Review: THE TRUTH, Apollo Theatre
Starry cast fails to lift a play that can be funny, but proves rather too pleased with its own cleverness…
Starry cast fails to lift a play that can be funny, but proves rather too pleased with its own cleverness…
At first Relics seems straight out of a classic, deadpan British sitcom. Our characters – four siblings divvying up the possession of their recently deceased mother – are experiencing one of life’s most harrowing moments, but their conversation revolves around minutiae in council planning docu…
The stories about Francis Albert Sinatra are endless. Two decades before Beatlemania hit the States, thousands of girls queued around the block so they could see the short, skinny kid from Hoboken sing while they cried, screamed and fainted. He had a thick New Jersey accent and a thin skin, punching…
Hot Mess is an exciting piece of new theatre, performed with heart and charm.…
Less Orientalism, and less passion too, but the music sustains…
The protagonist of Sting, a postdoctoral student named Ash, lives in a divided world. Half of the set is taken up by the flat she shares with her boyfriend Dom, and the other half by the archive where she works as an assistant to researcher Lily, whose academic work focuses on historical accusations…
If Molière was preoccupied with censorship and retaliation, Crimp shows an obsession for cancellation. He reveals an anti-internet and anti-woke stance, with many invectives betraying his own fears.…
At the age of 10, my daughter was completely spellbound by The Magic Flute at Opera Holland Park, striking up a lifelong love of opera, dance and theatre. So, what better way to introduce children to opera than down the rabbit hole of one of Opera Holland Park's most cherished productions, Alice's A…
With its whitewashed walls and actors swanning around in linen suits, inevitably the Globe’s summer staging of Much Ado About Nothing will recall Kenneth Branagh’s Tuscany-set film version from 1993. That is, until they whip out the oversized animal masks.…
Turning 30 has always been portrayed by the media as a dead end, especially for women. Say goodbye to the ingénue, you need to have your life together now. Meg Travers and Laura Kirman think about it differently. They put on a romp of a show, a relatable two-hander that celebrates womanhood and all…

I.D.S.T. is a two-hander physical theatre performance of new writing and originally devised work, questioning and pushing its performers for the truth to discover the...

A woman. A life never lived. A dead body. No one is coming to save you. You are invited to Mrs Kraken’s dinner party! You...

Tethered is a heartfelt one-act play that explores the changing dynamic between two people, bound by an unspeakable grief. m(other) fuses therapy, stand up and...

Five strangers trapped in a room. No memory of who they are or why they’re there. What happens when the mind fails, but the body...

Phoenix is a riot of spoken word poetry, movement and music which takes audiences on a joyous and at times unrelenting journey to explore transformation...

A theatre performance using magical-realism to explore the oppressions faced by women in different parts of the world. They find solidarity through the powers of...

One person play, THE PATIENT SOLDIER, is a love letter to the NHS and a true story of one man’s hallucinatory battle with death. The...

Alaska, 1964. The biggest earthquake in US history. As the world crumbles, comms are down, and only one voice appears on the radio. This is...

Rehearsed reading adapted from the short story The Black Shalwar by Saadat Hasan Manto. Sultana, a prostitute character confronts writer in 1940s Delhi. With music...

Eight teenagers (and a Barbie doll) invite you to a joyfully absurd, fast-paced, fun-filled play about love – in all its weird and wonderful forms.When...

Empathy shows the captivating artistry of Sohini Roychowdhury’s dance, set to the melodies of Sufi songs performed live by Marina Ahmad and celebrating humanity.When and...