Photos: BARNUM Hits the Road on UK and Ireland Tour
by Stephi Wild - Feb 20, 2026
All new production photos have been released from Barnum, the classic Broadway musical by Cy Coleman (music), Michael Stewart (lyrics) and Mark Bramble (book) that celebrates the life of the world’s greatest showman, P.T. Barnum.
Photos: LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD Cast in Rehearsals
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 30, 2026
The Watermill Theatre and Theatre by the Lake are presenting Lark Rise to Candleford, written by Tamsin Kennard and based on the book by Flora Thompson. See rehearsal photos!
Review: BALLAD LINES, Southwark Playhouse Elephant
by Cindy Marcolina - Jan 30, 2026
A journey through time and memory, Ballad Lines must be one of the most exciting new musicals to hit the stage in some time. We follow Sarah, an American queer woman, as she dives headfirst into her family’s roots. Through the centuries, the same melodies come back to link the women who came before her. It’s a story about female anger, patriarchal conflict, sacrifice, and the deep cathartic pull of feminine energy. Blending traditional folk music from Scotland, Ireland, and the Appalachian mountains with standard pop, Finn Anderson and Tania Azevedo write a visceral reminder of the power of choice.
Review: MRS PRESIDENT, Charing Cross Theatre
by Louise Penn - Jan 28, 2026
In Mrs President, an overuse of technical gimmicks reveals the lack of a cohesive, structured script. Mrs President is ultimately a frustrating and disjointed experience, with little insight into the woman it wishes to rehabilitate. In creating the famous photographs of Mary Lincoln, almost exactly in costume and pose, there is no scope for dramatic licence or invention.
Review: BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FOOL, Southwark Playhouse Borough
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 25, 2026
There is something that remains so alluring about the chaotic and ultimately tragic lives of F Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. The booze, the breakdowns, not to mention the immense talent. Michael Greif's new musical, Beautiful Little Fool, tells their tempestuous story from the perspective of their adult daughter, Scottie. An intriguing concept, but the show fails to get beyond something shallow and unsatisfying.
Review: ALREADY PERFECT, King's Head Theatre
by Clementine Scott - Jan 16, 2026
Haven’t we all wanted to have a chat with our inner child at some point? And what if the inner child is not quite as faultless and innocent as we may think?
Olivier Awards Will Return to the BBC For 2026
by Stephi Wild - Jan 14, 2026
The Olivier Awards will return to being broadcast on the BBC this year. The BBC has been named as the official broadcast partner of the 50th anniversary Olivier Awards.
Photos: ALREADY PERFECT at the King's Head Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jan 13, 2026
All new photos have been released for the world premiere of ALREADY PERFECT, a searing and uplifting new musical telling the story of a man’s last shot at salvation before self-destruction.
Review: LA TRAVIATA, Royal Ballet And Opera
by Clementine Scott - Jan 9, 2026
Opera as a whole may be too reliant on museum pieces, on endless identikit revivals designed to secure bums on seats. But in the case of Richard Eyre’s 1994 La traviata, the old adage might be true: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
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: KENREX, The Other Palace
by Clementine Scott - Dec 11, 2025
An ominous small town tension, the lingering fear that something rotten lies beneath the wholesome community spirit, pervades KENREX, which transfers to London after an acclaimed Sheffield Theatres run.
Review: MY FAIR LADY, The Mill At Sonning
by Kat Mokrynski - Dec 1, 2025
For their Christmas show this year, The Mill at Sonning is putting on My Fair Lady, the 1956 Broadway musical written by Alan Jay Lerner (Lyrics and Book) and Frederick Loewe (Music). For those unfamiliar with the venue, it is an intimate, 217-seat theatre in the semi-round that operates as a dinner theatre, where audiences have a lovely two-course meal before the performance begins.