878 stories by "Ian Foster"
Andrea Levy's novel Small Island comes to life most beautifully in this adaptation by Helen Edmundson at the National Theatre.
The Hired Man might perhaps disappoint those looking for the bombast of a large-scale musical but in its subtle portrait of a slice of social history, there's something more intriguing and m…
Some titanic acting performances from Sally Field, Bill Pullman and Colin Morgan in this superb All My Sons at the Old Vic Theatre.
Twelfth Night in the roaring twenties? OVO Theatre brings its inventive musical take on Shakespeare to the Rose Playhouse.
A sensational adaptation of the film, Amélie the Musical completely captures my heart " see it now at the Watermill Theatre and then touring across the UK.
Nowhere near enough charm in this Sweet Charity for my liking. Josie Rourke's farewell to the Donmar Warehouse is grey rather than silver.
Just a quickie for this revisit to Follies, which remains as perfect a piece of musical theatre as I could hope for. I loved it then but I really love it now.
Aletta Collins' new choreography is just one of the highlights of a most successful West Side Story at the Royal Exchange.
This 50th anniversary tour of Hair the Musical does more than any to make me like the show.
A twisted but thrilling true crime two-hander, Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story is a must-see at the Hope Theatre.
Daring and detailed, Operation Black Antler is a powerfully thought-provoking piece of immersive theatre booking out of the Southbank Centre.
Caryl Churchill's superb Top Girls receives a luxurious but clear-sighted production from Lyndsey Turner at the National Theatre.
Cry Havoc tackles a powerfully emotive subject and with James El-Sharawy and Marc Antolin, Pamela Schermann's production finds a compelling pair of lead performances.
My first time getting Shit-faced…Shit-faced Showtime's Oliver with a Twist is raucous if unfocused affair at the Leicester Square Theatre.
It's a rare moment of beautiful subtlety in a play that is more often considerably bolder in its sentiment, but it's also a mark of just how nuanced Nicole Charles' production and Morgan Llo…
Just the one more trip to see the glorious Company at the Gielgud Theatre before it sadly departs. Marianne Elliott's multi Critics Circle Award-winning and Olivier-nominated revival of Step…
Classical-crossover artist Joanna Forest takes us through a day in the life of a child with her enchanting new album The Rhythm of Life.
Penelope Wilton almost, almost, makes it worth seeing a David Hare play with The Bay at Nice at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
The Owle Schreame's A Midsummer Night's DROLL is a supremely silly and highly enjoyable Shakespearean adaptation at the VAULT Festival.
Jinkx Monsoon and Major Scales' cabaret show The Ginger Snapped mixes music, musings on mental health and moments of queer solidarity at the Leicester Square Theatre.
I was a big fan of Tom Ratcliffe's VELVET at the VAULT Festival and so was intrigued to catch this production of his debut play Circa at the Old Red Lion Theatre.
Ooh, a real treat this. The world of new musical theatre can be a little unforgiving but on the evidence of The Limit, Freya Smith and Jack Williams' Bottle Cap Theatre are marking themselve…
Fresh from Broadway, hit musical Waitress proves funnier and lighter than you might expect at the Adelphi Theatre.
Nicholas Hytner finally directs a play by a woman but Lucinda Coxon's adaptation of novel Alys, Always is a disappointment for me at the Bridge Theatre.
Four cracking performances make [title of show] a musical highlight of the month at the Above the Stag Theatre, more than holding its own with the West End.
