EDINBURGH 2026: Review: CHRIS CANTRILL: REWILDING, Monkey Barrel
With Rewilding, Chris Cantrill shows himself off as a veteran of his craft.
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Review: DEATH NOTE, Barbican Theatre
Diehard fans will love seeing the world brought to life with its stunning visuals and cast, while newcomers will give themselves over to the thrilling melodrama.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: ROSALIE MINNITT: CLEMENTINE 2, Pleasance Courtyard, Beside
Rosalie Minnitt’s much anticipated return as Clementine begins at full throttle, with a high energy visual montage of screen images accompanied by a strikingly conflicting collection of messages about feminism, piousness, illiteracy and diary entries.
Review Roundup: Did Critics Adore HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES?
Alan Ayckbourn’s brilliantly crafted masterpiece juggles time and space to present the lives and loves, passion and panic of three married couples.
Review: HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES, Starring Roger Allam, The Old Vic
Flick through any newspaper and at least once a week a columnist will lament the trials and tribulations of modern relationships: ghosting, situationships, adultery, all exacerbated by a drove of dating apps.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: THE REAL KYLE MCCARREN, Pleasance Courtyard, Forth
Theatre is often at its most meaningful when it comes from a place of truth.
Review: BBC PROMS: SALONEN CONDUCTS 20TH-CENTURY CLASSICS, Royal Albert Hall
Esa-Pekka Salonen led a powerful concert, conducting the exciting combined forces of the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra and the Juilliard School Orchestra.
Review: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre
A real sense of fun lifts an already frothy opera, Mozart at his most mischievous
Review: LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST & MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, Orange Tree on the Hill
There has long been discussion that Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost and Much Ado About Nothing may have been intended to be connected in some way.
Review: THE COMEDY ABOUT SPIES, Adelphi Theatre
Set in 1961, the same year that a balding former milkman and coffin-polisher from Edinburgh was interviewed for the role of James Bond, The Comedy About Spies sees two pairs of agents (one American, one Russian) face off in London’s Piccadilly Hotel as they hunt for the mysterious “Project Midni
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: LIL WENKER: BOYKING, Pleasance Courtyard, Bunker One
Lil Wenker is a force of energy.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: HARRY JUN: INSIDE JOKES, OUTSIDE VOICES, Pleasance Courtyard, Bunker Three
Harry Jun wastes no time checking in with his sold out Edinburgh audience, first ensuring his Australian accent is decipherable, before conducting a racism check to establish that he is, importantly, in a safe space.
Review: BBC PROMS: BERLIOZ'S ‘SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE’, Royal Albert Hall
The National Youth Orchestra, with musicians aged 14-19, delivers a complicated and devilish programme with great style, joy, and enthusiasm.
Review: GAME OF THRONES: THE MAD KING, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon
With some reluctance, longtime fans of Game of Thrones have acknowledged that the novel series that inspired the era-defining HBO fantasy show – George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire – will likely never be finished, and the franchise will be chiefly remembered for its disappointing TV endi
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: AMANDA KNOX: CARTWHEEL, Gilded Balloon
Amanda Knox is approaching forty, juggling motherhood and finally getting around to being furious about the whole wrongful-imprisonment thing.
Review: BBC PROMS: ROSSINI'S 'STABAT MATER', Royal Albert Hall
There was a distinctly Italian air to the Proms for Rossini's 'Stabat Mater'.
Review Roundup: Did CATS in London Make The Critics Purr With Delight?
There's no better way to introduce your family to the wonders of live theatre than with the magic, the mystery, the memory of Cats.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: FOR DOLORES, Traverse Theatre
Four-time Fringe First and Olivier Award winning Fishamble presents For Dolores by Fringe First Award winning Eva O’Connor.
Review: CARLOS ACOSTA - MYTHS AND MODERN MASTERS, Royal Ballet And Opera
There are few ballet dancers who can claim to be a household name, but the former Royal Ballet Principal, Carlos Acosta, is one of them.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: THE MAN WHO THOUGHT HE KNEW TOO MUCH, Forth, Pleasance Courtyard
Having consistently wowed Fringe audiences, Voloz Collective returns with a welcome revival of their hit show 'The Man Who Thought He Knew too Much' - an undisputed masterclass in physical theatre.
Review: BBC PROMS: RACHMANINOV’S ‘PAGANINI’ VARIATIONS, Royal Albert Hall
It was a night of cinematic imagery all round, from the colourful splashes of Oliver Knussen’s “Flourish with Fireworks” and Sergey Rachmaninov’s “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini”, to Dmitry Shostakovich’s “Symphony No.
Review: BBC PROMS: UNDER AFRICAN SKIES - SONGS FROM PAUL SIMON'S 'GRACELAND', Royal Albert Hall
What did our critic think of BBC PROMS: UNDER AFRICAN SKIES - SONGS FROM PAUL SIMON'S 'GRACELAND' at Royal Albert Hall?
EDINBURGH 2026 Review: TWITCH, Underbelly Bristo Square
Some hour-long shows at the Fringe are the longest hour-long shows you’ll ever see.
EDINBURGH 2026 Review: IN THE BLACK, Underbelly Bristo Square
In prison, a young Black man tells his story.
Review: CATS, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Cats makes a highly-anticipated return in a brand-new production for the Open Air Theatre stage.
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