by Gary Naylor - May 12, 2024
Superb performances anchor a hurtling rollercoaster of a play that will live long in the memory of anyone who sees it...
by Alexander Cohen - May 11, 2024
Theatre at it's most ruthlessly elusive...
by Debbie Gilpin - May 10, 2024
“More matter for a May morning.” Given that the majority of Shakespeare’s plays began with outdoor performances of one kind or another, it’s a perfect fit for the leafy surroundings of Regent’s Park – which has made it all the more conspicuous for its absence from the programming over the past few s...
by Gary Naylor - May 09, 2024
Landmark show creaks at the edges, but gets its share of laughs in this highly accomplished touring show...
by Alexander Cohen - May 09, 2024
Sparks fly in this plucky grime infused play, but it doesn't quite catch fire...
by Kat Mokrynski - May 10, 2024
Gillian Cosgriff: Actually, Good begins with Cosgriff performing using a looper pedal, with backwards vocals and some chords from the onstage keyboard. She gives us context for several things in order to understand the show, including that the Whitsundays are islands and Australians like to make tou...
by Mica Blackwell - May 09, 2024
Nikolai Gogol's 1836 satire The Government Inspector caused a stir for calling out the Russian government's corruption. It's easy to see why Peter Myers wanted to bring its relevant story to the stage two centuries later, but the biting commentary under the silliness is lost in translation in this c...
by Caroline Cronin - May 09, 2024
The strapline for Stephanie Ware’s WHOA MAMA! had me intrigued – a one woman comedy about a 40-something woman and her choice to remain childfree. There’s certainly no shortage of rhetoric on this subject, particularly on social media where the childfree “movement” has a real chokehold. But the conc...
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 09, 2024
Pub garden theatre specialist Open Bar Theatre has returned for a spring season with a deft and slightly chaotic version of William Thackeray's Vanity Fair. Dealing with the fortunes of two young women, the story explores early 19th-century English society, specifically how money and ambition can de...
by Cindy Marcolina - May 09, 2024
Hayao Miyazaki’s legacy is one for the ages. The co-founder of Studio Ghibli revolutionised the Western consumption of anime and set a new standard for Japanese animated films. London isn’t a stranger to the stage adaptations of his creations: a major example is My Neighbour Totoro, which took up sh...
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