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Review: IDIOTS ASSEMBLE: THE SPITTING IMAGE MUSICAL, Phoenix Theatre
Starting life in 1984 and garnering a successful reboot in 2020, Spitting Image remains a British comedy staple. Taking jabs at every public figure possible regardless if they’re a politician, celebrity, royal family member or musician, the cult classic show has made its way to the West End follow...
Review: SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY, Lyric Hammersmith
Bioh's take on friendship, sisterhood and Queen Bees sizzles in this production....
Review: FRANK AND PERCY, Theatre Royal Windsor
Two men bond over a shared love of dogs and discover they have rather more in common than first appears....
Review: 42ND STREET, Sadler's Wells
“You’re going out a youngster, but you’ve got to come back a star!” Ever since the pandemic forced theatres to close, then threw their return into jeopardy as actor after actor tested positive for COVID, and performances were either cancelled or more cover than normal was called on at short ...
Book Review: DRAMA GAMES FOR EXPLORING SHAKESPEARE, by Alanna Beeken
Must-have, dip-in, flick-through book to help make Shakespeare's plays fun for actors, students, directors and teachers...
Review: WHEN WINSTON WENT TO WAR WITH THE WIRELESS, Donmar Warehouse
The personal and the political become one in this sweater vested whirlwind of a play...
Review: THE MERRY WIVES, Wandsworth Fringe Festival
Wild but tuneful adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy...
Review: PAPER CUT, Park Theatre
Kyle has just returned from Afghanistan. An American soldier who would do anything for his country, he was injured in a blast, losing both his legs and then some. Stripped of his pride, his job, and his manhood, he is the shell of a man. Andrew Rosendorf follows his character as he adjusts to a life...
Review: UNTITLED, 2023/CORYBANTIC GAMES/ANASTASIA ACT III, Royal Opera House
Perhaps it’s already clear, but this is a rather subdued triple bill to bring the 22/23 season to a close. Earnest in tone and at times devastating in appeal. ...
Review: ASSASSINS, Chichester Festival Theatre
Blazing new production of strange and unsettling musical that leaves you with much to consider...
Review: HANSEL AND GRETEL, Opera Holland Park
As a first taster to opera, Opera Holland Park's Hansel and Gretel isn't a bad place to start....
Review: OUR LAST FIRST, The Space
What happens when the roles an actor will play in a show are left entirely to chance?...
Review: HOPE HAS A HAPPY MEAL, Royal Court Theatre
A steroided neo-liberal dystopia is the backdrop for this literal and a metaphorical journey of self-discovery....
Review: THE UNICORN, Arcola Theatre
The Unicorn is a multifaceted, sombre look at trauma and addiction laced with deliberately unwitting humour and a penchant for benign shock. Sam Potter writes an intense, eloquent, and exciting play in both themes and delivery....
Review: ES & FLO, Kiln Theatre
There are some things we don’t see enough in theatre. A few of these are: stories about women who love women and roles for older female-identifying actors. When these two come together, beauty often happens. Es & Flo is exactly this. Written by Jennifer Lunn, it follows Es’ condition as it threa...
Review: GROUNDHOG DAY, Old Vic
There’s more than a whiff of familiarity down at London’s Waterloo at the moment; Olivier award-winning Groundhog Day is back at the Old Vic and so is Andy Karl, playing the sneering weatherman Phil Connors. We loved it, Broadway didn't, but this revival is a veritable theatrical triumph and a h...
Review: ALL OF IT, Royal Court Theatre
An existential triptych of monologues slaps the audience in the face and expects them to apologise...
Review: FURY AND ELYSIUM, The Other Palace Studio
Whether we need another visit to the carnival of transgression that was 1920s/30s Berlin is perhaps open to question, but there's plenty of interest to be had in this new musical...
Review: WE WILL ROCK YOU, London Coliseum
Whether We Will Rock You will attract the attention of Trading Standards is unknown but rarely has a show been so poorly named....
Review: YOURS UNFAITHFULLY, Jermyn Street Theatre
Written almost a century ago and premiering in London for the first time, Yours Unfaithfully has the acquired taste of a fine vintage wine. The piece is typically English with typically un-English values....
Review: PATRIOTS, Noël Coward Theatre
Although set in 1991, Peter Morgan’s Patriots feels urgently current. On the day that the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine was breached, causing extensive flooding, it is sends more than a slight chill down the spine to watch such a stark portrayal of how a few throwaway decisions led to the rise of Putin ...
Review: THE TIGER LILLIES: FROM THE CIRCUS TO THE CEMETERY, Cadogan Hall
Going by this latest show, the Tiger Lillies are still very much kicking against the pricks, still ploughing their own particular furrow, and still staying artistically relevant....
Review: THE EVERYWHERE BEAR, Polka Theatre
A fun family adaptation of the Julia Donaldson picture book that will appeal to anyone who has ever found themselves in charge of the class bear....
Review: DENNIS & GNASHER: UNLEASHED AT THE ORCHESTRA, Southbank Centre
As part of the Southbank Centre family events, Dennis and Gnasher have been visiting Royal Festival Hall along with the BBC Concert Orchestra. This family concert celebrated the iconic Beano characters in the form of their latest media iteration - Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed, a current computer anim...
Review: NOVACENE, Sadler's Wells
Some nights at the theatre are just special. And 3 June at Sadler's Wells for National Youth Dance Company (NYDC) performing Wayne McGregor's Novacene was definitely one of those nights. ...
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