UK / WEST END THEATER REVIEWS

Told By An Idiot have been creating the unexpected for 25 years, and with this offering they provide a comedic, alternative historical take on one of France's most formidable leaders. Based on Simon Leys' novel The Death of Napoleon, this page to stage interpretation features copious amounts of humo...

Strangers On A Train was a highly successful, taut thriller written by Patricia Highsmith in 1950. Master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock adapted it into a highly charged and provocative film noir soon afterwards. It is a shame, therefore, that Anthony Banks' new production lacks any similar tension or...

In the Donmar Warehouse's last season, Knives in Hens split opinion in a highly stylised and surreal production. As the title may suggest, Peter Gill's 2001 play The York Realist could not be further from this. Grounded in naturalism both in script and vision, Robert Hastie's production of The York ...

"Hi, welcome to the feminist" The Volvas say before embarking in an irreverent and unabashedly in-your-face rollercoaster of a piece. From coping with an unexpected pregnancy, female orgasm, office boredom, and the jarring experience of sexual assault, the five women brilliantly succeed in their aud...

Originally intended as a stinging satire on Victorian politics and the House of Lords in particular, Gilbert and Sullivan's supremely silly comic opera Iolanthe is in fine form as it returns to the Coliseum. The story is of the eponymous fairy Iolanthe, banished from fairyland as she married a morta...

Wheeldon's popular retelling of The Winter's Tale returns to the Royal Opera House stage for the third time in four years. Of its many strengths, the meaty storytelling on display from the dancers of the Royal Ballet is its greatest selling point. It is done with such a wonderful clarity not only th...

Monica Dolan examines the sexualisation of children from the perspective of a psychotherapist, Tessa, who's assessing a mother who allowed her eight-year-old to have breast implants. She narrates the story of Leila, a precocious child, and her mother Karen, leading her audience on a crucial journey ...

'It just seems to be a thing that we do, this incomprehensible violence thing.' So says the narrator of Dennis Kelly's new one-woman play, performed in a staggering tour-de-force by Carey Mulligan. She's been reflecting on an American mass shooting (and the fact that yet another has taken place just...

In her brutally honest and refreshingly unique story about addiction and self-fulfilment, Daniella Isaacs performs a personal response to her experience of the Wellness industry. Placing a sharp focus on our understanding of beauty in the current social media charged climate, this one-hour piece is ...

Best friends Rita and Sue get a lift home from married Bob after babysitting his kids. When he takes the scenic route and offers them a bit of fun, the three start a fling they each think they control....

Robert Louis Stevenson's gothic thriller has had such an impact on the public psyche that a reference to 'Jekyll and Hyde' is universally known as referring to a person with a dual personality. An adaptation at Kingston's Rose Theatre attempts to convey the dark horror of the story where upright Dr ...

Liberties have been taken with Bizet's opera, but none are diabolical, and what emerges is something which is sometimes less and sometimes more than its inspiration....

Alan (Anthony Cord) has decided to leave his family for Julian (Julian Bailey-Jones), his younger lover. The latter is ready to take him back after almost a year, but the arrival of his scorned wife (Julia Faulkner) interrupts their reunion. John Hopkins' Tony-nominated 1974 drama Find Your Way Home...

BroadwayWorld Sydney was given an exclusive taste of ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER: UNMASKED: THE PLATINUM COLLECTION ahead of it's release on 16th March 2018 through Universal Music. ...

Two worlds collide at a bus stop. Martin (Robert Hayes) is a young professional whose life clashes with Leila (Helena Westerman), a bubbly and energetic 23-year-old woman who works in a coffee shop (and hates it). He takes his mum to chemotherapy sessions and she's always rushing off. The discuss ge...

Again, written by Stephanie Jacob, is a short one-act play about a family reuniting after an undefined amount of time apart. How will the relationships play out when they're all back in the bosom of the home they shared together for so many years?...

Peter Finch and Eletha Barrett's relationships scandalised Hollywood and lead the actor to an Academy Award-winning performance in the 1976 film Network. Written by Cassie McFarlane and Adrian Hope, Mad as Hell is a brash and provocative piece of theatre....

Somewhere a Gunner Fires at the King's Head Theatre is a haunting piece about the First World War and how it affected people from many nations and backgrounds. The Cavalry Theatre play follows six different characters in interweaving stories based on true events. This is the world premiere of the pi...

Notes of Love is Oliver Boito's debut CD and first venture into releasing his own music. An artist and photographer, in addition to writer and composer, Boito has an impressive set of skills to his name and Notes of Love is something that he should be incredibly proud of....

It's 1965 and a new phenomenon is erupting out of the East End. It's trendy, vibrant and contagious. It's Mod. Filled with so much nostalgia, the show charts the story of the Small Faces - the band that encapsulated all that was Mod. All or Nothing has undergone three national tours, playing to many...

The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour does exactly what it says on the tin. If you love the Saturday night TV show, you're sure to love the live experience too......

Just when the grimness is becoming tiresome, Philip Goodhew's script is transformed by an injection of darkest comedy without ever losing its focus as a searing indictment of modern life....

Bette (Leila Sykes) and Vera (Madeleine Gould) travel the country in an official capacity hosting tea dances to try to improve the morale of the troops in 1942 England. As their real purpose is discovered, three young men from the Royal Canadian Air Force threaten to blow up the women's organisation...

If I were to think of hell, I could see it resembling something similar to the Vaults. The damp walls, cold mist and consistent rumbling add to what I imagine the underworld would feel like. Currently, there is an atmospheric circus residing with the tunnels....

This show's creation has been a long time in the making. After lots of time spent researching and refining Kane Husband's company The Pappy Show have developed a production that puts individuality of humanity at the forefront. BOYS isn't a story per say, but an anecdotal revelation into the lives of...