The West End once again hosts one of the best comedies ever written "Doors and sardines. Getting on, getting off. Getting the sardines on, getting the sardines off. That's farce. That's t…
Cora Bissett recalls the highs and lows of being a teenage Britpop star It's now Edinburgh Fringe transfer season in London, but here's one they made earlier: Cora Bissett's Fringe First-win…
Dave Malloy's innovative musical immerses us in a creative crisis Where does music come from? That's the vital question posed to Sergei Rachmaninoff in Dave Malloy's extraordinary 2015 chamb…
This ambitious musical tackles the changing forms of family, romance and faith William Finn and James Lapine's musical " which combines two linked one-acts, March of the Falsettos and Falset…
Class, calypso and warring gods feature in this enthusiastic revival As British summer really kicks in (umbrellas at the ready), our thoughts might turn fondly to the sunny Caribbean. Good t…
Both literal and figurative fireworks in Jamie Lloyd's innovative musical revival Following a triumphant resurrection of Jesus Christ Superstar, now playing at the Barbican, the Park works i…
Sharon D Clarke leads a steamy, soulful musical revue It's too darn hot, BoJo is in Downing Street, and we're all going to Brexit hell " so we might as well sing the blues. Or at least take …
Trevor Nunn's busy production competes with Jason Robert Brown's exquisite score Robert James Waller's bestselling, though critically panned, 1992 romance novel was reincarnated in the Clint…
The Regent's Park revival is just as spectacular indoors Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's 1970Â musical had a heavenly resurrection at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre three years ago, wit…
The rhythm is gonna get you " even if the drama doesn't This well-meaning biographical jukebox musical about icons Gloria and Emilio Estefan, which did two years on Broadway and a US tour, i…
Are the family of a flamed-out prodigy at (double) fault? "How much does she owe us?" So ponder the now estranged parents of a former tennis pro, as they calculate the very literal investmen…
A decade after originating the lead role Off Broadway, Matthew Broderick returns to Kenneth Lonergan's play to make his West End debut. His devotion to the material is certainly understandab…
Rain gushes down the front of the Lyttelton stage, a pitiless wall of water trapping and framing the Rutherfords - a clan very much defined by their environment. It's an arresting image to o…
Continuing our London Theatre Guides series, we're celebrating half-term by highlighting some of the capital's most welcome and exciting venues for younger audiences.
Actor, playwright and cabaret entertainer Charles Busch's work includesDie Mommie Die,Vampire Lesbians of Sodom,Psycho Beach PartyandThe Tale of the Allergist's Wife.He's returning to London…
London is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From a drama about Europe to immersive Shakespeare and open-air opera, here are so…
The audience plays surveillance state in this pioneering collaboration between playwright Ella Hickson and sound designers Ben and Max Ringham. We experience the action through individual se…
Canadian actor and singer Tim Howar's past work includesLes Miserables,The Who'sTommy,Chess, and the 10th Anniversary production of Rent. He's also in the bandMike The Mechanics. Currently, …
Seventy years on from its Broadway opening, Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell present Arthur Miller's masterpiece afresh in an inspired, shattering revival. One key change - making the 1…
As politicians and pundits dissect the local election results, Duncan Macmillan serves up a blistering new adaptation of an 1886 work that feels eerily like a 2019 commentary. Move over, Jam…
The 2004 prize-winning novel by Andrea Levy, who sadly passed away earlier this year, has been beautifully translated to stage by adaptor Helen Edmundson and NT head honcho Rufus Norris, usi…
Kelsey Grammer leads a muddled musical take on Don Quixote The ENO continues its run of semi-staged musicals, in commercial collaboration with Grade Linnit, with a revival of this vintage od…
London is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From timely plays to the beginning of open-air theatre season, here are some of th…
Dancing, singing and plenty of swinging in this joyful tribute to Fats Waller The joint is jumpin' at Southwark Playhouse, now hosting an irresistible Fats Waller-inspired, Manhattan-set …
London's latest foray into Arthur Miller has serious transatlantic star power, with its leading quartet of Bill Pullman, two-time Oscar-winner Sally Field, Colin Morgan and Jenna Coleman. Ho…