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Review: ANIMAL FARM, Stratford East
Amy Leach directs Tatty Hennessy’s adaptation of Orwell’s shockingly relevant novella, exploring greed and corruption in a sophisticated production that integrates British Sign Language. It’s essential viewing in the current political climate....
Review: TESTO, Battersea Arts Centre
Drenched in eerie green and red light, Wet Mess’ Testo is a unique, subversive fever trip through masculinity, transness, and queer identity. A hidden gem of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, this inventive piece fuses drag king performance with verbatim and cabaret, incorporating the voices of peop...
Review: MORE LIFE, The Royal Court
Botox and Ozempic can make anyone beautiful and AI will outthink us all. What is left for the human race? That’s the question that’s unravelled in More Life...
Review: BOYS FROM THE BLACKSTUFF, Richmond Theatre
After debuting at Liverpool's Royal Court and successful London and West End transfers, James Graham's adaptation of Alan Bleasdale’s iconic television series is now on a national tour. And what a good thing, as this is urgent and thoughtful theatre that deserves to be seen by as many people as ...
Review: OUTLYING ISLANDS, Jermyn Street Theatre
Dazzling acting and directing delivers a fine revival in a perfect space...
Review: FESTEN, Royal Ballet And Opera
Mark-Anthony Turnage has a provocative habit of turning unconventional narratives into opera...
Review: THREE SISTERS, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
The Prozorov sisters are desperate for entertainment. Plagued by their dreary provincial life, they yearn for the lights and excitement of Moscow, but have to make do with the visiting soldiers. When their only brother marries, their sister-in-law isn’t exactly what they dreamed of. Her lacking se...
Review: CHURCHILL IN MOSCOW, Orange Tree Theatre
In 1942 Moscow a top-secret meeting occured between Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin as the Nazis rampaged through Europe and into the Soviet Union. This world premiere of Howard Brenton’s play imagines the attempts at diplomacy, political clashes and eye-watering amounts of drinking that may ...
Review Roundup: THE YEARS Makes Its West End Transfer
The five-star sold out production of The Years has transferred to the West End for 12 weeks only. Based on Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux’s fearless masterpiece, five actors create an unapologetic portrait of a woman shaped by her rapidly-changing world....
Review: THE YEARS, Harold Pinter Theatre
Critics raved about its initial run at the Almedia last year. Can it make the leap from intimate space to grand West End playhouse?...
Review: OUR MIGHTY GROOVE, Sadler's Wells East
In the new Sadler's Wells East venue, we are invited to observe and then enter the world of Club Groove in a pulsing, energetic, modern dance piece allowing the audience to mingle on the dance floor. The story is slight but the vibe is unmistakable. This production opens with a half-hour of powerhou...
Review: KS6: SMALL FORWARD, The Pit Barbican Centre
Katsiaryna Snytsina, the eponymous KS6, tells an often warm and witty tale of her own empowerment, with a burning ambition to do the same for her country...
Review: HEAVEN, Southwark Playhouse Borough
How would life have turned out if you had stayed with your first love? Where would you be if you had gone against social convention? Eugene O'Brien's deftly crafted play, HEAVEN, asks us these questions and many more in this captivating and bittersweet two-hander....
Review: LSO - WALKER, BERNSTEIN AND WALTON, Barbican
An evening of expressive and emotional music from three great modernist composers is hard to fault as the LSO perform pieces by Walker, Bernstein, and Walton in a powerful Anglo-American programme....
Review: MRS PRESIDENT, Charing Cross Theatre
The road to the perfect commemorative photograph is anything but smooth with their two unruly personalities. Written by historian playwright John Ransom-Phillips and directed by Bronagh Lagan, Mrs President lives suspended between the lenses of history and fiction....
Review Roundup: ELEKTRA, Starring Brie Larson
Starring Brie Larson, Daniel Fish directs the first major revival in over a decade of Sophokles’ electrifying and timeless play, Elektra, with a translation by poet Anne Carson, at the Duke Of York’s Theatre....
Review: ELEKTRA, Duke Of York's Theatre
So why is Daniel Fish’s Elektra such a droning dud?...
Review: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, London Coliseum
Joe Hill-Gibbins’s new production of The Marriage of Figaro for English National Opera opened back in March 2020 for a single performance before Covid struck. Thankfully, nearly five years on it has been given a second life at the London Coliseum and it is a riotous delight from start to finish....
Album Review: THINGS THAT COME AND GO, Hadley Fraser
It’s a meticulously organised ten-track album. The songs are famous, but not so excessively that the line-up comes off as a redundant rehashing of standards or a vanity project. The piece has a consistent cohesion to it - sonically but also narratively, with the numbers living inside a bubble of m...
Review: THANKS FOR HAVING ME, King's Head Theatre
In his new production at King’s Head Theatre, Keelan Kember explores the seemingly alluring, yet constantly perplexing concept of casual dating in a sitcom-inspired production that will have you giggling in your seat....
Review: ANIMAL FARM, Rose Theatre
Classics like Animal Farm are tough to stage, partly because they’re produced so often. To make a lasting impact, a production needs to bring something truly exciting and relevant to the table. Unfortunately, this production never fully justifies why this adaptation, and why now?...
Review: VANYA IS ALIVE, Omnibus Theatre
In this masterfully crafted one-hour solo performance, Vanya is Alive presents a universal tale of state oppression through the intimate lens of maternal grief. Currently running at the Omnibus Theatre, this English translation of Natalia Lizorkina's work transcends its Russian origins to illuminate...
Review Roundup: Did Rami Malek Impress in OEDIPUS?
Ella Hickson’s epic and revelatory version of Sophocles’ transcendent tragedy, Oedipus, co-directed by Hofesh Shechter and Matthew Warchus has now opened at The Old Vic....
Review: PRETTY GUARDIAN SAILOR MOON: THE SUPER LIVE, HERE At Outernet
Let's get it out of the way: if you have no interest in the material, if you're averse to fantasy fun, or if you're not willing to buy into a style that's far removed from western realism, this is not for you. Directed by Kaori Miura, this is Sailor Moon J-pop version: OTT, kawaii, delectably silly,...
Review: OEDIPUS, The Old Vic
It’s difficult to imagine anyone watching Oedipus without having prior knowledge of the story’s brutal twist - especially the case given that a rival production of the same play has just closed in the West End to critical acclaim....
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