A Victorian classic gets a modern-day makeover, Benjamin Button sings, and a popular superhero gets a London stage outing: Those are among the highlights of a characteristically busy month o…
John Hollingworth gives a movingly indrawn performance in new play from Richard Bean, who wrote "One Man, Two Guvnors"; Emily Burns directs.
Adrien Brody is in magnificent form in his UK stage debut as Nick Yarris in new Lindsey Ferrentino play, directed by Justin Martin, of Prime Face renown
Oli Forsyth play is brilliantly served by its starry cast
Morfydd Clark and Billy Howle give blazing star turns in this Almeida double bill of onetime Royal Court classics; Diyan Zora and Atri Banerjee direct - brilliantly
the critic mourns the passing of a Broadway and London star gone way too soon
An appreciation of the legendary Tony winning actress, an impassioned presence always on the London (and, sometimes, Broadway) stage
From name-heavy West End revivals to bracing new dramas, October in London is giving pride of place to the play. Offerings during the month ahead include several classic titles of ongoing re…
Anne Odeke stars in her own play which has morphed from a solo endeavour into a bustling, capacious rallying cry on the Globe mainstage
Some recommendations for visitors and residents who want to get the most from the city's varied theater scene.
Diana Vickers and Marc Antolin in thin if breezy musical send-up of Gwyneth Paltrow Utah ski trial
Maureen Beattie stars in Stella Feehily's bioplay directed by Alice Hamilton as the opening show of the new Hampstead season
Summer is saying its goodbyes, and with that comes the seasonal promise of exciting theater for the fall. That's nowhere more true than in London, which offers a dizzying array of shows in t…
Mary Bridget Davies brings her Tony nominated performance to London
Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan's debut play is beautifully served by its cast of two
Alan Cox and David Yelland head all-male cast of West End upgrade for Katherine Moar play.
French "hybrid memoir" comes blazingly alive onstage in London The title sounds as if we ought to be in for an evening of Virginia Woolf, and, indeed, one of the astonishing women on view (…
Late summer is often reputed as the lull before the autumnal storm of new productions. And yet, the British capital is as busy as ever during the month ahead, breaking into song (many of the…
Roy Alexander Weise directs UK bow of Katori Hall's baggy if brio-filled Pulitzer winner
The veteran British actress shines in a new revival that is the musical theater highlight of the West End summer.
An imperfect show arrives boasting a quasi-immersive charm The Baker's Wife closed on the way to Broadway in 1976, since which time Stephen Schwartz's stubbornly resistent if sweetly scored…
Christopher Hampton adapts Stefan Zweig's 1922 novella, here starring Jim Corrigan, Natalie Simpson, and Nigel Hastings; Chelsea Walker directs.
Pamela Nomvete follows on from Tony winner Phylicia Rashad in Detroit-set Dominique Morisseau play co-starring Racheal Ofori.
Justine Mitchell shines in takeover of Kendall Feaver play whose opening was delayed by a change of leading lady
A quarter-century on from its Salzburg premiere, Simon McBurney's mind-bending show continues to enthrall