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BWW Review: OTELLO, Royal Opera House
Russell Thomas, Christopher Maltman and Hrachuhi Bassénz excel in an emotional and relevant production of Verdi's adaptation of Shakespeare's masterful study of jealousy, ruthlessness and much more....
Review: PATRIOTS, Almeida Theatre
A regime has fallen and the new ruling class is gearing up to take over. Allegiances run on the razor’s edge and “Today’s patriot can become tomorrow’s traitor”. United Kingdom, 2022? No, Soviet Union, 1991. Peter Morgan thrusts us in a universe where 1.3 billion is an understated sum as h...
Review: A-TYPICAL RAINBOW, Turbine Theatre
Starring and written by JJ Green, A-Typical Rainbow has a particular mission: to give the audience a mind’s eye view of what it was like for him to be an autistic child and young man. For better and for worse, it very much succeeds in its mission....
Review: BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, The Mill At Sonning
Now I’ll come right out and say it: I really wanted to like this play. After a lovely meal and inspired by the genuine passion that clearly unpins everything at this theatre, I was excited to get engrossed in Simon’s comedy – but the story didn’t grab me....
Review: TITANIC LIVE, Royal Albert Hall
The tale of the RMS Titanic has been etched in the minds of millions for a century. The shattered dreams of those 1,500 who lost their lives against an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean on the 15th of April 1912 still stun us in horror, but James Cameron's epic romance has been making us dream and...
Review: REPORT TO AN ACADEMY, Old Red Lion Theatre
Many interpretations have been given to Franz Kafka’s novella A Report to an Academy, with academics taking different roads. Published in 1917, an ape, trapped and abused by humans, learns their behaviour not out of desire to assimilate but to survive. The fact that it’s the work of a German-spe...
Review: THE TEMPEST, Theatre Royal Bath
What can be better than watching The Tempest on the night when Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spell was finally broken? Surely, it's a good time to reflect on the play's exploration of power, illusion, loss, revenge and redemption....
Review: 300 THOUGHTS FOR THEATREMAKERS: A MANIFESTO FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY THEATREMAKER
What did our critic think of 300 Thoughts For Theatremakers: A Manifesto For The Twenty-First Century Theatremaker?...
Review: DRACULA'S GUEST, White Bear Theatre
The infamous Count explains his history to his prisoner and expands on his hatred of the British Empire...
Review: THE BLUE WOMAN, Royal Opera House
Composer Laura Bowler and Librettist Laura Lomas' new opera navigates the psychological landscape of sexual assault...
Review: THE SEAGULL, Harold Pinter Theatre
Some critics view The Seagull as a satirical look at the foolishness of humanity. Others, as a tragedy about eternally unhappy people. First performed in 1896, Chekhov’s play about love and artistic endeavour now gets the Jamie Lloyd treatment in a unique production at the Harold Pinter theatre....
Review: MORAL PANIC, Riverside Studios
It’s a turbulent time in 1984 England. The nation is trapped between the Conservative jaws of Thatcher’s Tories and Charles Hawthorn is fighting the growing problem of morally corrupt horror films. ...
Review: REDEMPTION, The Big House
A gut-punching slab of immersive theatre that takes no prisoners may be just what the doctor ordered in these interesting times. The Big House’s Redemption doesn’t have the most enticing of titles but this layered drama takes place in a unique environment and punches well above its weight....
Review: NEW UK MUSICALS - LIVE IN CONCERT, The Other Palace
One year on from theatres being allowed to fully reopen, where is the new writing? This is a problem Darren Clark has set out to tackle with his project New UK Musicals. Set up during the pandemic, the project's website makes sheet music and backing tracks to new original musical theatre songs by Br...
Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Actors' Church
Iris Theatre’s summer season is now in its 14th year. This summer, the outdoor theatre specialist present a joyous and light-hearted version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by rising star Sara Aniqah Malik, recipient of the Michael Grandage Award 2019....
Review: 9 CIRCLES, Park Theatre
Dante Alighieri built his idea of hell as a colossal conical structure that opens up underneath Jerusalem and reaches the centre of the Earth. He makes his descent steadily, accompanied by Virgil. The further away from Jerusalem, the further away from God and goodness.
A stone’s throw from Jeru...
Review: THE LESSON, Southwark Playhouse
A young woman appears at the home of a professor to be tutored for some exams. The premise of The Lesson is simple enough, but as this play comes from the pen of Eugène Ionesco, the master of French absurdist theatre, nothing is ever that simple. Max Lewendel’s returning production is funny, absu...
Review: FAVOUR, Bush Theatre
A tumultuous portrait of a family divided by religion and modernity...
Review: RICHARD III, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Gregory Doran brings the RSC's decade long History cycle to its conclusion with a worthy, if wordy, Richard III...
Review: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, The London Palladium
The tale as old as time returns to the West End. The 1991 animated film is doubtlessly one of the most beloved out of the Disney catalogue and saw a number of live-action films of varied quality developed over the years. Now, its musical adaptation takes over the Palladium in a grand spectacle direc...
Review: SERSE, Opera Holland Park
This historical revival of Handel’s Serse particularly emphasises the humorous aspects of the opera, thereby creating a wonderfully entertaining spectacle from start to finish....
Review: COSÌ FAN TUTTE at Royal Opera House
Mozart’s Così fan tutte has always been a work that tells us about ourselves....
Review: EVELYN, Southwark Playhouse
Tom Ratcliffe's new play sets up some very interesting relationships in a fascinating environment, but doesn't solve the structural problems that arise as a consequence...
Review: INVISIBLE, Bush Theatre
A disorientating tone straddles the theatrical no-man's land between satire and seriousness....
Review: CABLE STREET and REMOTE, National Theatre Connections Festival
Two splendid plays, performed with skill and verve, at the National Theatre's Connections Festival...
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