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by Abbie Grundy - March 18, 2026

Rosie arrives at the Adelphi Theatre for a one-off staged concert with great promise. Described as a ‘thrilling tale of passion, scandal and courageous determination’, the soundtrack has already received multiple international awards. Yet, while many of the songs are pleasant and the cast deliv...

by Aliya Al-Hassan - March 18, 2026

It’s a hot, beautiful summer in 1905, and Russia’s elite retreat to the countryside to swim, sip champagne and start affairs. When they’re having this much fun, why care about anything else? But Varvara just can’t shake the feeling that their holiday idyll is built on borrowed time. As the p...

by Gary Naylor - March 18, 2026

Splendid new adaptation of a play that can be seen as a respectful response to The Cherry Orchard...

by Katie Kirkpatrick - March 17, 2026

Aether is, above all else, strikingly original. It’s hard to draw comparisons for a show so unapologetically strange and ambitious. It combines very technical and theoretical scientific language with dance sequences and multi-roling, in a piece of theatre that feels akin to an oxymoron....

by Cindy Marcolina - March 17, 2026

Loeb certainly offers a list of thought-provoking provocations but doesn’t delve into anything that’s not already obvious if you’re a cynical mind. Predictably, money is the source of all evil, and what begins as a legitimate project to help heal the illnesses of the world becomes a profitable...

by Franco Milazzo - March 16, 2026

At The Vaults, Ancient Grease arrives with impeccable comic timing. The leather-jacketed mythology of Grease has rarely been far from London’s cultural bloodstream. Indeed, the city has been particularly well supplied with it of late thanks to Secret Cinema, which mounted Grease: The Immersive Mov...

by Franco Milazzo - March 16, 2026

After the recent avalanche of historical exhibitions which have stretched the “immersive” beyond the point of plausibility, is Vikings worth the trek to Dock X? ...

by Cindy Marcolina - March 15, 2026

Routine is Maya’s religion. She lives by her schedule, even factoring in the unforeseen circumstances that might lead her to needing more time to rest on a Saturday. She manages the accounts of a food packaging company and lives in London with her boyfriend. Maya is as normal as it gets. She is ou...

by Vikki Jane Vile - March 14, 2026

Perhaps New York City Ballet Principal, Tiler Peck should rename her self curated programme Turn it On...

by Cindy Marcolina - March 14, 2026

The tail end of the 90s is shaking the walls of Southwark Playhouse’s studio space. Inspired by over 30 testimonies from Donnyites, and originally shortlisted for both the 2023 Women’s Prize for Playwriting and the 2024 New Diorama Untapped Award, Children of the Night is a thumping anthem to fr...