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Review: THE NATURE OF FORGETTING, Shoreditch Town Hall
Part of this year’s London International Mime Festival, The Nature of Forgetting from Theatre Re dynamically tackles the topic of memory and what we do – and don’t – recall....
Review: THE ELEPHANT SONG, Park Theatre
Nicolas Billon's Canadian play has dated somewhat, but still engages its audience on its UK premiere...
Review: WE DIDN'T COME TO HELL FOR THE CROISSANTS, Riverside Studios
South African performance artist Jemma Kahn and her seven kamishibai stories both start off appearing quite ordinary before revealing remarkable levels of sex, violence and all manner of delightfully sordid behaviour....
Review: CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: KURIOS, CABINET OF CURIOSITIES, Royal Albert Hall
There are generally two kinds of audiences at Cirque du Soleil shows. The first kind is usually by far the majority: excited, expectant, often slack-jawed at the amazing feats and ready to clap at any opportunity. Then there’s the rest: hesitant chin-rubbers who still hold out hope after seeing on...
Review Roundup: THE UNFRIEND at the Criterion Theatre
Following its acclaimed sold-out run at Chichester Festival Theatre, The Unfriend has now opened in the West End for a strictly limited run from 15 January. This riotous dark comedy from writer Steven Moffat and director Mark Gatiss, the award- winning team behind BBC's Sherlock, stars an uproariou...
Review: THE UNFRIEND, Criterion Theatre
As much a comedy of menace as it is a comedy of manners....
Review: FAGIN'S LAST HOUR, White Bear Theatre
James Hyland is Dicken's Fagin, decrepit and distraught, in his cell on the way to the gallows...
Review: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, Ustinov Studio, Bath
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is not an easy play to watch, rather a theatrical storm that must be endured with three contempt-filled acts making up a three and a half hour runtime....
Review: HAMLET, Southwark Playhouse
Director Ricky Dukes refocuses the story on the younger characters, exploring their response to the personally catastrophic events in the play. Or so he says. It’s a show sprinkled with fun gimmicks and cool tricks, but it gives a skeletal, feeble, episodic result that completely removes Hamlet fr...
Review: LEAST LIKE THE OTHER, SEARCHING FOR ROSEMARY KENNEDY, Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre
An extraordinary, powerful, moving multimedia work that gives voice to Rosemary Kennedy, denied it for over 60 years....
Review: GEORGE TAKEI'S ALLEGIANCE, Charing Cross Theatre
Backed by an extensive PR campaign that can probably be seen from outer space, George Takei’s Allegiance has finally landed in London. The media attention has been focused on the marquee name attached to this much-anticipated musical, but its political topic is the real talking point here....
Review: ALEX EDELMAN: JUST FOR US, Menier Chocolate Factory
A sign-language-speaking gorilla, white nationalists, and Robin Williams. What do they have in common? According to Alex Edelman's Just For Us, they're a lot more similar than one might think....
Review: IN THE NET, Jermyn Street Theatre
Somewhere in there is an interesting play waiting to escape and see the light of day....
Review: THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, Royal Opera House
After a long, hard run of Nutcracker, both London’s premier ballet companies are providing somewhat of a Tchiakovsky exhibition with English National Ballet offering Swan Lake and now the Royal Ballet giving one of their signature works, The Sleeping Beauty, an extended run until June....
Review: SWAN LAKE, London Coliseum
After the occasionally muddy narrative in their tired Nutcracker, this is a Swan Lake with clear, emotional storytelling and magical choreography....
Review Roundup: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at the Almeida Theatre
After a much-delayed press night when Patsy Ferran stepped in as Blanche DuBois with a few days' notice to replace Lydia Wilson, Rebecca Frecknall's new version of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire has finally opened at London's Almeida Theatre....
Review: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, Almeida Theatre
This is A Streetcar Named Desire for a new generation. It’s sexy and dangerously seductive, but doesn’t fail to have a firm and uncompromising stance on domestic violence. We’re repulsed by Stanley’s antics, then by Mitch’s. Frecknall’s Streetcar is unmistakably feminist and feminine. Sh...
Review: BUFFY REVAMPED, Wilton's Music Hall
This may only be 70 minutes, but Brendan Murphy fits an impressive volume of content into his performance. Fast talking, crass and engaging, Murphy emerges in a blast of energy as his version of Spike, a character from popular 1990s show Buffy the Vampire Slayer....
Review: WRECKAGE, Turbine Theatre
Any one of us could die at any time, with no warning and no reason behind it. This is the heartbreaking truth we grapple with in Tom Ratcliffe’s Wreckage, now running at the Turbine Theatre. ...
Review: WATCH ON THE RHINE, Donmar Warehouse
Lillian Hellman’s play is a time capsule of American non-interventionism under the guise of a comedy of manners that suddenly becomes a historical thriller....
Review: THE MANNY, Kings Head Theatre
Masculinity, vulnerability and meaning are neatly entwined in this world premier production of Sam Mcardle’s show, which brings to mind ‘When you durst feel it, then you were a man,’. We ask ourselves the question; should men finally have feelings?...
Review: SIX, Vaudeville Theatre
There’s a new queen in town - wait, make that SIX! The most successful musical in a post-Hamilton theatre world has just received a fresh cast change....
Review: ON THE ROPES, Park Theatre
On the Ropes is a play about fighting - in more ways than one. In the first act, it’s about fighting in a very literal sense, tracking the boxing career of Vernon Vanriel. After the interval, however, Vanriel faces a new opponent: the Home Office’s new Windrush legislation. Combining a story tha...
Review: SALT-WATER MOON, Finborough Theatre
David French’s semi-autobiographical award-winning Canadian classic receives its British premiere 38 years after its debut, but it appears it’s not a timeless play. Much has changed since then and, directed by Peter Kavanagh, Salt-Water Moon comes off as quite the tired shadow of a love story....
Review: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW UK TOUR, Theatre Royal Brighton
What have I just witnessed?
That was my overriding thought as I wandered out of the Theatre Royal Brighton, dumbstruck, baffled, fascinated and charmed by this extraordinary production of The Rocky Horror Show.
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