BWW Review: A SPLINTER OF ICE, Jermyn Street Theatre
Alan Strachan and Alistair Whatley’s well-received production of A Splinter Of Ice was streamed online before a national tour.
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BWW Review: WHITE NOISE, Bridge Theatre
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Suzan-Lori Parks confronts the audience with big themes in her thrilling and radical play, which has received its European premiere at The Bridge Theatre.
BWW Review: THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Theatre Royal Windsor
Francesca Annis is in show-stealing form in Chekhov's masterpiece of changing times in a Windsor I last saw on television coverage of Harry and Meghan's wedding - appropriately enough.
BWW Review: THE DANTE PROJECT, Royal Opera House
Dante Alighieri is frequently said to be the Italian William Shakspeare, and he certainly is in many aspects.
BWW Review: THE GOOD LIFE, Theatre Royal Bath
It couldn't be more timely that the iconic 70s British TV sitcom, The Good Life - attracting 21 million viewers at its peak in 1977 - now comes to theatres.
BWW Review: 4:48 PSYCHOSIS, Network Theatre
“There’s no point in anything because I am going to die” Sarah Kane says 4:48 Psychosis.
BWW Review: THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, Almeida Theatre
Saoirse Ronan provides a much needed opportunity to listen and learn from Shakespeare's tale of ambition's dangers amidst much wailing and gnashing of teeth
BWW Review: THE WOMAN WHO TURNED INTO A TREE, Jacksons Lane Theatre
This Swedish satire on loneliness in the city hits its marks but is undermined a little by the method of its creation
Book Review: 50 WOMEN IN THEATRE
A brilliant new collection of voices has just hit bookshelves.
BWW Review: RICE, Orange Tree Theatre
As part of their new Recovery Season, the Orange Tree Theatre, in a co-production with Actors Touring Company now brings us Rice, a powerful, thought-provoking and funny play about cultural identity, class, race and power told through two very different women, who form an unlikely friendship.
BWW Review: A PLACE FOR WE, Park Theatre
Archie Maddocks' new play treads some familiar ground, but updates it for the 21st century, as identities are forged and fractured in the contested spaces of gentrifying London.
BWW Review: THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, Lyric Hammersmith
Martin McDonagh may be best known for his cinema successes Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and In Bruges, but he made his name as a playwright.
BWW Review: THE IDEA, Jack Studio Theatre
Irrational Theatre resurrect a long neglected work from the early days of the celebrated composer and find plenty of parallels with 20th century comedy and 21st century politics.
BWW Review: EAST IS EAST, National Theatre
Ayub Khan Din’s much loved modern classic East is East premiered at the Birmingham Rep back in 1996 before being adapted for the screen a few years later.
BWW Review: METAMORPHOSES, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Ambitious and never less than interesting, the 90 minutes all-through running time turns already gruesome material into a tougher watch that it need be.
BWW Review: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT, Gielgud Theatre
Many people got through the first lockdown engrossed in the final part of Hilary Mantel’s literary trilogy following the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell.
BWW Review: ROMEO AND JULIET, Royal Opera House
Real-life partners Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales turn star-crossed lovers in Kenneth MacMillan's definitive staging of Sergey Prokofiev's ballet
BWW Review: HAMLET, Young Vic
At long last, the Young Vic has unveiled Cush Jumbo and Greg Hersov's hugely anticipated and much delayed collaboration on Hamlet.
BWW Review: DIRTY DANCING, Richmond Theatre
Dirty Dancing debuted on stage back in 2006.
BWW Review: MRS GREEN, Bread & Roses Theatre
Lots has changed in the United Kingdom since the referendum in 2016, and so has in British theatre.
BWW Review: WHAT IF IF ONLY, Royal Court
What If If Only, the prolific Caryl Churchill's latest short play, explores incredibly complex issues of grief and time in its very short 20-minute run time.
BWW Review: SNOWFLAKES, Old Red Lion Theatre
There are many plays that have been pushed back by the pandemic.
BWW Review: GODSPELL, Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre
CR8TRACT Theatre's production of Godspell makes the most of the excellent songs but cannot escape the straitjacket of the show's dated structure.
BWW Review: HOW TO SURVIVE AN APOCALYPSE, Finborough Theatre
Opening its doors for the first time since March 2020, London’s iconic little Finborough Theatre is back.
BWW Review: MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE, Sadler's Wells
In a world where people are being displaced every day, with very little news coverage on the seriousness of the situation, Kate Prince MBE imagines a fictional story of a family trying to find a place to call a new home.
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