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Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL(ISH), @sohoplace
Following a hugely successful run at Soho Theatre in 2022, Nick Mohammed’s A Christmas Carol(ish), has now made its way to @sohoplace....
Review: THE PICNIC, Sadler's Wells
Billed as a 'weird and wonderful gathering', Eva Recacha's full-length work The Picnic is inspired by the painting The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, dating from the 15th century.
The Picnic is about pleasure, power, privilege, passion, playfulness and partying. It is as hed...
Review: THE LIGHTNING THIEF: THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL, The Other Palace
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is an adaptation of the first book in the hit series by Rick Riordan, which follows Percy Jackson, a young boy who discovers that he is a demi-god, the son of Poseidon, and that he must stop a war between the gods by finding and returning Zeus’s maste...
Critics' Choice: Cheryl Markosky's Best Shows of 2024
Grand dame Sian Phillips stealing the show, Adam Cooper giving an unexpected twirl and smaller theatre spaces punching above their weight. These are some of BroadwayWorld reviewer Cheryl Markosky's favourite theatre moments of 2024....
Review: PRESENT LAUGHTER, National Theatre At Home
A festive treat lands just in time for Christmas...
Review: TENDER, Bush Theatre
Colourful and full of detail, Eleanor Tindall’s Tender is an engrossing evening of theatre. Combining the sweetness of a contemporary queer rom-com with the dark underbelly of body horror, the play showcases two excellent performances and some stunning design work....
Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, National Theatre
This is an Earnest for a new generation, Bridgertonian in its approach and just brat enough. Everybody is a little gay. Everybody is incredibly horny. Everybody has the smoothest comeback. Webster forgoes any sanctimony with sacrilegious extravagance. Gorgeously anachronistic costumes by Rae Smith s...
Review: NOBODADDY - TEAĊ DAṀSA, Sadler’s Wells
Teaċ Daṁsa return to Sadler’s Wells with Michael Keegan-Dolan's latest work: NOBODADDY (Tríd an bpoll gan bun). The title is a dark character that features in the poems of William Blake, but the blurb confirms that Dolan's reading is one of “an ode to the peacemakers and the bringers of good...
Review: ONE MAN MUSICAL, Soho Theatre
Written by comedy duo Flo & Joan and directed by Georgie Straight, One Man Musical has quite the simple description - an “original one-man musical about a very renowned gentleman.” This isn’t going to be a one man musical about just any ordinary man. Instead, we’re going to be taking a peek ...
Review: ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Brixton House
Alice In Wonderland? More like Alice Goes Underground as Poltergeist Productions’ take on the Lewis Carroll classic sees our heroine trapped on a tube....
Review: ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Shakespeare North Playhouse
The Shakespeare North Playhouse are taking audiences on an adventure into a timeless classic, in their production of Alice In Wonderland. However, instead of re-telling the famous story, writer Nick Lane and director Nathan Powell have re-invented the tale and given it a modern day twist....
Review: MAZZ MURRAY: THE MUSIC OF DUSTY SPRINGFIELD, Adelphi Theatre
Mazz Murray delivers a classy spectacular, but do we need all those phones in the front two rows?...
Review: NAPOLEON: UN PETIT PANTOMIME, Jermyn Street Theatre
Written and directed by John Savournin and David Eaton, Napoleon: Un Petit Pantomime is a holiday show that promises “historic hilarity” as we follow Napoleon on his quest to defeat the English, particularly the Duke of Wellington. This is the second time Charles Court Opera has collaborated wit...
Review: THE SNOWMAN, Peacock Theatre
Now in its 27th year in London, The Snowman returns to Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre, offering a festive treat for families....
Review: THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH, Southwark Playhouse
Mark St Germain adapts Jaku’s life story into a 90-minute one-man show that overflows with empathy and hope. Directed by Ron Lagomarsino, the piece transcends the limits of theatre. ...
Review: ROOM ON THE BROOM, Lyric Theatre
It’s the show that London children’s theatre goers have been waiting for this festive season, Room on the Broom by theatre company Tall Stories. Well known in their field for physical storytelling, Tall Stories promise to retell the classic Donaldson and Scheffler spooky and sweet special with g...
Review: ROCK ‘N’ ROLL PANTOMIME: RAPUNZEL, Liverpool Everyman Theatre
Written by Jude Christian and directed by Francesca Goodridge, this year’s Rock ‘n’ Roll pantomime is Rapunzel - a five star, fabulous, feel-good show that is perfect for all the family to enjoy....
Review: OR WHAT'S LEFT OF US, Soho Theatre
There’s no shortage of shows about death in the London theatre scene. None, however, reach the same level of raw vulnerability, honesty, and heart as Sh!t Theatre, Or What’s Left Of Us. Laying themselves bare, amid a rousing repertoire of folk songs, duo Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole del...
Review: THE PURISTS, Kiln Theatre
“This ain’t NWA, it’s NW6.” The preshow warm up rapper unironically proclaims down a booming mic. What a line....
Review: ZAINAB JOHNSON: LIVE, Soho Theatre
Zainab Johnson: Live starts with a metaphorical bang, with Johnson getting on stage and declaring that she has a gun. And just like that, the audience is hooked. Why does Johnson have a gun? Well, that’s what we’re here to find out.
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Review: THE UNSEEN, Riverside Studios
Prisoners not the only victims of tyranny's dehumanisation of body and soul...
Review: ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, Shakespeare's Globe
If, like me, you shrug bah humbug to Panto season and its saccharine cavalcade of festive frivolous fluff then you would do well to seek refuge at the Globe and its intelligently calibrated Winter offering of All's Well That Ends Well....
Review: THE RED SHOES, Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
Lovely to look at, but horrid to contemplate...
Review: KING JAMES, Hampstead Theatre
We all know that sport is easily the most straightforward gateway for male friendships. Whether it’s watching any sort of match or meeting up for a five-a-side game, so many men only bond when they’re supporting the same team. Rajiv Joseph builds King James at the intersection between the human ...
Review: CLUB LIFE, Omnibus Theatre
Stepping out from behind the ones and twos, Lemon Jelly DJ and club promoter Fred Deakin takes us on an odyssey through his own life and times. Club Life was one of Edinburgh Fringe’s word of mouth hits last year, an immersive theatre piece that takes his career as a starting point and allows the ...
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