Welcome to the UK is an emotional, engaging and " most importantly " vital piece of theatre. If only the government could be made to watch this, perhaps it will see that its inhumane policie…
Séance is one of two productions that Darkfield has brought to the VAULT Festival this year, and this sensory explosion is not one for the faint-hearted.
17 does not disappoint. Its confessional tone is threaded with beat poetry set to tracks and there's even a rap " although the cavernous walls of Vaults unfortunately eat some of the words.
There are some stellar performances and a stunning soundscape from Atticist in Outlying Islands at the King's Head Theatre.
Orson Welles' 1938 broadcast of The War of Worlds caused widespread panic with its reports of an alien invasion in New Jersey. Or did it? Did the newspapers exaggerate the reaction to sell p…
By the last ten minutes, the energy of the language and the characters' burning need for meaningful relationships in Time is Love has set the place alight.
Writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais turn the serious premise of Chasing Bono into a witty comedy of reconciliation and acceptance.
Ed MacArthur and Jeremy Legat are exceptional in all the roles they take on in Murder For Two. Both pianists and triple threats, they charm their way through the story that tries so hard for…
Growing global discontent has been the hallmark of 2018, and 2019 is looking even worse. The last few years have marked a rise of the far-right, but theatremakers in opposition are letting a…
Snow White & the Happy Ever After Beauty Salon is a great take on a classic Christmas show and despite a few narrative shortcomings, it charms, entertains and gently addresses some of t…
With the definitive MGM film never far from mind, it can be hard to find an original spin to put on Guys & Dolls. Joseph Pitcher's production doesn't stray far from the 1955 version but…
Leaving the Royal Court after watching Ellie Kendrick's new play Hole, I overhear another audience member describe feeling like she has just been "hit over the head with a sledgehammer". It'…
Burke & Hare, a story of two men who murder people in order to sell their corpses to doctors in 1820s Edinburgh shouldn't work as a dark character comedy with music. But largely work it…
It's difficult to work out who the musical Seussical is for and why it's been revived. Trying to imagine how a 10-year-old might watch this show doesn't help answer these questions.
Excellently sung vintage tunes by great singers deliver plenty of camp Christmas cheer in Plaid Tidings at the Bridge House Theatre.
The Dark is an exhilarating and personal journey through the dusty backroads of Uganda in 1979. Jumping between then and present day, Michael Balogun tenderly tells author Nick Makoha's stor…
Haley McGee's The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale is an intimate work that draws on numerous techniques that both move and surprise, and the effect is one of warmth and care.
Cuckoo by Lisa Carroll has all the elements of a wonderful coming-of-age story. Set in a small Irish town, this play packs many a punch, giving us a raw look at what it means to not fit in, …
Pinter Four continues Jamie Lloyd's Pinter at the Pinter season with the Lyndsey Turner-directed Moonlight starring Robert Glenister as a dying patriarch who bemoans his family's absence at …
Hadestown is certainly a welcome contribution to London's musical theatre. The excellent score and unrelenting criticism of corporate systems that enslave the poor in awful conditions and lo…
Pinter Three features 11 plays, allowing director Jamie Lloyd to vary tone, pace and style with shorter, more amusing sketches bookended by two more heavyweight works; Landscape and A Kind o…
Fat Rascal Theatre Company has created magic in its gender-swapped, musical parody of Beauty and the Beast.
Bury the Dead by Irwin Shaw paints a reality where soldiers refuse to be buried by standing up from their graves. Since soldiers, especially in WWI, were treated like currency the concept gi…
A masterclass in one-woman storytelling, Pickle Jar is delicately told in the intimate setting upstairs in Soho Theatre.
Forgotten at the ArcolaTheatre is a considered story serving an important function on the British stage, but the scope of this history is too big for the current length and structure.