Ian McKellen in LEAR at the Yard Sets Ticket On Sale Dates
by Stephi Wild - Jun 12, 2026
The Yard Theatre has announced on-sale dates for Lear, with Ian McKellen in the title role. Shakespeare's King Lear, reimagined by playwright Simon Stephens and The Yard's Artistic Director Jay Miller.
Review: FIRESIDE TALES, Punchdrunk Enrichment Stores
by Christiana Rose - Dec 9, 2025
Punchdrunk Enrichment has created a thoughtful world designed to captivate young audiences and invite their grown ups to rediscover the shared joy of storytelling. Fireside Tales offers a rich and atmospheric experience for children aged seven to eleven, that blends imagination and collective reflection with the company’s trademark attention to detail.
DRIFTWOOD Will Embark on Major 2025 UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - Nov 5, 2024
ThickSkin and rural touring company Pentabus will team up to remount their 2023 co-production, Driftwood by Tim Foley. Originally conceived and produced for rural touring, Driftwood will be scaled up for a national tour in 2025. T
Review Roundup: NOWHERE at Battersea Arts Centre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 7, 2024
See what the critics are saying about Nowhere at Battersea Arts Centre. The production features the star of United 93, The Kite Runner and The Crown, Khalid Abdalla, in his writing debut. Read the reviews!
Review: NOWHERE, Battersea Arts Centre
by Cindy Marcolina - Oct 5, 2024
The world is a dark place. Every day, we seem to edge closer to the start of another global conflict. Nowhere is safe. War and destruction have become steady protagonists on our television screens, to the point where we’re growing increasingly desensitised to violence.
Review: ANTONY & CLEOPATRA, Shakespeare's Globe
by Debbie Gilpin - Aug 14, 2024
'Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety.' Aside from a couple of Horrible Histories songs, most people probably know Cleopatra for her unique manner of death - almost certainly an apocryphal story (it's far more likely that she simply poisoned herself), but that and her ill-fated relationship with Mark Antony clearly piqued William Shakespeare's interest.
Review: THE DUCHESS OF MALFI, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
by Debbie Gilpin - Mar 1, 2024
“Sometimes the Devil doth preach.” In a winter season that has arguably gone too light on Shakespeare, it is nonetheless fitting that the final production is a brand new version of John Webster’s bloody tragedy. Dominic Dromgoole’s production opened the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse ten years ago, and now Rachel Bagshaw is on board to direct it on its return to the replica Jacobean theatre.