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Review: ALL THE FRAUDULENT HORSE GIRLS, The Glory
All the Fraudulent Horse Girls is an absurd, awkward yet delightful show that will bring joy to everyone in the audience, regardless of their horse girl status. To quote the show itself, “None of this makes any goddamn sense,” but that is part of what makes it so great....
Review: IOLANTHE, London Coliseum
If a revival is akin to colouring in someone else’s artwork, Cal McCrystal’s Iolanthe for the ENO does so with every shade under the sun....
Review: DANNY ELFMAN'S MUSIC FROM THE FILMS OF TIM BURTON, Royal Albert Hall
Seventeen projects and nearly four decades of artistic alliance have produced beloved classics like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, Sleepy Hollow, and Edward Scissorhands. Ten years after the first musical celebration, Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton returns to the R...
Review: OTHELLO, Riverside Studios
They say two’s company and three’s a crowd. And nothing could be truer in this visceral new production of Othello in Studio 3 at the Riverside Studios, where we are rewarded with three Iagos....
Review: CHANGE TEMPO, DANCE UMBRELLA, The Place
Dance Umbrella present their international double-bill Change Tempo with SU PinWen and Alexandre Fandard. ...
Review: AMENDMENTS: A PLAY ON WORDS, Old Red Lion Theatre
Two-hander comedy feels a little underpowered, but gathers its fair share of laughs while making valuable points on both sides of the argument...
Review: MÁM, MICHAEL KEEGAN-DOLAN, Sadler's Wells
A mega night at the theatre....
Review: FLOWERS FOR MRS HARRIS, Riverside Studios
Based on the 1958 book Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico, this is the endearing story of a working class London cleaner. After catching sight of a Dior gown at the home of a client, Mrs Ada Harris is enthralled by the idea of owning her own Dior gown and sets about working tirelessly to m...
Review: THE BOOK THIEF, Leicester Curve
With a charming libretto by Jodi Picoult and Timothy Allen McDonald, and folk-style music and lyrics by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson, The Book Thief is filled with the warmth of a young girl's friendships and discoveries. But the dangers of war and Nazi rhetoric are a constant threat beneath the ...
Review: FOIL, ARMS & HOG, London Palladium
If you haven’t seen Foil, Arms & Hog live, you’ve probably seen one of their many sketches on YouTube, where their videos have reached hundreds of millions of views. The trio’s specialty is sketch comedy, and their show at the Palladium brings audiences exactly that....
Review: SHOOTING HEDDA GABLER, Rose Theatre
A modern adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's tragic story of Hedda Gabler, reframed to reflect the #MeToo movement sounds both intriguing and promising. Nina Segal's version captures the claustrophobia and anguish of the original, while setting it against a very modern framework, but it suffers from a lack...
Review: I M E D E A, Stone Nest
An iconic venue and a new take on a classic story....
Review: FRANKENSTEIN: AN IMMERSIVE SHOW, Crypt, St. Peter's Church
Benjamin’s study of Victor’s mental health is exceptionally refreshing, but ends up feeling a tad apocryphal in the context, especially when considering the major changes to Shelley’s narrative. All in all, it’s a decently eerie night out in the lead-up to Halloween, but it isn't the must-se...
Review: RUNESICAL, Streaming Online
An interactive adventure brimming with typical Gigglemug silliness....
Review: IAN SMITH: CRUSHING, Soho Theatre
“A show about stress, love and driving a tank with your hairdresser.” If that show description doesn’t capture your attention, I don’t know what will. Ian Smith: Crushing at the Soho Theatre is an hour-long comedy in which Smith describes what his life has been like recently, particularly th...
Review: ROSIE JONES: TRIPLE THREAT, Soho Theatre
Rosie Jones is a triple threat in several ways, all of which you will find out throughout her new show, appropriately titled Triple Threat. And, according to Jones, there are only three jokes in the show, and all of them are placed at the end, so you have to wait!...
Review: DON QUIXOTE, Royal Opera House
Marianela Nuñez and Vadim Muntagirov sizzle in a crowdpleasing revival of the Royal Ballet's 2013 production...
Review: TROMPE L'OEIL, The Other Palace
Trompe L’Oeil is a French phrase meaning trick of the eye, or optical illusion. Coincidentally, when said out loud it sounds rather a lot like ‘Trump loyal’. Most people who notice this similarity would likely shrug it off and move on with their day. Henry Parkman Biggs, however, decided it wo...
Review: IMPOSTER 22, Royal Court
Produced by Access All Areas, a theatre company led by disabled and autistic performers, Imposter 22 thrusts questions about disability centre stage. It’s exuberant, bombastic, and undeniably well-intentioned, but good intentions are not enough to make good theatre....
Review: FRANKIE THOMPSON & LIV ELLO: BODY SHOW, Soho Theatre
Body Show is an apocalyptic, gender-bending, drag-infused spectacular tackling dysphoria and eating disorders head-on. Fresh from their hit Fringe run, individual performance artists Frankie Thompson (Catts) and Liv Ello (Swarm) bring their collaborative show to London, presenting something both tho...
Review: QUIZ, Chichester Festival Theatre
Did they do it? It's a 50/50 and you decide. And you have a lot of fun getting there too....
Review: CLOSE UP - THE TWIGGY MUSICAL, Menier Chocolate Factory
Written and directed by Ben Elton, Close Up: The Twiggy Musical is fast paced jukebox biopic of the iconic Twiggy is a moving but entirely relatable story; although she is an international superstar, her life portrayed within this show highlights some of the more personal moments....
Review: PICTURE A DAY LIKE THIS, Royal Opera House
George Benjamin's slick new opera plays at the Royal Opera House after a critically acclaimed run at Festival d'Aix-en-Provence...
Review: SHREK: THE MUSICAL, New Wimbledon Theatre
The touring production of Shrek The Musical brings the fairy-tale-inspired story to life....
Review: THE STANDARD SHORT LONG DROP, The Vanguard, Camden
Rachel Garnet’s new play is the chance to explore workers’ rights and mortality. It’s a tense black comedy, jam-packed with philosophical arguments and tied together by Natasha Rickman’s controlled vision. It’s, however, in spite of the pair of razor-sharp performances, a tad too lengthy t...
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