Review: BBC PROMS: HORRIBLE SCIENCE - THE BIG BANG PROM, Royal Albert Hall
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Review: BBC PROMS: AFTERLIFE: VISIONS OF THE BEYOND, Royal Albert Hall
Amongst other things, art exists to try and explain the profound, channelling the artist’s thoughts and feelings into paintings, literature or, in this case, music.
Review: HAVE YOU TOOK THE BINS OUT?, Drayton Arms Theatre
Debut production from Lamp Light Theatre has its heart in the right place and promises much for the future
Review: THE TRIAL, National Youth Theatre
Tremendous wit and energy drive an accomplished show created in no time at all!
Review: L'ELISIR D'AMORE, Dorset Opera Festival
The Dorset Opera Festival finds the perfect setting for Gaetano Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore.
Review: IN THE BRAIN - Hofesh Shechter II, Southbank Centre
Hofesh Shechter has been on the UK dance scene since the early noughties, and though I'm not a hardcore disciple…I, like most other London thespians was nearly deafened by Political Mother in 2010.
Review: THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, Theatre On Kew
Celebrating the fortieth anniversary of Glenn Elston’s acclaimed adaptation of The Wind in the Willows, the Australian Shakespeare Company once again demonstrates why it has become synonymous with imaginative outdoor family theatre.
Review: JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, Theatre On Kew
The Australian Shakespeare Company brings Glenn Elston’s adaptation of Jack and the Beanstalk to Kew Gardens for its UK premiere with an energetic outdoor production, which embraces the traditions of pantomime while adding a generous helping of modern humour.
Review Roundup: Did TRAINSPOTTING THE MUSICAL Evoke A Lust For Life?
Cult heroes of youth culture; Renton, Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud, Tommy, and Kelly are back, alongside an ensemble cast and a live band.
Review: SPACE EXPLORERS: THE ISS EXPERIENCE, Eclipso
The most common question people ask me about immersive theatre — right after “do I need to wear a costume?” and “is there a bar?” — is usually something along the lines of “What does ‘immersive’ mean and isn’t everything immersive?” To cover the second part first: yes, everythi
Review: TRAINSPOTTING THE MUSICAL, Theatre Royal Haymarket
Irvine Welsh and Stephen McGuinness make their Musical Theatre debuts - and it shows
Review: BBC PROMS: LATE NIGHT BAROQUE, Royal Albert Hall
With artificial intelligence doing its best to inveigle its way into the arts, there’s no better antidote than a late night Prom showcasing some of the best loved songs from the late Renaissance and Baroque eras.
Review: THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Starring Kenneth Branagh, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Kenneth Branagh triumphs as rags to riches Lopakhin in Laura Wade's fresh rendering of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard.
Review: MIDNIGHT AT THE NEVER GET, Starring Ben Platt, Menier Chocolate Factory
In Midnight at the Never Get, time is not a straightforward thing.
Review: BBC PROMS: BOLÉRO RHYTHMS OF SPAIN, Royal Albert Hall
It's an outstanding win for Spain in the World Cup – and for the sizzling Spanish National Orchestra in their BBC Proms debut.
Review: BBC PROMS: PROG ROCK: A FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN, Royal Albert Hall
Finally, prog gets its Prom.
Review: ARIADNE AUF NAXOS, Glyndebourne Festival
Richard Strauss's opera within an opera, Ariadne aux Naxos, is a curious beast: a hybrid of spoken word and singing, a mix of musical influences and themes which ask whether high art can ever mix with popular entertainment.
Review: BBC PROMS: BLACK DYKE BAND, Royal Albert Hall
Black Dyke Band brings its popular programme of classics and movie music, written or arranged for brass, to the BBC Proms.
Review: THE ROYAL BALLET SCHOOL SUMMER PERFORMANCE, Royal Ballet And Opera
The Royal Ballet School annual Royal Opera House matinee is a big deal, but perhaps this year more than ever.
Review: BBC PROMS: FIRST NIGHT OF THE PROMS 2026, Royal Albert Hall
If the Last Night is about waving Union Jacks until arms ache, the First Night had some of that feeling too — albeit a different flag.
Review: SWAN LAKE, State Ballet of Georgia, London Coliseum
After their appearance at the London Coliseum in 2024, the State Ballet of Georgia return to the capital with a brand new version of Swan Lake.
Review: HERE COMES J EDGAR!, King's Head Theatre
During his near-half century leading the FBI, J Edgar Hoover used illegal surveillance techniques on thousands of Americans allegedly connected with communism, curbed the influence of civil rights leaders, and caused damage to the US labour movement from which it has never recovered.
Review: LOCAL, Finborough Theatre
What does home mean to you? Is it the place, the people, the bricks and mortar? Liz Richardson's autobiographical one-woman show is a gentle look at what home means to your identity and how the environment of your childhood can influence your later life.
Review: FIREBIRD, Southwark Playhouse
The culture wars surrounding grooming gangs have never felt more poisonous.
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