Review: END OF THE WORLD AND HARD-BOILED WONDERLAND, Barbican Theatre
Extraordinary spectacle delivers in Murakami adaptation that doesn't quite land…
Articles
Review: A CENTENARY CELEBRATION, Royal Ballet & Opera
The Royal Ballet season opens on the main stage with a special programme: A Centenary Celebration. 100 years ago Ninette de Valois founded The Academy of Choreographic Art, and the rest is history. What followed was The Royal Ballet School and two companies. So sitting in the Royal Ballet and Opera …
Review Roundup: What Did The Critics Think Of Gaten Matarazzo in RENT?
Set in New York's East Village, Rent follows a group of young artists, musicians and friends, navigating love, ambition and creativity while trying to build lives on their own terms. Inspired by Puccini's La Bohème, this iconic musical captures the joy, uncertainty and resilience of a generation …
Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, Hope Mill Theatre
Intimate venue gets high production values to deliver a marvellous show…
Review: INTO THE WOODS, Noël Coward Theatre
Awe-inspiring revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical Into the Woods running until 9 January, 2027.…
Review: THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, Richmond Theatre
Shirley Jackson’s 1959 gothic novel skyrocketed back to recognition in 2018 when it inspired Mike Flanagan’s Netflix sensation of the same name. It’s time for theatre to get its share now, with Stef Smith (of Nora: A Doll’s House fame) adapting Jackson’s original material into a ghostly ex…
Review: RENT, Starring Gaten Matarazzo, The Tom Stoppard Theatre
It's been a long wait since London last saw Jonathan Larson's semi-autobiographical rock masterpiece that won four Tony Awards and a posthumous Pulitzer. It's unlikely that any of the cast of the 30th anniversary revival of RENT was out of nappies when the show debuted off-Broadway, but the themes…
Review: THE ANASTASIA FILE, Salisbury Playhouse
Jenny Seagrove reprises her role as a woman claiming to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, in a touring production.…
Review: THE HUNGRY GHOST, Bush Theatre
There’s a constant thread of wanting running through the centre of Mei Leng Yew’s debut play. Telling a story of queerness, ancestry, and immigrant families, it’s a compelling narrative that feels both broad and specific, brought to life with bold movement and direction.…
Review: AFFLUENZA, starring Noah Schnapp, Riverside Studios
Stranger Things alum and alleged Zionist Noah Schnapp is top billed, though he is selling a show that has him on stage for under a third of its running time. It’s the type of project that slyly attempts to conceal its shortcomings under opulent optics. Unfortunately, not even a lavish set by Charl…
Past Shows
Alfred Brendel: A Musical Celebration
Sir Simon Rattle leads an ensemble of distinguished musicians in a concert celebrating the life and legacy of renowned pianist Alfred Brendel at the Barbican Hall. The program features acclaimed artists such as Dame Harriet Walter, pianists Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Sir Andras...
The Land’s Heart is Greater Than Its Map
The UK premiere of The Lands Heart is Greater Than Its Map, a Shubbak co-presentation with the Barbican, is an alternative guided tour of a distant city, which cannot be named. Its people are silenced and its landscape is disappearing. Propelled by a need to tell the citys story...
NATIVE SESSIONS - BARS
Native Sessions: Bars | Barbican Centre, London, April 11 Native Instruments take over Barbican with ‘BARS’ Native Session, P Money, Miss Banks, Jaykae, DJ Target, Steel Banglez, Flowdan, AG The DJ and more set for workshops, Q&A’s and roundtables. A long-standing leader in the...
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