'This green plot shall be our stage,' declares Quince, which couldn't be more fitting for Atri Banerjee's quirky, new production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. After all, there's a particular magic in this venue, with its dreamy roses, exotic ducks and …
If you suffer from If you suffer from any kind of anxiety or nervousness, I would advise caution when booking the latest show at the Donmar Warehouse. Chloë Moss's new play, The Guilty, is 60 minutes of pure claustrophobic tension. In the heat of the summer outside, it feels like watching water gr…
Like many in the audience, my introduction to To Kill A Mockingbird was at school, a set book on the English Literature curriculum. If you don’t count Enid Blyton and Edward Ardizzone, it was pretty much my introduction to books full stop.…
At one point, in June 1939, the UK-US ‘Special Relationship’ was defined by the King eating hotdogs on the president’s lawn. King George VI and the future Queen Mother may not have persuaded President Franklin D. Roosevelt to promise Britain his allegiance in the forthcoming war in Europe, but…
In Reyuela, Flores and his collaborators see flamenco as a game of risk, mischievousness, and arrogance. Reyuela brings a fusion of art, words, and humanity to London - yet the parts are not always cohesive as a whole if you seek a narrative.…
ZooNation Youth Company presents two shows as part of the Next Generation Festival 2026 - a showcase for dancers under 21 to engage with the music, dance styles, and personal attitudes they enjoy most.…
We know how it ends. Two men meet in a tunnel, one introduces himself as Gavrilo, and the stage is set for the prelude to one of the most significant episodes of 20th century history. But Rajiv Joseph's Archduke has little interest in historical reenactment. Instead, it reimagines the Serbian nation…
English National Ballet close their season, as has become tradition, at London’s glorious (but not especially well air conditioned) Royal Albert Hall. They have been touring Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty for the last few months and this handful of performances mark the finale. …
In a Britain more divided than ever, this message of solidarity couldn’t have come at a better time. Pride feels on the brink of being the next big thing – and how glorious that the next big British musical is so proudly and fiercely queer and working class.…
Putting on something which is so sexy, sensuous and deeply erotic in the middle of a heatwave could be asking for trouble, yet this production of Shakespeare’s Venus & Adonis justifies the gamble, turning the Barbican’s The Pit into a crucible of raw, mythological desire.…
90 mins approx, with no interval | Suitable for ages 14+ Liberation Squares is a comedy about sisterhood, freedom of speech, and dissent in the face...
As part of Brixton Houses highly anticipated opening season, Swiss Selection will be coming to London for the first time with three UK premieres in...
Mugabe, My Dad & Me charts the rise and fall of one of the most controversial politicians of the 20th century through the personal story...
