DERBY ARENA

by Clementine Scott - May 07, 2026

The Anti “Yogi” (heavy on the quotation marks) is one of those shows where the tagline tells you everything you need to know: “liberation, not Lululemon”. This is less a play than a call to arms, reminding the audience emphatically that the yoga classes they attend are not just another fitne...

by Matthew Paluch - May 08, 2026

A Good Man is Hard to Find could be the title of a very inoffensive romcom, but in fact it's the latest work from the avant-garde duo BULLYACHE.Coined as a “brutal breakdown of power and the elite” the work is a journey in itself…from crawling slug men to snuff movie style sacrifice. With so m...

by Clementine Scott - May 06, 2026

Shakespeare veteran Dame Harriet Walter talks about the Bard in a reverent tone, but she doesn’t let him off the hook. After all, the Succession and Killing Eve star has built her latest book – She Speaks! What Shakespeare’s Women Might Have Said – around the idea that despite being a great ...

by Cindy Marcolina - May 07, 2026

Caryl Churchill meets ‘il dolce far niente’ in this reimagined production of her 2016 play Escaped Alone. Italian companies lacasadargilla and Piccolo Teatro present a timid adaptation written by Monica Capuani and directed by Lisa Ferlazzo Natoli and Alessandro Ferroni. It’s a pity that the q...

by Matthew Paluch - May 06, 2026

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, otherwise known as the Trocks, are back at Sadler’s Wells as part of their National tour of a mixed bill until 6 May. Post-show I think I might be losing my sense of humour…but thankfully most of the Sadler’s Wells audience seemed happy!...

by Franco Milazzo - May 05, 2026

With yet another highly-anticipated series of The Celebrity Traitors on the horizon, entire streaming channels dedicated to murder mysteries and absolutely no shortage of true crime podcasts (and TV shows about true crime podcasts), it appears we live in a nation completely insatiable when it comes ...

by Cindy Marcolina - May 04, 2026

It takes just under ten hours to appreciate J. R. R. Tolkien’s masterpiece if you watch Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy one film after the other. For many fans, it’s a yearly occurrence to gather with friends to re-watch Frodo and his band of brothers fighting evil to save the Shire. This year yo...

by Gary Naylor - May 05, 2026

Even 400 pages or more cannot contain whole life, nor the personality...

by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 03, 2026

Joe Penhall's incendiary play, Blue/Orange, was garlanded with awards after its 2000 debut at the National Theatre, winning the Olivier, Critics' Circle and Evening Standard awards for Best New Play in 2001. It has been revived many times and endures as its themes remain both prescient and urgent. ...

by Matthew Paluch - May 05, 2026

There was something in the air on Friday night…and it wasn't just pollen! One could describe it as the school show of all school shows - but that might be doing it a disservice. Enter the room AUGMENTED: Dance powered by MAM + AISOMA, a collaboration between Juilliard, Rambert School and Studio W...