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Irish writer-director Mark O'Rowe of Howie the Rookie fame brings his frantic and furious family drama to London with a standout performance from Peter Corboy
Broadway's acclaimed Cinderella, Louise, and Amalia reaches Soho for a welcome one-night stand
Laura Benanti has been enchanting Broadway audiences for several decades now, and London has t…
Great writing is the order of the day as London heads into an astoundingly busy theatrical autumn, with shows jockeying for position, and multiple openings sometimes landing on the same nigh…
Jos Vantyler's Feste is the standout in the director Robin Belfield's Shakespeare debut at this address; Pearce Quigley makes a notably deadpan Malvolio
August on the London stage finds Rosalie Craig playing Mrs Oscar Levant, Totoro's main man Joe Hisaishi at the Proms, Robert Sean Leonard in a world premiere and much more
Andrew Lloyd Webber's best musical gets a brave, biting makeover for the modern age
Would Jamie Lloyd's mind-bending revival of Evita win through twice in four weeks, I wondered to myself, …
Rebecca Frecknall shifts American gears to largely satisfying effect
Michael Shannon's long legs reach to the stars - or perhaps one should say the moon - in the Almeida's hypnotic revival …
Adaptation of 2010 film is busy, bustling - and bad
"It all starts with a snap," or so we're told early in the decidedly un-snappy Burlesque, which spends three hours borrowing shamelessly …
Tony winner Enda Walsh's book lets down this energetic adaptation of the 2016 Dublin-set film which still isn't Broadway-ready; Tony winner Rebecca Taichman, as before, directs
Writer-director Conor McPherson's diffuse musical is back, this time with two-time Olivier-winner Katie Brayben (Tammy Faye) leading those singing the Dylan songbook
Sonia Friedman looks forward and back on a producing career that exists without parallel
Temperatures are rising, and so is the energy across London theater this month. The lineup includes a stage adaptation of a Cher film vehicle, a radical retake on a beloved British musical, …
A handpicked guide for visitors (and residents), including classic drama, musicals, new plays and shows for children.
Billy Porter shifts from starring on the West End in Cabaret to directing this politically charged two-hander, starring Omari Douglas and Alexander Lincoln
A Disney musical based on the 1997 animated movie feels as though its creators wanted to get to the finish line and move on.
A look at the Tony roster's potential for a London transfer
Summer is approaching, and with it the return to the stage of a Disney demi-God, in a notably busy month that includes the local premiere of a vaunted Tony winner and a commercial transfer f…
Shaw's once-shocking play pairs Imelda Staunton with her real-life daughter, Bessie Carter
How do you make Bernard Shaw sear the stage anew? You can trim the text, as the director Dominic Co…
Georgina Onuorah follows on from Tony winner Alex Newell in riotously entertaining London outing of the tangy, twangy C&W show, directed as on Broadway by Jack O'Brien
The Irishman's first new play in over a decade is engaging but overstuffed
It's one thing to be indebted to a playwright, as Tom Stoppard and Harold Pinter have been at different times to B…
The 1952 classic lives to see another day in notably name-heavy revival
The water proves newly inviting in The Deep Blue Sea, Terence Rattigan's mournful 1952 play that some while ago estab…
Emily Ling Williams' direction finds humour and levity in what could devolve into a mere history lesson, and Tommy Sim'aan's sterling solo performance is a marvel
The late composer bids farewell with a show made-to-order for now
You don't have to be greeting the modern day with a smile unsupported by events in the wider world to have a field day at H…
Tim Crouch's maverick two-hander returns, with Jessie Buckley kicking off the sequence of guests
John Lithgow returns in even more devastating form in Giant, ramped up for the West End by a scorching London theatre debut from Aya Cash, replacing Romola Garai
