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: 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: 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.
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: Oscar Wilde's AN IDEAL HUSBAND in Rehearsal
by Stephi Wild - Apr 23, 2026
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has rehearsal images ahead of their upcoming production of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, in association with Bristol Old Vic. Check out the photos here!