Review: THE TURN OF THE SCREW, Arcola Theatre
Two young actors bring the eerie to a production that undermines its own tension with a choppy narrative…
Two young actors bring the eerie to a production that undermines its own tension with a choppy narrative…
Roy Fearon leads a magniificent cast in Daniel Bailey's epic production…
The revival of Emma Rice's exhilarating Tristan & Yseult, with comedy, music, dance, acrobatics and love goes right to the heart.…
Patrick Hamilton’s bleak portrait of 1920s London arrives on stage in a new adaptation by Simon Reade, exploring the fragile connections between those searching for love, belonging and something more.…
Returning to Covent Garden for the first time since it waltzed off with an Olivier in 2022, Richard Jones’ Alcina is ravishing to look at, a joy to hear and its clever design motifs still stand out from the crowd.…
Some theatre shows defy the very nature of their definition. In 50 minutes, Taiwanese artist Chen Yi presents a new kind of storytelling, a hybrid creature born from the young marriage between tech and performance art. It’s difficult to say what Current/y is at its core. As Tu Livier controls her …
Thelma & Louise works as a musical and, more importantly, matters as a comment on why these two women made the choices they did. There's always something to catch the eye in this emotional show.…
There's an indecently good chance that you will walk out of Jill's Tupperware Party very different to how you came in. It may be because you now have a brand new attitude to those leftovers that have been mouldering away in the fridge for the past week. Or maybe its the shiny new hairnet over your h…
What did our critic think of THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE, SALISBURY PLAYHOUSE at Salisbury Playhouse?…
Clifford Odets' 1937 indictment of consumer society gets a big revival, but proves a souless waste of acting talent…
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