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Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for the Boulevard Theatre's inaugural production.
How does the working of a beehive related to Chekhov's masterpiece Uncle Vanya? Venetia Twigg, who adapted the play for Theatrical Niche, gets busy, telling us about it. Read he interview th…
A Little Princess, the classic children's novel by The Secret Garden author Frances Hodgson Burnett, gets a Christmas run at London's Drayton Arms Theatre, in a brand-new stage version adapt…
The Green Fairy is a realistic and different musical. It doesn't shout or leave you speechless because of special effects but it is an entertaining and emotional story about love, parenting,…
Curtains creates a glimpse into the onstage and backstage antics of theatre folk, well until the untalented and unpopular leading lady of this production of Robin Hood gets murdered during t…
Set designers are brilliant. They create the most incredible performance spaces for actors. But the opportunity to see Murder in the Cathedral staged in an actual cathedral is just too good …
There is a disconnect between the direction and the script that permeates this production of Dirty Crusty at The Yard Theatre.
This amiable revival of Soho Cinders makes for an alternative festive treat at the Charing Cross Theatre.
Following a sell-out season at the Tristan Bates Theatre and a previous short run at The Hope Theatre, comic tale Getting Over Everest returns to the Islington venue this Christmas with a st…
What does it take to kill a dragon? British Ukrainian company Gamayun Theatre presents a timely new production of rarely-seen Soviet Russian political satire Dragon for two performances only…
Directed by James O'Donnell, Frank McGuinness' The Match Box is an in-depth examination of parental grief.
As her acclaimed premiere of Claudio Macor's Different From the Others continues at the White Bear Theatre, director Jenny Eastop transfers her Mercurius revival of Jules Verne's Around the …
Following the success of their spooky October tale Haunted, Uncanny Collective return to the London stage later this month, staging a revival of Anthony Neilson's shocking comic drama Penetr…
Sara Bareilles, who wrote the music and lyrics for the hit musical Waitress, will be making her West End debut next year in the show, reuniting with Olivier and Tony Award-winning actor Gavi…
Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell's production of Death of a Salesman uncovers new layers to Arthur Miller's intense and profound play.
As part of her ongoing post-show talk series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock heads to a Charles Dickens' show in December... that isn't A Christmas Carol! Got any questions for the team behi…
Time and again, this production of The Mikado comes up fresh as paint and is the perfect antidote to dark days every bit as much now as in 1986 or when Gilbert and Sullivan wrote it in 1885.
If this inaugural show, Ghost Quartet, means the new Boulevard Theatre is setting out its stall for a programme of unusually staged and challenging productions in the future then there is ev…
On BearRidge, the first Ed Thomas play for 15 years, is a post-apocalyptic metaphor-fest which is tragic, lyrical and funny too.
Anupama Chandrasekhar's chilling play examines what happens when a cycle of violence and those who stand by and watch it happen is passed down through the generations.
New musical The Green Fairy is a bold experience at the Union Theatre, featuring the unmissable, almighty voice of Julie Atherton.
In our continuing series, editor Lisa Martland picks out some of her Top Picks from the last week of theatre (to 3 November 2019). Libby Purves emphasises the significance of Anumpama Chandr…
Actor Constanza Ruff is a big fan of novelist, and fellow Chilean, Isabel Allende. We talked to her about performing the stage adaptation of Allende's best-known novel The House of the Spiri…
Five- and four-star reviews are in for "certain and sure-fire hit" Different From the Others ... but there's only a fortnight left to see this world premiere play, which must finish on 16 No…
Reviews are in for Anupama Chandresekhar's "startling and powerful" new "haunting beast of a play" When the Crows Visit at London's Kiln Theatre, where it continues until 30 November. We've …
