BWW Review: BLAK WHYTE GRAY, Barbican
There's something simply magical happening on the Barbican's main stage at the moment.
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BWW Review: UNDERGROUND RAILROAD GAME, Soho Theatre
The boundary razing two-hander created and performed by Jennifer Kidwell and Scott R Sheppard Underground Railroad Game doesn't give too much of its own game away in the pre-show literature.
BWW Review: THE VILLAGE, Theatre Royal Stratford East
April de Angelis has transposed Lope de Vega's Fuenteovejuna into contemporary day India, setting it in an environment of political turmoil.
BWW Review: TWELFTH NIGHT, Wilton's Music Hall
A spectacular re-imaging of Shakespeare's tale of mistaken identities, cross-dressing and cruelty time-traveled to a speakeasy populated by extraordinary actor-musicians.
BWW Review: WOMEN IN POWER, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
Opening with its world premiere at Nuffield Southampton Theatres' City venue, Women in Power gives life to a classic Greek comedy, bringing it into the twenty-first century with music, mayhem and mischevious humour.
BWW Review: HEATHERS THE MUSICAL, Theatre Royal Haymarket
Following a workshop in 2017 and a work-in-progress run over the summer, The Other Palace's production of cult hit Heathers The Musical makes its West End debut at Theatre Royal Haymarket; starring Carrie Hope Fletcher as Veronica Sawyer, it has a strictly limited engagement prior to incoming Take T
BWW Review: THE WOODS, Royal Court Theatre
Entering the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court, you're suddenly in a dark, damp forest.
BWW Review: AN ADVENTURE, Bush Theatre
Documenting his grandparent's experiences of moving overseas, Vinay Patel has written a three-hour epic, which puts ethical choice and identity at the forefront of the narrative.
BWW Review: WASTED, Southwark Playhouse
After Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash hit Hamilton and the newly opened Six, Christopher Ash and Carl Miller's rockumentary Wasted takes a good look at the achievements and heartbreaks of the Bronte siblings.
BWW Review: FOXFINDER, Ambassadors Theatre
The English countryside in crisis, a couple grieving the death of their son and the fox as the deadly enemy of man.
BWW Review: Tricycle Reopens as the Kiln Theatre
It's all change at the Kiln (was Tricycle) Theatre, with a £5.
BWW Review: LOSING VENICE, Orange Tree Theatre
In choosing Jo Clifford's comic satire Losing Venice, Artistic Director Paul Miller has served up another unique offering at Richmond's Orange Tree Theatre.
BWW Review: ANDY KINDLER, Soho Theatre
US comic Andy Kindler is currently mid-way through a short residency at the Soho Theatre.
BWW Review: A WINNING HAZARD, Finborough Theatre
The ridiculousness and hypocrisy of the Victorian ruling class is presented by Finborough Theatre in the form of three commediettas under the umbrella A Winning Hazard.
BWW Review: DISTANCE, Park Theatre
With suicide being the most prolific killer amongst men under 40, Alex McSweeney and Simon Pittman have teamed up to uncover the reasons why.
BWW Review: MISSING, Battersea Arts Centre
After seeing Missing, and experiencing an evening at BAC, all's that left to say is that this venue has truly risen from the ashes, and its future is definitely bright.
Book Review: BOUBLIL AND SCHONBERG'S LES MISERABLES, Sarah Whitfield
The musical phenomenon that continues to take audiences by storm is arguably uplifting and depressing in equal measure.
BWW Review: DUST, Trafalgar Studios
It isn't often that the trifecta of the writing, directing and acting of a play harmonise perfectly into a deeply satisfying whole, but when that happens - as it does in Milly Thomas's award winning one-person play Dust - it makes for a very thrilling 80 minutes of pure theatre.
BWW Review: ABOUT LEO, Jermyn Street Theatre
Jermyn Street Theatre kick off their Rebels season with the world premiere of Alice Allemano's About Leo.
BWW Review: THE HUMANS, Hampstead Theatre
Stephen Karam's The Humans won numerous awards during its off-Broadway and 2016 Broadway run, picking up four wins out of six nominations at the Tony Awards.
BWW Review: UNEXPECTED JOY, Southwark Playhouse
Take a feuding mother and daughter, a rebellious teenager granddaughter and throw in an outspoken lesbian feminist and you have the recipe for an unexpected treat at the Southwark Playhouse.
BWW Review: HAMILTON (LEWIS) A MUSICAL PARODY, King's Head Theatre
This version of the life of Hamilton - not that one, Hamilton (Lewis) - is a lot of fun for anyone in that crossover in the venn diagram for fans of Formula One and Musical Theatre.
BWW Review: PROM 71: ORCHESTRE REVOLUTIONNAIRE ET ROMANTIQUE PERFORM BERLIOZ WITH JOYCE DIDONATO at Royal Albert Hall
Under the baton of Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the evening exuded Romantic electricity - of a calibre not always the most musical or Berliozian.
BWW Review: HOBSON'S CHOICE, Jack Studio Theatre
Hobson's Choice is given a late 50s makeover in this fine revival of a play the themes of which remain as relevant today as ever they were.
BWW Review: THE HABIT OF ART, York Theatre Royal
After opening to critical acclaim in 2009, the Original Theatre Company in collaboration with York Theatre Royal are bringing back Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art in its first revival since the original sell-out run.
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