Review: THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND, @sohoplace
by Clementine Scott - May 14, 2026
In many ways, @sohoplace is the perfect venue for The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind: the intimate thrust staging is perfect for elaborate ensemble choreography and carousing the audience. This new musical, based on the memoir and film of the same name, is at its heart a story about community, and it wo...
Review: STAGE KISS, Hampstead Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - May 15, 2026
Art imitates life, and life imitates art in Sarah Ruhl’s 2014 play Stage Kiss. When two ex-lovers are cast in the same show, their on-stage relationship bleeds into their off-stage one, and vice versa. The weight of their baggage threatens to ruin their relationships, but Ruhl is excessively compa...
Review: TULSA BALLET - MADE IN AMERICA, Royal Ballet and Opera
by Matthew Paluch - May 14, 2026
Tulsa Ballet made its Linbury Theatre debut last night, and the dancers of the company made a strong impression. Seeing a company for the first time one never truly knows what to expect, but these dancers could hold their own on any global opera house stage.
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Review: SAMSON ET DALILA, Royal Ballet And Opera
by Michael Higgs - May 14, 2026
This revival of Richard Jones’s 2022 production of Samson et Dalila excels on a musical level with spectacular performances by Aigul Akhmetshina as Dalila and SeokJong Baek as Samson....
Review: 1536, The Ambassadors Theatre
by Debbie Gilpin - May 14, 2026
On 13 May 1536, Anne Boleyn’s household is broken up ahead of her going on trial for treason. On 13 May 2026, Ava Pickett’s play 1536 continues performances in its new West End home. 490 years may feel like a long time, but just how much has actually changed? Set against the backdrop of Anne Bol...
Review: THE LAST MAN, Southwark Playhouse Elephant
by Cindy Marcolina - May 14, 2026
A virus has decimated the entire population, turning them into zombies. Or has it? Whilst all hell breaks loose, a man is isolating in a bunker alone. Deep underground, his thoughts are his only company and entertainment. His reality slowly alters. Why do we keep going in the face of hardship? Is th...
Review: SABRAGE, Lafayette
by Franco Milazzo - May 11, 2026
Cabaret-circus-champagne extravaganza Sabrage has been refreshed just in time to lift our hearts in this sorry hour. Wars continue in the Middle East despite claims of a “ceasefire”. Fuel and food prices are heading north for the summer. Fascism leers openly on both sides of the Atlantic. The th...
Review: CAROLINE, Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch
by Gary Naylor - May 11, 2026
Sixty years ago, pirate radio floated on a diet of great pop, but was sunk by a spoilsport government. That said, its spirit lived on - and still does today!...