Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Leeds Playhouse
by Gary Naylor - February 19, 2026
Innovative take on familiar comedy proves hit and miss as lovers and fairies fight...
Review: THE BATTLE, Birmingham Rep
by Laura Lott - February 18, 2026
Before Taylor Swift versus Charli XCX - but after The Beatles versus The Rolling Stones - came Blur versus Oasis. David Niven's debut comedy at Birmingham Rep takes us back to the summer of 1995, when temperatures and egos both soared and the nation was gripped by the chart battle between Oasis’ �...
Review: THE SINGING MERMAID, artsdepot
by Christiana Rose - February 16, 2026
Set beneath a vibrant circus tent filled with sparkling multicoloured lights and fluttering flags, the production opens with a jovial instrumental atmosphere that immediately invites children into the world of the show....
Review: THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS, Rose Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - February 12, 2026
Today we are wearily familiar with the terms 'Stop the Boats' and the narrative that all refugees are coming to Britain to take 'our' jobs, scam us for benefits and prey upon young girls. Nick Ahad's adaptation of Onjali Q. Raúf's beautiful book, The Boy at the Back of the Class, takes much of th...
Review: BLOOD BROTHERS, Theatre Royal Brighton
by Caroline Cronin - February 12, 2026
Three years ago, I sat in this same auditorium reviewing Blood Brothers for this publication, and I wondered then what gives this show its extraordinary staying power. Returning now to see the very same production - with the same creative team and even some returning cast members - the answer is cle...
Review: THAT'LL BE THE DAY, London Palladium
by Gary Naylor - February 05, 2026
If it's not quite as slick as it might be, this oldies show can still push a lot of the right nostalgia buttons...
Review: ALL IS BUT FANTASY starring Whitney White, RSC, The Other Place
by Gary Naylor - February 05, 2026
Whitney White collapses time and space to insert new perspectives into old plays...
Film Review: HAMNET, In Cinemas
by Gary Naylor - January 08, 2026
There are many times you catch yourself, as a parent, doing things you never thought you would do - worse, that you would scoff at if reported by others. I recall looking at one, probably both, of my sons in their crib and becoming aware that I couldn’t see or hear them breathing. You walk away (�...
Review: NT LIVE'S HAMLET, Starring Hiran Abeysekera
by Cheryl Markosky - January 12, 2026
NT Live's filmed screening of Hamlet, featuring Hiran Abeysekera (Olivier award-winner for Life of Pi) in the title role, will be released in UK cinemas on January 22 and soon after around the world....
Review: WOMAN IN MIND, Starring Sheridan Smith
by Aliya Al-Hassan - January 07, 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 ret...
Past Shows
Blood, Sweat and Vaginas (Rehearsed Reading)
2 Jul
Carolanns awakening is sudden and all consuming. Perpetuating the strong black woman myth is no longer an option. She stumbles out of her super woman...
Blood, Sweat and Vaginas (Rehearsed Reading)
2 Jul
Carolanns awakening is sudden and all consuming. Perpetuating the strong black woman myth is no longer an option. She stumbles out of her super woman...
Will Penswick/Mark and Haydn
28 Jun
See two excellent comedy shows for the price of one!In Will Penswick: Nrdic(k), full-time detective, part-time DJ and lifelong Scandinavian Ptur Ptursson goes toe-to-toe with...
How The West Was Lost
25 Jun – 26 Jun 2019
The Bard of Windmill Hill serves up a treatise for our troubled times, encompassing tragedy, history and comedy, satire, philosophy and social comment, drama, theatricality...
Bed 13
16 Jul – 19 Jun 2019
The NHS has a funding crisis, A&E is full and ambulances are queueing up outside. This new play, brought to you by the Putney Theatre...
Michele Osten and the NOT Just Jazz Band
15 Jun
Michele Osten and the NOT Just Jazz Band, along with special guest singer Anita Auch, cover a vast repertoire. Expect everything from jazz standards to...
The Paper Moon
9 Feb
The Paper Moon is a gentle adventure into theatre for babies and young children. Welcome to the small town of Blank Page — come and...
Final Cut
7 Feb – 8 Feb 2019
Sir Trevor Brierly — writer, director, philanthropist, plasterer — was many things to many people. But to his colleagues Michaelmas Crouch and Patio Horse, he...
Lord of The Flies
30 Jan – 2 Feb 2019
“What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages?” When a plane goes down above an uninhabited island, a group of evacuees find themselves stranded. With...
Wings
1 Feb – 2 Feb 2019
When a young girl discovers what appears to be an old man collapsed at the back of her garden, she notices something strange: wings. Difficult...
Witch Hunt
25 Jan – 26 Jan 2019
An American mom, J.K. Rowling, and a Men’s Rights activist disguised as a female SNP politician, join togethers to stop Milosz — Eurovision winner, EU...
Jazzy Lunch with Miss Rosie and the Moonshyne Runners
20 Jan
Conjuring the golden age of jazz, Miss Rosie and the Moonshyne Runners celebrate the Great American Songbook, immortalised by Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee and Anita...
Piaf Remembered
18 Jan
This intimate musical cabaret includes many of Piaf’s timeless classics, sung in French by the renowned jazz singer Oriana Curls. Meet a man who shares...
Jazz Evening with Madeleine Witney
12 Jan
Drawing influence from legends of the 30s and 50s like Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, Madeleine’s adoration for jazz influences her style and persona, dressing...
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