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Review: WAITING FOR GODOT, Theatre Royal Haymarket
A country road. A tree. Evening. Two figures commiserate with each other’s woes. “Nothing to be done”. We have to wait 35 years to receive a really revolutionary new take on Waiting for Godot: Samuel Beckett’s estate still has too much power over any revival of the 20th century classic. Jame...
Review: THE LIGHTEST ELEMENT, Hampstead Theatre
Stella Feehily's new play examines the life of pioneering astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin...
Review: BBC PROMS: PROM 73, LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS 2024, Royal Albert Hall
In a slightly disappointing end to the festival, short pieces and long pauses failed to live up to much of the wonder of the previous eight weeks....
Review: MYRA DUBOIS: BE WELL, Hackney Empire
Nearly midway through their whirlwind tour of the UK and Ireland, the glorious Gareth Joyner as Myra Dubois and Frank Lavender, should be revelling in selling out the enormous 1268 capacity venue Hackney Empire....
Review: 8 HOURS THERE AND BACK, Unity Theatre
All Things Considered Theatre Company opened their latest production, 8 Hours There and Back, at Liverpool’s Unity Theatre on 13 September....
Review: GUSTAV MAHLER'S SYMPHONY NO 2 'RESURRECTION', Bold Tendencies
The Bold Tendencies Communion season came to an end last night, and it didn't go quietly. With 119 musicians of the Philharmonia Orchestra, 100 members of the Philharmonia Chorus and two soloists sopranos, conductor Nefeli Chadouli led the vast troupe in Gustav Mahler's Symphony No 2 'Resurrection�...
Review: JULIUS CAESAR, Southwark Playhouse
Icarus Theatre show how new tech can tell old tales...
Review: CONCRETE LATES X FABRIC: BLACKHAINE, Southbank Centre
The Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer turned into a gig venue on September 13th for Concrete Lates x Fabric. The lights were low, the crowd was very cool, and the “iconic electronic music institution Fabric” was celebrated for the role it's played in the dance music scene over the last 25 years.
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Review: ZOË COOMBS MARR: EVERY SINGLE THING IN MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE, Soho Theatre
Zoë Coombs Marr: Every Single Thing in My Whole Entire Life certainly has a fascinating hook - the show description claims that it will be a “tell-all, personal storytelling comedy show.” Unfortunately, audiences actually learn very little about Coombs Marr’s life....
Review: THE REAL ONES, Bush Theatre
At once intimate and expansive, The Real Ones follows the friendship of Zaid and Neelam from age nineteen to thirty-six. Once kindred spirits, moving in sync, they fall out of step when the harsh reality of adult life sends them in different directions. Waleed Akhtar (Olivier winner for The P Word) ...
Review: BBC PROMS: PROM 70 – PROKOFIEV'S ROMEO AND JULIET, Royal Albert Hall
Another helping of Shakespeare, in this otherwise rather Eastern European-themed Prom. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales was guided through the evening’s events by Principal Guest Conductor Jaime Martín, who seemed to relish every moment of his appearance on the Royal Albert Hall stage, and br...
Review: RHYTHM & RUSE, The Vaults
With a Jazz Age theme and plenty of cabaret, cocktails and close-up magic, London’s latest slab of immersive fun Rhythm & Ruse opens at The Vaults....
Review: ABIGAIL'S PARTY, Stratford East
The Seventies were a time for cheesy pineapple, bellbottom jeans, Elton John, and ABBA. Written in 1977, Mike Leigh’s darkly comic picture of the English middle class turns out to be an evergreen classic. Revived some ten miles from the story’s real-life setting, this is Nadia Fall’s last show...
Review: LONDON CITY BALLET: RESURGENCE, Sadler's Wells
Almost thirty years since they last performed, London City Ballet are making a return to their former home at Sadler's Wells this week. Artistic director Christopher Marney has assembled a small company of talented dancers and in this Resurgence programme, a mixture of classic pieces half-forgotte...
Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of WHY AM I SO SINGLE?, from the Creators of SIX
From the writers of SIX, comes a brand-new British musical where the lonely little lives of two BFFs are transformed into an all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza about dates, mates, and celebrating love in all its forms....
Review: KIRILL RICHTER - THE SANDS OF TIME, London Coliseum
Have you ever invited a guest to your own party and then seen them totally upstage you? If so, spare some sympathy for Kirill Richter who presented his new work The Sands Of Time alongside the National Symphony Orchestra of Uzbekistan for one night only at the London Coliseum....
Review: BURLESQUE THE MUSICAL, Theatre Royal Glasgow
When Ali heads to the bright lights of New York in search of her mother, she finds herself drawn into a dazzling underground world where the beat of the music and the heat of the dance moves will change her life forever. Among this unlikely family of misfits, dreamers and schemers, Ali will unwittin...
Review: OUR COUNTRY'S GOOD, Lyric Hammersmith
Is it serendipity or a testament to good writing? A day after the government mandate two thousand prisoners to enjoy an early release a new production of Our Country’s Good premieres: a play about deported British convicts forging a new life in newly colonised Australia couldn’t be timelier....
Review: THE BELT- PAST & FUTURE, Coronet Theatre
I've said it before, and I'm sure I'll say it again…but what The Coronet Theatre is doing feels new, relevant and exciting. Currently on show is The Belt - Past & Future by Korea's Ambiguous Dance Company. The work is The Coronet's first-ever site-specific event, and I think it's an absolute corke...
Review: KIM'S CONVENIENCE, Riverside Studios
Kim’s Convenience is a tight hug of a show. There’s enough here for plenty of laughter and a little bit of heartstring-pulling. It’s not trying to be the next breakthrough or radical piece, and therefore, in its form, it’s great. If you’re looking for some warmth as the weather grows colde...
Review: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, Dominion Theatre
Featuring a press night appearance from creator Richard O’Brien and Jason Donovan as the suspender-donning scientist Frank N. Furter, The Rocky Horror Show returns to the West End. The raucous homage to the films and music of the 1950s as seen through a pansexual lens lays a claim to being the UK�...
Review: UGLY SISTERS, New Diorama Theatre
I’m still not sure I’ve completely digested Ugly Sisters – maybe I never will. What I do know, however, is this: It is a show our families need. It is a show our industry needs. It is a show our country needs. Thank you, Laurie Ward and Charli Cowgill, I feel a little more confident in our fut...
Review: WHY AM I SO SINGLE?, Garrick Theatre
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss' new show Why Am I So Single? is billed as 'A big fancy musical'. Bright, bold and funny, it is unashamedly focused on the Gen-Z experience, but gets lost with indulgent in-jokes, repetition and an over-long running time....
Review: BBC PROMS: PROM 68 – BRITTEN'S A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Royal Albert Hall
“What angel wakes me from my flowery bed?” More often than not, when Shakespeare is adapted into different formats, the text is largely lost but the story remains - not so in this case. Benjamin Britten and his partner Peter Pears opted to go without a librettist, instead taking Shakespeare’s ...
Review: COME DINE WITH ME THE MUSICAL, Turbine Theatre
There’s potential for Come Dine With Me: The Musical to become a Michelin-starred delight, and its Edinburgh Fringe production has the foundations for it. The cast are all great, the writing has its laughs and the songs are catchy. It just needs more time to simmer and extra spice to give it that ...
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