Review: 4.48 PSYCHOSIS, Royal Ballet & Opera
The idea that “art is not a mirror but a hammer” has been attributed to Bertolt Brecht, deployed by Leon Trotsky and could serve as the epitaph for Sarah Kane’s repertoire, not least her final work.…
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The idea that “art is not a mirror but a hammer” has been attributed to Bertolt Brecht, deployed by Leon Trotsky and could serve as the epitaph for Sarah Kane’s repertoire, not least her final work.…
Whether intentionally or not, London’s opera houses have leaned hard into the Halloween season with an unspoken theme of “go bleak or go home”. Over in Covent Garden, there’s a revival of Philip Venables’s 4.48 Psychosis (adapted from Sarah Kane’s final play, completed shortly before she…
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night arrives at the Sheffield Crucible in a production directed by Jamie Glover that offers plenty to enjoy. Physical comedy, inventive lighting and live music give this interpretation considerable theatrical character, even if not every creative choice reaches its full po…
Connor Delves delivers a remarkable one man show about a remarkable man…
Cie Omar Rajeh, the Lebanese choreographer and cultural architect has lost a lot - in basic terms his home and personal/professional life in Beirut. Rajeh is a big player in the Arab dance world having founded Maqamat in 2002, a “pioneering contemporary dance organisation”. Due to political unre…
'...the standout of the piece is the writing itself. Daye has a gift for calling out performative activism in a way that doesn’t feel accusatory... Our Ghost Drinks Matcha explores the grey area, the place where there isn’t a ‘happy ending’...'…
A battle for the soul of the Labour Party, rival political factions battling for power amid arguments about Europe, all set against an deep economic crisis. No, not our current politics in 2026, but 1970's Britain where the Labour Party's Roy Jenkins, Denis Healey and Tony Crosland clash as they deb…
The National Theatre continue their commitment to new writing with a piece by Helen Edmundson. While this is wonderful in itself, this is not only a matter of having an original play on stage. Some Woman spotlights a category that’s often forgotten by the entertainment business, featuring a middle…
If you want to bring a little Spanish warmth into your autumn, you could do much worse than head down to Sussex, where Glyndebourne's Autumn Season is now in full swing. In 1775, Beaumarchais created the character of Figaro in his play Le Barbier de Séville and over 250 years later, we are still…
Part Wuthering Heights, part God’s Own Country, this is a familiar tale viewed through an interesting lens. It doesn’t necessarily need to reinvent the wheel, but it does need to give us a reason to look at it differently.…

Rachael Hawnt, the winner of ITV’s Starstruck, is leading a brand-new theatre show celebrating the incredible music of Cher. The international extravaganza is coming to Hereford The Courtyard on 2nd April 2026. Showcasing every decade of Cher’s remarkable career, fans will...