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 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 Louise Penn - May 02, 2026
Ana Inés Jabares-Pita's set feels familiar and clearly defines time and place: The Departure remains in the 1960s; Making Arrangements moves into the 1970s, where a woman could choose to live independently; Four Sisters is in the materialistic 1980s, where 'greed is good'.
The changes of style in ...
by Gary Naylor - May 01, 2026
Emeka Agada's new play has much to say, but would benefit from an edit down to an hour...
by Clementine Scott - April 30, 2026
A few scenes into Emily Lim’s version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Globe stage undergoes a transformation. Austere statuary gets wheeled away, the columns are swathed in plastic flowers, and Michael Grady-Hall as Puck blows bubbles to make more flowers emerge from the floorboards. The effec...
by Sarah OHara - April 30, 2026
Written by Aron Julius and directed by Mark Womack, Conteh is a powerful and emotive drama about the life of one of Liverpool’s sporting icons. Julius stars as boxer John Conteh, who at 24 years old became the light heavyweight champion of the world. Julius’ script tells Conteh’s story, both i...
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 01, 2026
Following a sell-out run at Theatre Royal Bath, David Hare's play, Grace Pervades, is a love letter to theatre, following the professional and personal partnership of legendary Victorian theatrical duo Sir Henry Irving and Ellen Terry. Together they performed over 27 years, changing the face and sta...
by Franco Milazzo - April 30, 2026
A band of bohemians pitching up in Kensington would normally have the locals reaching for a bottle of smelling salts. Happily, the only thing being upended here is expectation, as Lost Estate’s Chat Noir slips its latest slice of elegant decadence discreetly into this West London enclave....
by Cheryl Markosky - April 30, 2026
At the end of Mass, currently celebrating its world stage premiere at London's Donmar Warehouse, my visibly moved son says, 'That's the best play I'll see this year.' And he's absolutely right. Director Carrie Cracknell's incredible interpretation of American actor-turned-writer Fran Kranz's stage s...
by Cindy Marcolina - May 01, 2026
Ghosts, death, and the local fauna join the living in a house in the middle of the woods. When Luka takes his girlfriend to his childhood home to spend her birthday relaxing in solitude, she’s suddenly met with the weight of Luka’s family dynamics. Secluded in the damp darkness of the trees, Luk...
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SMOKECreated and performed by Alexis GregoryDirected by Campbell X+You Are Loved panel.Alex wakes one morning to a new message on Insta from his boyfriend Ben. But Ben...
Inspired by real events and brought to the stage by Slavic theatre company WITHINTHEATRE, Boogie on the Bones looks at love, music and the price...
It’s the 6th Century BCE: Sappho’s back and she’s single.“If a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it, does it make a...
A show about outdoor swimming, community and holding each other.Liz grew up in the Lake District. She spent her childhood walking in the fells, playing...
Performed by a cast of actors who remain anonymous throughout to protect their identities Dreamers takes inspiration from To dream , a 2019 Hong Kong...
Following the sold out runs of critical hits Undetectable and My Dads Gap Year, Tom Wright and Rikki Beadle-Blair bring you their most provocative show...
BOYS CRYWRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY CHRISTIAN GRAHAMA play exploring the boundaries and constraints of modern masculinity.When Mark is mugged on the way to college, his...
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