Moss starring Russell Tovey. Directed by Punchdrunk founder Felix Barrett, the production runs June 20 through August 15.

Review: STAGE KISS, Hampstead Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - May 15, 2026

Art imitates life, and life imitates art in Sarah Ruhl’s 2014 play Stage Kiss. When two ex-lovers are cast in the same show, their on-stage relationship bleeds into their off-stage one, and vice versa. The weight of their baggage threatens to ruin their relationships, but Ruhl is excessively compassionate and wholly unoriginal.

Review: 1536, The Ambassadors Theatre
by Debbie Gilpin - May 14, 2026

On 13 May 1536, Anne Boleyn’s household is broken up ahead of her going on trial for treason. On 13 May 2026, Ava Pickett’s play 1536 continues performances in its new West End home. 490 years may feel like a long time, but just how much has actually changed? Set against the backdrop of Anne Boleyn’s catastrophic fall from grace, three women try to navigate through life in an increasingly misogynistic Tudor village.

Photos: AN IDEAL HUSBAND is Now Playing at Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 13, 2026

Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has released new photos from their production of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, in association with Bristol Old Vic. Check out the photos and learn more here!

Photos: 1536 At Ambassadors Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - May 5, 2026

Production images have been released for 1536, the play by Ava Pickett now running in London’s West End. Directed by Lyndsey Turner, the production explores female friendship in Tudor England.

Photos: KOLHAAS Starring Arinzé Kene At Corn Exchange
by A.A. Cristi - May 1, 2026

Production photos have been released for the world premiere of Kohlhaas, directed by Omar Elerian (Rhinoceros, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, The Chairs) starring three-time Olivier nominee Arinzé Kene.

Photos: Audrey Brisson, Enyi Okoronkwo, and More in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at Shakespeare's Globe
by Stephi Wild - May 1, 2026

All new photos have been released from Shakespeare's Globe's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Globe Theatre, directed by Emily Lim. Check out the photos here!

Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Shakespeare's Globe
by Clementine Scott - Apr 30, 2026

A few scenes into Emily Lim’s version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Globe stage undergoes a transformation. Austere statuary gets wheeled away, the columns are swathed in plastic flowers, and Michael Grady-Hall as Puck blows bubbles to make more flowers emerge from the floorboards. The effect is colourful, tacky, and gloriously synthetic.

Photos: In Rehearsals for KOHLHAAS, Premiering at Brighton Festival 
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 25, 2026

Rehearsal images are released  for the world premiere of Kohlhaas, the opening event of the 60th Edition of Brighton Festival and its first ever original theatre production, directed by Omar Elerian. Check out photos here.