Review Roundup: AVENUE Q Returns to The West End
by Aliya Al-Hassan - April 17, 2026
On Avenue Q, puppets and people intermingle in this show about the trials and tribulations of life as a grown-up: love, sex, money, race, and how to tell your roommate he’s gay. After two decades, the three-time Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q has returned to the West End in all its glory. ...
Review: AVENUE Q, Shaftesbury Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - April 17, 2026
The puppet show pumped full of profanity is back. Jason Moore's outrageous Avenue Q premiered in the West End two decades ago, bringing issues such as racism, the housing crisis and youth identity crisis to the stage in a unique and incredibly clever format. Oh yes, and there is explicit puppet se...
Review: THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME, Soho Theatre London
by Clementine Scott - April 15, 2026
The set for This Is Not About Me initially resembles the bottom of a particularly untidy knitting drawer: strewn with red thread and abandoned crochet projects. The stage is thus set for a show all about unearthing our deepest memories, and making those memories into art....
Review: IPHIGENIA, Arcola Theatre
by Gary Naylor - April 14, 2026
Beautifully conceived and (largely) well executed production that provides much food for thought in our troubled times...
Review: HEART WALL, Bush Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - April 15, 2026
Kit Withington writes a lightweight exegesis of grief, briefly touching upon what it means to grow up and leave home. Technically speaking, there’s nothing wrong with Heart Wall. It’s just a tad too sprawling and prosaic. Withington makes a few good points in her reflection, and Katie Greenall t...
Review: SALOME, York Hall
by Gary Naylor - April 13, 2026
Mark Ravenhill takes over a legendary boxing venue for a show that packs plenty of punch...
Review: MIDGITTE BARDOT: SHOOTING FROM BELOW, Southbank Centre
by Franco Milazzo - April 13, 2026
As the name suggests, Midgitte Bardot is physically short albeit not short on ideas, impact, or charisma. And not just short but, at just 129cm, the shortest drag performer in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records....