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Review: LONDON CLOWN FESTIVAL: OPENING CABARET, Soho Theatre
And here we go again: the London Clown Festival returns for another run of bizarre, brilliant and occasionally bonkers shows until 26 July....
Review: THE IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE SHOW, The Other Palace
The Improvised Shakespeare Show is a show that has a self-describing title - a group of actors improvises a show based on the style of Shakespeare. The cast rotates between members of the ShakeItUp Improv troupe, making multiple visits even more appealing as there may be an entirely different cast t...
Review: COSÌ FAN TUTTE, Royal Opera House
Has opera found its own Ivo van Hove? Jan Philipp Gloger’s radical production of Così fan tutte continues until 10 July....
Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Make of The Stage Adapatation of Naoshi Arakawa's YOUR LIE IN APRIL?
After a record-breaking sell-out concert launch at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Your Lie in April is now open at the Harold Pinter Theatre for 12 weeks only....
Review: YOUR LIE IN APRIL, Harold Pinter Theatre
A show that could go very wrong gets everything right...
Review: DIZNEY IN DRAG: ONCE UPON A PARODY, Underbelly Cavendish Square
Written and directed by the Hairy Godmothers Collective, Dizney in Drag: Once Upon A Parody is “a gender-bending pantomime romp through beloved fairytales told with drag performers giving (and receiving) positive lessons on respect, healthy masculinity, periods, and sex positivity.”...
Review: SPARKS, Jack Studio Theatre
Emma Riches and Lisa Minichiello give committed performances, but the play is short on the narrative drive required to carry its issues...
Review: I'M GONNA MARRY YOU TOBEY MAGUIRE, Southwark Playhouse
Ever wanted to experience a sugar rush for nearly two hours straight? Samantha Hurley’s campy dark comedy I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire feels like exactly that. Complete with lipgloss, butterfly clips, and Cosmo mag, it’s a noughties teen fever dream....
Review: THE LION KING IN CONCERT, Royal Albert Hall
Back in the summer of 1994, Disney's latest animation film The Lion King raked in almost $1 billion at the global box office. After several sequels and long-running shows on Broadway and in the West End, the film is now celebrating its 30th Anniversary and the Royal Albert Hall is giving it the ep...
Review: MEDEA GOSPERIA, Cockpit Theatre
Caribbean landscapes and musical interludes are not typically associated with the monstrous Medea. However, in Medea Gosperia, Thee Black Swan reimagines Euripides’ classic Greek myth through a fusion of diverse musical styles, showcasing the exceptional vocal talent of its ensemble....
Review: SKELETON CREW, Donmar Warehouse
It takes its time to warm up. But when this American four hander stretches its dramatic muscles a pummelling emotional workout results...
Review: HOUSE OF LIFE, Soho Theatre
House of Life is a work of theatre created by Sheep Soup that is, according to its description, “one-part sermon, one-part purge, three-parts party,” or, in simpler terms, a “travelling musical cult.” You are greeted by a bright and glittery backdrop, as well as a table full of instruments a...
Review: ALMA MATER, Almeida Theatre
Alma Mater is the byproduct of fourth-wave feminism, with faint echoes of David Mamet’s Oleanna flipped on its head and delivered with a sleight of hand. Polly Findlay is back at the Almeida to direct Kendall Feaver’s world premiere, which finally officially opens after a troubled start. The wit...
Review: EDGAR, Opera Holland Park
A curious opera that is beautiful and ugly all at once...
Review: MNEMONIC, National Theatre
Is this one mnemonic to forget?...
Review: JOHN LLOYD YOUNG, The Crazy Coqs
Sometimes a story of the history of the industry, and those who inhabit it, is a needed reminder of the magic behind the experiences and stories which characterise the theatre community. John Lloyd Young’s headline show at the Crazy Coqs is just that – a journey through his impressive career tha...
Review: TOSCA, Royal Opera House
Fronted by some fresh faces, Jonathan Kent’s cinematic take on the Puccini masterwork Tosca returns for its seventeenth run at Covent Garden. ...
Review: MANIKINS: A WORK IN PROGRESS, CRYPT
Deadweight Theatre’s The Manikins: A Work In Progress is many things. It is interactive. It is intimate. It is thought-provoking. And, despite the misleading title, it has a polished concept that leaves its audience pondering long after the show ends....
Review: THE VOICE OF THE TURTLE, Jermyn Street Theatre
They say you find love when and where you least expect it, but swearing off relationships isn’t just a contemporary manifestation of ennui. It’s 1943 and typical New York actress Sally has decided to focus on her career rather than chase men who don’t give her the time of day. Her colleague an...
Review: THE NEXT GENERATION FESTIVAL - RAMBERT SCHOOL, Royal Opera House
The Next Generation Festival continues at the Royal Opera House with Rambert School. The programme includes six new commissions for the third-year, graduate students, and the restaging of three Akram Khan works for the second-years....
Review Roundup: Did The Latest Revival of STARLIGHT EXPRESS Impress The Critics?
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express has now opened in the specially designed Starlight Auditorium at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre....
Review: STARLIGHT EXPRESS, Troubadour Theatre
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express is possibly one of the world's most bizarre musicals-yes, even more so than Cats. A child's dream-like world where trains compete for races and for each other, all set on roller skates. And yet, this 1984 musical's latest revival will make a new generation fal...
Review: HAMILTON, Birmingham Hippodrome
It's a testament to Lin-Manuel Miranda's almost perfect show that even with some performance issues, Hamilton is still a stunning and moving experience. Its impact isn’t diminished even after several viewings, and its themes of love, grief, ambition, freedom, forgiveness and family are always reso...
Review: BUCKET LIST, New Wimbledon Studio
Bucket List is the first play from Show Don’t Tell Productions, a company dedicated to new writing, recently founded by postgraduate creative writing students at Oxford University....
Review: DEBUT SOUNDS: SOUND IN MOTION, Queen Elizabeth Hall
Debut Sounds: Sound in Motion is the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s annual concert showcasing the LPO’s Young Composers.
The concept sees five composers and eight choreographers collaborating to create the final works shown, with the music played by musicians from the LPO Foyle Future Firsts D...
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