Does My Bomb Look Big In This? points out that in a world where sensationalist headlines are brandished as political weapons, it is easy to forget that behind them, there are real people who…
All of the actors in Our Town create a beautiful puzzle of different personalities, dynamics and ages that really make their performance shine as a whole.
The true story of a British intelligence operation is told with plenty of panache and satirical social commentary (and heaps of high camp) in smashing new show Operation Mincemeat.
White Pearl is a thematically dense play that tells a compelling story at a pace that matches the speed of social media downfall, but with nuance, tension and ferocity.
Yet for Norman and Vivian, the elderly couple in Ridiculusmus' new show about ageing, time is a languid, sluggish force. Every weighty moment is stretched to its limits, threatens to stall, …
Subtle Drag Becomes Her is not. But, if you are familiar with the source material and stars, there is no chance you'll have a bad time.
Dido attempts to make opera accessible to young people, but it hasn't gone far enough to create a vibrant, engaging story for adults or children.
Class, a play from Ireland co-written and directed by Iseult Golden and David Horan, is set around a teacher-parent meeting in a Dublin primary school.
Musically, Amour soars and Michel Legrand's score is in good hands with the brilliant band and musical director Jordan Li-Smith.
Alix Sobler's new play The Glass Piano is a full-length fairy tale based on the true case of Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, born in 1826, who convinced herself that as a child she had swallo…
they have made a noticeable effort to share the experiences of many, to both hilarious and humbling effect in word, movement and dance.
Writer Tabitha Mortiboy has succeeded in creating a succinct little world that feels very cut off from the town that must (presumably) surround it in The Amber Trap.
The dresses sparkle, the band swings, and the dancers fly at the Southwark Playhouse, where Ain't Misbehavin' runs through June.
Virtual reality might be the largest innovation the theatre has seen in a long time, and it's happening on your sofa.
What makes some people obsess over fitness? That's the question at the heart of Brawn, a new play written and performed by Christopher Wollaton under the direction of Matt Staite.
Written with deft humour, Mouthpiece is a sharp scalpel used to dissect the highly sensitive and nuanced issues of representation, consent, agency and the ongoing ignorance between the oppos…
Angelique's story in Funeral Flowers at The Bunker Theatre is one that demands action and puts accountability on adults who work with young people. An excellently written, important story fo…
There's plenty to like about Wow Everything Is Amazing, particularly the young performers. But it feels simultaneously too simple of story, and one that was created by adults and foisted on …
Elephant in the Room piece still feels like it's in development what with its simple structure, but its otherwise a compelling capture of a feeling that can eat you alive, and the struggle t…
In May, the new Poet Laureate will be announced and Luke Wright thinks he's up for the job. I agree. His lyrical, immediate collection of poems confronting modern Britain's ills and praising…
To see Andy Bell as Torsten in Queereteria TV, relatively up close, in the flesh, was for me a piece of pop history, big deal again, nostalgia.
It is a richly ironic title then. Pah-La takes aim at the social and emotional structures of patriarchal revenge, and explores a radically non-violent alternative.
Despite a three-hour running time, this production of The Crucible is pacy and tense enough to be completely enthralling. Thanks to the power of the play itself, some interesting creative de…
Despite Wolfie at Theatre503 being the first play from Ross Willis and certainly not a flawless one, it demonstrates a laudable ambition and sense of scale.
Estelle Savasta's story of motherhood, unconditional love and the refugees' perilous journey in Going Through is elevated and mythologised, brought dreamily to life in a highly visual and en…