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Review: ALCINA, Royal Ballet & Opera

Review: ALCINA, Royal Ballet & Opera

by Franco Milazzo · September 17, 2026

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.…

Review: JILL'S TUPPERWARE PARTY, Underbelly Boulevard Soho

Review: JILL'S TUPPERWARE PARTY, Underbelly Boulevard Soho

by Franco Milazzo · September 16, 2026

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…

Review: SALTY BRINE: HOW STRANGE IT IS, Soho Theatre

Review: SALTY BRINE: HOW STRANGE IT IS, Soho Theatre

by Franco Milazzo · September 15, 2026

Anne Frank. Jeff Mangum. And Salty Brine. Maybe especially Salty Brine. If the audience takes one thing away from this tremendous show, it is that one individual can illuminate an entire world.…

Review: DARKLING, Bush Theatre

Review: DARKLING, Bush Theatre

by Cindy Marcolina · September 16, 2026

It’s the mid-80s and India is changing. A young girl is growing up surrounded by nature under a blue sky until the landscape starts to transform. A factory rises right on her doorstep, and its fumes cloud the heavens. One night, everything changes. The American pesticide plant leaks 32 tons of tox…

Review: BBC PROMS: LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS 2026, Royal Albert Hall

Review: BBC PROMS: LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS 2026, Royal Albert Hall

by Debbie Gilpin · September 14, 2026

“It’s tradition, Oliver. Traditions are important”, so says Dawn in the Inside No. 9 episode “Last Night of the Proms”, explaining the actions of the Prommers during the Fantasia on British Sea-Songs section of the concert to her teenage nephew. Anyone at the Royal Albert Hall (or watching…

Review: MAN TO MAN, Royal Court

Review: MAN TO MAN, Royal Court

by Franco Milazzo · September 13, 2026

Those worrying that Tilda Swinton — the patron saint of Sunday afternoon arthouse movies and performance art best experienced through reviews — has gone mainstream should make themselves a cup of chamomile tea and relax. There are likely very few famous actors (never mind Oscar winners) queuing …

Review: BBC PROMS: STRAUSS’S ‘FOUR LAST SONGS’, Royal Albert Hall

Review: BBC PROMS: STRAUSS’S ‘FOUR LAST SONGS’, Royal Albert Hall

by Debbie Gilpin · September 12, 2026

“It is difficult composing endings. Beethoven and Wagner could do it. Only great composers can do it. I can do it too.” It wasn’t just Richard Strauss’s death-embracing 'Four Last Songs' which fit this theme in the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s final Prom of the season, as Franz Schube…

Review: FIRE FIRE, Arcola Theatre

Review: FIRE FIRE, Arcola Theatre

by Gary Naylor · September 12, 2026

New play that veers off in an unfortunate direction and loses much of its punch as a consequence…

Past Shows

11½ Angry Men EdFringe Previews

11½ Angry Men EdFringe Previews

Jul 22 – Aug 1, 2026

9 nights of world-class stand-up and outstanding comedy theatre. Featuring an exceptional international line-up including Joe Pasquale, Mike McShane, Phil Nichol, Stephen K Amos, Tom Stade, Glenn Wool, Terry Alderton, Spencer Jones, Ian Coppinger, JJ Whitehead, David Calvitto...

#FATKARY: The Corrido of a Tragic Ex-fat Woman

#FATKARY: The Corrido of a Tragic Ex-fat Woman

Nov 14 – Nov 15, 2025

Award winning solo show that explores what it’s like to be a morbidly obese woman in the northeastern border between Mexico and the US. The piece tells the story of the actress, who will do everything necessary to step onto the scale without feeling remorse. Humor, food and...

Agathe

Agathe

Apr 17 – May 4, 2024

Marking 30 years since the 1994 genocide against Tutsi people in Rwanda, Agathe tells the true story of the extraordinary woman who became Rwanda’s head of state for less than a day. Created through extensive research including first-hand accounts from witnesses and survivors of...

The Lapwing Act

The Lapwing Act

May 10 – May 12, 2023

'Nobody is quite sure when lapwings roosting on roofs in the North West really began.’ The Playground Theatre proudly presents The Lapwing Act , a theatrical adaptation of a chapter from Patrick Galbraith’s critically acclaimed book, In Search of One Last Song , for three nights...

Apples in Winter

Apples in Winter

Oct 5 – Oct 15, 2022

LynchPin Theatre brings the European premiere of a powerful play to the London stage this October. Apples in Winter by Jennifer Fawcett is a one-woman play that tells the story of an American mother whose son committed a violent crime. Hes been on death row for 22 years. In a...

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