Dance shows can be a tough sell, especially those that are strictly tap dancing shows. Luckily for them, Dein Perry's Tap Dogs is far from an ordinary dance show. Full of tricks, energy and …
Scott Alan is a long-standing cult favourite amongst musical theatre enthusiasts and his most recent song cycle The Distance You Have Come weaves in his most popular numbers with some newer …
This adaptation of Karel ÄŒapek's 1936 novel War with the Newts is set in a dystopian near-future where an intelligent animal species is first exploited by mankind, then rebels against the…
I'm a sucker for inventive adaptations of Shakespeare plays, so Paper Cinema's Macbeth, a live-action, silent movie version, is hugely appealing.
Elephant and Castle is a joy, quizzical and gently thought-provoking, delivering sound performances from Tom Adams and Lillian Henley, underscored witty lyricism, retro sounds and daft, brow…
Drawing on myth and bodily strength in an ending that encapsulates her fight, Bryony Kimmings inspires us to keep going through the rough times that try to drown us in I'm A Phoenix, Bitch.
Hogarth's Progress is an ambitious production that, although not entirely flawless, alternates moments of great fun with thought-provoking, timeless questions on the arts, life and politics,…
The moments of pleasure are carefully balanced against the moments less satisfying, making The Art of Gaman at Theatre503 a difficult play to reconcile with.
Joy Wilkinson's The Sweet Science of Bruising, about 'lady boxing' in Victorian times, feels like such a riotous shock to the system. Best of all, it nails this with a story that breaks down…
People Like Us at the Union Theatre follows a group of friends and their monthly book club. The show is split into two time frames: Pre-vote results and Post-vote results.
There are some moments of brilliance in A Kettle of Fish and the structural disintegration is impressive, but sometimes the experience is unpleasant what with its confusion and instability r…
Jamie Lloyd is embarking on an epic project: to stage every single one of the influential playwright Harold Pinter's short plays over a six month period at the theatre which bears his name. …
Choreographer Tony Adigun tries to take a new spin on a classic tale, but the story he tells cleaves too close to the original to fully do so.
Despite some structural shortcomings and a plot that doesn't always thoroughly connect, Poet in Da Corner at the Royal Court has fire in its belly that needs to be in front of audiences.
Drip Feed is certainly worth a watch for Karen Cogan's performance and some really well-employed fairy lights.
Adam Kashmiry is a man that was born in Egypt in a woman's body. From a young age, he knew his soul didn't align with the gender he was assigned at birth, but it wasn't until he discovered t…
If you close your eyes and I mention Arabian Nights what can you see? How does it feel, sound and smell? The description of Hoxton Hall will probably match what you imagine.
The fact that 42nd Street first came out in 1933 doesn't date this wonderful revival of the show. It provides some good old-fashioned singing, dancing and tapping. Lots and LOTS of tapping.
The New York Times listed Jennifer Kidwel and Scott R Sheppard's razor-sharp comedy as one of the 25 best plays since Angels in America. Like a role-playing game that gets completely out of …
Wasted at the Southwark Playhouse is an explosion of feminist energy, a dark and angsty account of the lives of the four most famous Brontë siblings.
Vinay Patel's marvellous history play documenting a couple formed only partly through their own volition traverses decades, continents and the collapse of an empire.
Abi Zakarian's Fabric at the Soho Theatre is a little play with ferocity, venom and fight. Though the story it tells is horrendous, it also fights back.
In a world where programmes such as Love Island are on primetime TV and cuts to the arts are the norm, About Leo is a fresh gust of wind.
John King's script for Eris at the Bunker Theatre has some Greek myth references that give it a nice touch but doesn't add much to the totally contemporary story.
Combined with a good balance between the personal and political and their intersections, The Political History of Smack and Crack is an engaging story that humanises addicts and reinforces t…