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Review: A GHOST IN YOUR EAR, Hampstead Theatre
by Katie Kirkpatrick - Jan 9, 2026

Walking down an ominous red-lit corridor and being asked to put on over-ear headphones isn’t your typical start to a night at the theatre – but then A Ghost in Your Ear isn’t your typical play. Jamie Armitage’s second show as both writer and director (after last year’s An Interrogation) is a true horror piece, with ingenious use of binaural sound design.

Review Roundup: WOMAN IN MIND Opens at the Duke of York's Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 7, 2026

Directed by Michael Longhurst and starring Sheridan Smith as Susan and Romesh Ranganathan as Dr Bill, the show is now open at the Duke of York's Theatre. What did the critics think?

Review: WOMAN IN MIND, Starring Sheridan Smith
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 7, 2026

Alan Ayckbourn’s 1985 play Woman In Mind is a darkly comic look about mental disintegration and a mid-life ennui that would have rarely been spoken about forty years ago. In the first major West End revival since 2012, director Michael Longhurst presents a startling portrait of a woman who retreats into a fantasy world as a means of coping with her lack of purpose and love in her real life.

Photos: Sheridan Smith and Romesh Ranganathan in WOMAN IN MIND at the Duke of York’s Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jan 6, 2026

All new production photos have been released of Sheridan Smith and Romesh Ranganathan in Alan Ayckbourn’s psychological comedy WOMAN IN MIND. Check out the photos below!

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: CHRISTMAS DAY, Almeida Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - Dec 22, 2025

There is a particular kind of contemporary British play that believes proximity to the dinner table equals profundity. Or human connection. Or a direct line to our stomachs, if not our hearts. It’s never really clear. Sam Grabiner’s Christmas Day (his first play since his Olivier-winning Boys on the Verge of Tears) is delivered under James Macdonald’s taut but ultimately overburdened direction and both fulfils and interrogates that tradition.

The Best Theater of 2025: London Shows that Ruled the Year
by Sidney Paterra - Dec 19, 2025

As 2025 comes to a close, London's top theatre critics have been taking stock of this theatre season- deciding on their personal choices for their favorite productions of the year. The season has been full of so many stellar plays, musicals, revivals and new works. Be sure to check back later for new additions as they're released!

Photos: Further Look at Reeve Carney and Eva Noblezada in CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB in London
by Stephi Wild - Dec 19, 2025

xFurther production photos have been released for CABARET at the Kit Kat Club, featuring Grammy Award winner Reeve Carney as The Emcee, double Tony Award nominee and Grammy Award winner Eva Noblezada as Sally Bowles. Check out the photos here!

Review: THE BFG, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Dec 14, 2025

Co-Artistic Director of the RSC Daniel Evans brings to life one of Roald Dahl’s most darkly beloved children’s books in an utterly thrilling adaptation by Tom Wells. 

Review: THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, starring Nicola Coughlan and Siobhán McSweeney
by Cindy Marcolina - Dec 12, 2025

Considered the first Irish “state of the nation” play, it’s now turned into a historical vignette imbued with hoarse black comedy. Its long placid rests are interrupted regularly by blazes of humorous energy: it entertains, but the pacing is slightly too slow for it to be full-on engaging. It’s a worthy curiosity.

Photos: THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD is Now Playing at the National Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Dec 11, 2025

The National Theatre has released a first look at the cast of The Playboy of the Western World. The cast includes Nicola Coughlan,  Éanna Hardwicke, and Siobhán McSweeney. Check out the photos here!

Photos: A GHOST IN YOUR EAR Extends, Plus Get a First Look
by Stephi Wild - Dec 11, 2025

With the production currently in preview, HFH Productions and Hampstead Theatre have announced that the world premiere of Jamie Armitage’s A Ghost In Your Ear is extending. First-look production photos have also been released.

Photos: Sheridan Smith and Romesh Ranganathan in WOMAN IN MIND
by Stephi Wild - Dec 11, 2025

All new production photos have been released of Sheridan Smith and Romesh Ranganathan in Alan Ayckbourn’s psychological comedy WOMAN IN MIND, which plays a strictly limited West End run at the Duke of York’s Theatre. Learn more here!

Review: ARIODANTE, Royal Ballet and Opera
by Gary Naylor - Dec 10, 2025

Musically impressive with real high points, the drama does not quite hold together

Photos: THE BFG is Now Playing at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Dec 8, 2025

All new production photos have been released for The BFG, based on the novel by Roald Dahl and directed by RSC Co-Artistic Director, Daniel Evans. Check out the photos here!

Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Leicester Curve
by Laura Lott - Nov 28, 2025

There are some stories that never grow old, and The Sound of Music is definitely one of them. Sixty years after the movie premiered, and sixty-six since the stage show first hit Broadway, this tale of love, family, the healing power of music, and resistance against persecution in 1930s Austria is as relevant and heartwarming as ever. Leicester Curve’s Christmas production, directed by Nikolai Foster, gives it a fresh new look while honouring the original and providing beautiful renditions of the Rodgers and Hammerstein songs we know and love.

Photos: Jordan Luke Gage, Ramin Karimloo and More in ROAM Concert Production
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 28, 2025

You can now get a first look at the concert production of ROAM, a new musical directed by Rupert Hands with choreography by Olivier Award winner James Cousins.

Photos: THE SOUND OF MUSIC At Curve Leicester
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 25, 2025

Curve Leicester has released new production photos and will present the Made at Curve staging of THE SOUND OF MUSIC this Christmas season. Performances begin 22 November 2025.

Photos: Sheridan Smith, Romesh Ranganathan and More In Rehearsals for WOMAN IN MIND
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 21, 2025

New rehearsal photos have been released for Alan Ayckbourn’s Woman in Mind, starring Sheridan Smith and Romesh Ranganathan, ahead of its West End engagement at the Duke of York’s Theatre from 9 December 2025 to 28 February 2026.

Review: END, National Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - Nov 21, 2025

With End, David Eldridge completes his triptych of modern relationships. Beginning saw  Bleary-eyed flirtation in the early hours, to the introspection of mid-life melancholy in Middle. Now the final chapter. In that sense, End feels destined to sag with sentimentality, and despite admirable moments, it does exactly that.