It is press night for I’m Every Woman: The Chaka Khan Musical at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, where one of music’s most influential voices is celebrated in a vibrant biographical production exploring 'the fame, the fire and the fight' behind an extraordinary career.…
There are few children’s books which have captured young imaginations quite like Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man series. With millions of copies sold around the world, the beloved comic adventures now leap from page to stage in their European premiere, bringing plenty of colourful chaos, infectious humour …
It's fiendishly difficult to pull off a one-person show, guiding the narrative arc of a story and playing a multitude of roles. But actor-writer Sophie Lenglinger is in total control throughout GAPTOOTH Collective's Kätzchen at Riverside Studios.…
Fluxorama, one of 21 short plays in Riverside Studio's Bitesize Festival, is a series of three monologues written by award-winning Brazilian playwright Jô Bilac. It's a bold attempt to deal with life and death themes in under an hour – and although it's commendable to tackle such substantial subj…
Packed to the brim with illusions and disillusionment, it quickly becomes clear that Now You See Me Live is only a magic show in one sense of the word.…
Luca swaggers into Harmony (population 375, and dropping) looking less like a drifter than an escapee from a protein powder advert, and Matthew Bourne's dance-noir wastes no time weaponising that effect. Under a sign reading 'Man Wanted,' the garage owner Dino offers him work and his wife Lana offer…
Shakespeare has a distinctly Aussie twang in Kew Gardens this summer. The Australian Shakespeare Company has returned to the gorgeous surroundings of south-west London, this time with a light-hearted, if meandering, take on Twelfth Night.…
One of the assured highlights of the Proms in recent years has been the appearance of the Aurora Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Collon, which explores a seminal piece of music through spoken word, dramatic realisation and musical illustration, then going on to perform the piece. All without a sing…
Directed by Spike Lee, David Byrne’s American Utopia is a filmed version of David Byrne’s Broadway stage show, which itself is inspired by the record of the same name. The show ran twice on Broadway, first from 2019 to 2020 and then from 2021 to 2022. As someone who saw American Utopia ten times…
What did our critic think of BBC PROMS BRUCH'S VIOLIN CONCERTO, ROYAL ALBERT HALL at Royal Albert Hall?…
From Eurovision to Arendelle – and everything in between!Fresh from starring as Elsa in the highly acclaimed Stuttgart production of Frozen the Musical (Die Eiskönigin),...
A spectacular new musical celebration of human achievement, oddity, and ambition taking the stage this February has unveiled its illustrious company of leading musical theatre...
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