The latest reviews and critic recommendations from UK / West End.
Aliya Al-Hassan
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Caroline Cronin
Cheryl Markosky
Cindy Marcolina
Debbie Gilpin
Donald Hutera
Franco Milazzo
Gary Naylor
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Kat Mokrynski
Kerrie Nicholson
Matthew Paluch
Mica Blackwell
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After a season that saw some triumphant returns of classic operas, such as the magnificent revival Jonathan Miller's The Barber of Seville, the ENO has taken another gamble on bringing a brand new production to the stage of the London Coliseum.
Directed by Jermyn Street Theatre's own artistic director Tom Littler, Miss Julie is revived in an effortlessly visceral new production.
Having also played host to The Mandela Trilogy opera and new musical Only The Brave, it seems that the Wales Millennium Centre seems to be making a name for itself when it comes to mounting new productions.
Following a hugely successful UK tour and an engagement at the acclaimed Feinstein's/54 Below in New York, West End star Rachel Tucker has become a celebrated solo performer.
Remaining true to the traditions of Aeschylus's time, The Suppliant Women company consists of three professional actors, a professional musician and a recruitment of locals - who have trained and rehearsed in a choral-like manner, to create a 50-piece ensemble that roars on the Young Vic stage.
Inside Pussy Riot is an immersive, provocative experience, not for the faint of heart.
Recent figures show that more and more people are visiting their GP with anxiety, stress and other mental health concerns.
The Dark Room raises important issues but its lack of nuance and relentless emotional pain delivered at top volume and top speed, detract from its dramatic potential.
Celebrated performer Barb Jungr put this collection of songs together a couple of years ago (alongside long-time collaborator and pianist, Simon Wallace) and has been taking the songs across the UK and the US, amongst other places, as well as appearing on the bill of the Art of Protest cabaret at th
Eighteen-year-old Callum is taking his first steps out of care, dreaming of becoming a track star.
As it settles into its run, expect this production of 'Earnest' to bring out comedy that goes against the grain of the times, but is no less funny for that.
The British appetite for thrillers is seemingly unquenchable.
News as showbiz, entire networks and even a reality TV President fuelled by articulating popular rage, and gradual corporate dehumanisation: we are now living Paddy Chayefsky's satirical dystopia.
Daphne du Maurier is the master of Cornish gothic storytelling and ghostly intrigue.
When Becca (Holly Donovan) is sent to a hospice in order to serve a community punishment, she meets Anna (Clare Corbett), a cancer patient at terminal stage.
Ballet Black continue to move from strength to strength.
Every day a woman lays an egg, and then faces a decision: does she raise it or eat it? Natalie Palamides is a name I had never heard of before, but after this, there is no way I'm ever going to forget her.
My name is Matty Butler and I like foxes .
David Mamet's Pulitzer-winning play, which premiered at the National in 1983, in back in London in a star-studded, pugilistic revival from Sam Yates.
A pared back but wholly successful production that places the storytelling and poetry at the centre of the storm of hubristic violence.
Set in a city where the gap between the rich and poor widens every day, Coriolanus opens the RSC's Rome season in London.
Based on Daniel Wallace's novel and Tim Burton's 2003 film adaptation, this musical is quite the oddity.
Kneehigh's latest show The Tin Drum defies categorisation.
A laborious meditation at the start sets this play up to be something it's not.
With the release of the Christmas advert from Marks And Spencer, we can all rest assured that the festive season is drawing ever near.
