Widely renowned as one of the best (if not the best) orchestras in the world, the Berliner Philharmoniker brought an elegant programme to the first of their two appearances at this year’s Proms, comprising Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in F minor. Helmed by C…
There’s the truth and then there’s the story. When a white teacher is killed in a black neighbourhood, four journalists race to get the headline – at any cost. But when shocking new evidence pulls them into the dark heart of the case, they are each forced to confront what they’re prepared…
What did our critic think of ROMEO AND HAMED, RIVERSIDE STUDIOS at Riverside Studios?…
Led by a wonderfully accomplished Molly Hockham as the cross-dressing Viola, everyone has a wonderful time and goes home happy to ask Alexa to play the Bee Gees.…
In an unintentionally timely piece of programming, The Story opens at the National a month or so after Jason Arday’s death. Much like that saga, US playwright Tracey Scott Wilson’s play is concerned with the failure of institutions to protect talented people from minority backgrounds, the urge t…
What did our critic think of THE ARCHERS: LIVE AT 75, NEW WIMBLEDON THEATRE at New Wimbledon Theatre?…
Rosalind Adler and Lea Sellers tackle the artistic consequences of tyranny in this sluggish, derivative, and uninteresting piece of theatre. Taking Dmitri Shostakovich’s relationship with Stalin’s regime as their protagonist, they try to weave a thought-provoking exploration of creativity and po…
Peter Marinker brings his own past and his own present to a man living in both timeframes…
Natalya Petrovna has it all: a devoted husband, a gentle life, and she has enough wealth not to care about any of it. In spite of her long list of admirers and a silver tongue to go with it, she’s bored. Everything changes when she hires Aleksey as her son’s tutor. Ennui, the potential of a youn…
Jewers returns to Samuel Pepys as a subject of fiction following his debut novel, The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys (2022). At the start of Seething Lane, Pepys is again looking for signs of corruption in and outside of the Court, but when violent death raises its head, he realises it is folly to t…
The Folk Revival is back. Nettle Soup’s first double bill tells the stories of Devon old and new, and the things that never change.
Set in post-riot Teesside, "Tenner Bag" is a raw and gripping drama about family, survival, and the dark underbelly of a town on the brink. When Becky returns home after five years in America for a funeral, she’s forced to confront the fractured family she left behind, her...
26-year-old spoken-word artist, Rene, is navigating the aftermath of her first queer relationship, which ended when her ex, who was grappling with her own closeted identity, failed to fully embrace queerness and in turn, their connection. Now single, Rene embarks on a new...
Fruitcake is a confident, funny, sexually liberated person who has never needed anyone else. So why is she so drawn to the strange girl in her intro to psych class? This one-woman-show follows Fruitcake, a first year university student who slowly becomes involved with an...
After a tragic accident, introverted scientist David finds himself incapable of moving on from the past until his newest invention succeeds and his recently deceased girlfriend, Faith, finds herself once again among the living. Despite their forced isolation, Faith finds herself...
Following a blisteringly successful run as part of Camden Fringe, the comedy caper returns to the Hope for just two more performances! Ready Steady Crooks! is a high-octane comedy show about the world’s most decorated cooks who are also the world’s most notorious crooks. We...
A new tragic comedy by Jack Stacey (The Play That Goes Wrong, West End), directed by Zachary Hart (Julius Caesar, The Bridge). Set in a dystopian future, 100 Paintings tells the story of a young artist and his mother struggling to survive in the crumbling Savoy Hotel. Direct...
“He looked the same as anyone else. Any of the other ones who come in. White boys. So I didn’t clock anything different, cos there wasn’t anything different. How was I meant to know?” Shajenthran’s brother has had acid thrown in his face and Shaj is out for revenge. Danielle’s...
"Marriage is a slippery thing…". Vanbrugh’s 1697 comedy is relocated to a modern music festival where revellers drink, dance and get up to mischief. The Provoked Wife comes to the Hope Theatre after a sell-out summer run at the White Bear Theatre. Sir John Brute has only been...
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