This Christmas, instead of merely treading the boards at Tobacco Factory Theatres, the actors are treading in between the boards in a delightful adaptation of Mary Norton's The Borrowers, a story about a family of tiny people, no bigger than a crayon.... (more...)
From folk tales to fairy tales to festive (nut)crackers, Tchaikovsky's trio of 19th-century compositions, originally choreographed by Petipa and Ivanov for the Imperial Russian company, are the crowning glory of the classical canon.... (more...)
Guys and Dolls has come to the Mill at Sonning, and brought with it all the sleazy music, flashy dancing, and good, clean fun you could want in an evening.... (more...)
John Savournin and the Charles Court Opera gang are back with another panto packed with innovatory storytelling and great songs, wonderfully sung @KingsHeadThtr #ButtonsPanto @charlescourt.... (more...)
An Honourable Man is bold in its ambition and gets a lot of details right, but its excellent first half gives way to a theatrically disappointing conclusion.... (more...)
If you're looking for a funny play concerning a heist, this is the show for you. Mischief Theatre's third production The Comedy About A Bank Robbery opened at the Criterion Theatre on London's West End in March 2016. A 2018-2019 touring production opened in Birmingham in August 2018. It is currently... (more...)
We are all familiar with the tale of the six wives of Henry VIII. Or at least, their endings - divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived. But what about the women behind the rhyme?... (more...)
'Some would say change is inevitable' and nowhere more so than Clybourne Park, a street in Chicago in the 1950s where the first black family are about to move in.... (more...)
Brass brings the Great War's generation to life in a way that educates and entertains - real people emerging from the seemingly endless roll call of The Fallen.... (more...)
Sweet Like Chocolate Boy tells the tales of Bounty and Mars, growing up black in different generations with different issues to address, the play grounded in the language and music of contemporary London.... (more...)
Sexy Laundry looks at middle class hopes and fears in a two handed comedy that must have felt a little old-fashioned when first staged in Canada in 2002.... (more...)
"You want fame? Well fame costs. And right here is where you start paying in sweat."
Fame follows the gruelling training and education regime of several aspiring performers attending the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Be it dancing, music or acting, students must work hard on ... (more...)
John Logan's Red, which debuted at the Donmar Warehouse in 2009, enjoyed a belated West End run at the beginning of this year. As a further encore, a cinema broadcast of Michael Grandage's acclaimed production will be screened in cinemas nationwide tomorrow (7 November).... (more...)
Jukebox musicals are tricky things to get right. Especially if the artist concerned hasn't had a particularly eventful career. Thankfully, The Four Seasons at the centre of Jersey Boys have a veritable collection of criminal records, mafia connections and a whole heap of unrefined talent.... (more...)
The Animals and Children Took To The Streets twists together retro imagery and animation with cabaret and mime for some elegantly sinister storytelling.... (more...)
This new Sheffield Theatres / Out of Joint production offers a dynamic, inventive and thought-provoking look at young women soldiers serving on the front line.... (more...)
Adam Kay is a writer, comedian and former junior doctor. His candid and honest account of his time working for the NHS, This Is Going To Hurt was published in April this year.
It is a Sunday Times bestseller and has won many other accolades as well as being described by many as required reading ... (more...)
The music is magical, with all its coloratura, patter, and character from the principals, male chorus, and orchestra magnificently managed by Tomaš Hanus, but there's still some magic amiss in this staging from Welsh National Opera.... (more...)
BWW Review: THE JOHN WILSON ORCHESTRA: AT THE MOVIES, Brighton Dome
BWW Review: THE BOX OF DELIGHTS, Wilton's Music Hall
BWW Review: THE BORROWERS, Tobacco Factory Theatres
BWW Review: SWAN LAKE, Bristol Hippodrome
BWW Review: GUYS AND DOLLS, The Mill at Sonning
BWW Review: PLAID TIDINGS, Bridge House Theatre
BWW Review: BUTTONS: A CINDERELLA STORY, King's Head Theatre
BWW Review: AN HONOURABLE MAN, White Bear Theatre
BWW Review: A HERO OF OUR TIME, Arcola Theatre
BWW Review: DIETRICH: NATURAL DUTY, Wilton's Music Hall
BWW Review: THE COMEDY ABOUT A BANK ROBBERY, Theatre Royal Brighton
BWW Review: SIX, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
BWW Review: CLYBOURNE PARK, The Weston Studio, Bristol Old Vic
BWW Review: BRASS, Union Theatre
BWW Review: THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, Omnibus Theatre
BWW Review: YERMA, Cervantes Theatre
BWW Review: SWEET LIKE CHOCOLATE BOY, Jack Studio Theatre
BWW Review: SEXY LAUNDRY, Tabard Theatre
BWW Review: FAME, Theatre Royal Brighton
BWW Review: RED, Broadcast In Cinemas
BWW Review: JERSEY BOYS, Bristol Hippodrome
BWW Review: THE ANIMALS AND CHILDREN TOOK TO THE STREETS, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
BWW Review: CLOSE QUARTERS, Crucible Studio, Sheffield
BWW Review: THIS IS GOING TO HURT, Theatre Royal Brighton
BWW Review: LA CENERENTOLA, Bristol Hippodrome
