The Finborough has a rich and noble history of rediscovering lost dramatic gems, alongside their programme of new work (this year's Bacon and Pennyroyal are two of my favourite new plays sin…
Britain is a divided nation, but one of the divisions that we don't hear that much about is that between Pakistani gay men. Written by Waleed Akhtar (who also stars in this impressively hear…
The Yard, London " until 22 October 2022 Through his most recent play An Adventure, writer Vinay Patel proved he can masterfully sustain family dramas grappling with big themes. By sticking …
From great American novel to star-casted film to Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical, Alison Walker's The Color Purple has seen many formats over the years. A hard-hitting musical at the b…
Landscape with Weapon asks some interesting and uncomfortable questions, and ultimately proves that when it comes to morality, right and wrong are not always as clear-cut as we might like th…
Love London Love Culture's Emma Clarendon discovers what critics have had to say about the revival of Moira Buffini's political comedy Handbagged now playing at the Kiln Theatre.
Here's something you don't get to experience too often: a gritty piece of contemporary writing that gives theatrical voice to people largely unrepresented on stage, and does so with compassi…
Tea drinking features heavily in Dipo Baruwa-Etti's posh kitchen-set play The Clinic at the Almeida Theatre. But this tea may or may not have intoxicating or calming effects; even those who …
It is always exciting seeing van Hove's work for the Internationaal Theater Amsterdam with its cinematic vision encapsulated in theatrical form. Here in Who Killed My Father at the Young Vic…
Landscape with Weapon at the Cockpit Theatre focuses on Ned (Danny Szam) whose deadly vision is to create a flock of drones capable of taking out enemies that are hiding in buildings or unde…
In the centenary year of Marie Lloyd's death, J.J. Leppink's Marie Lloyd Stole My Life, beginning a regional tour on 18 September at Colchester's Headgate Theatre, tells the story of how the…
Finn (Elijah Ferreira) and Jass (Jade Johnson), who identify as queer, are the last two people left alive by circumstance after a suffocating fog in the charming one-act musical Help! We Are…
Trump L'Oeil is a musical romp through the Trump years, played for laughs and employing many different theatrical genres to create the full effect of the chaos of the time. Drawing on surrea…
Flashbang, Proforca Theatre's latest new play at London's Lion & Unicorn Theatre, has attracted a slew of five- and four-star reviews for its premiere production, which must end this Sat…
Following in the footsteps of the likes of David Suchet and Ian McKellen, celebrated Irish actor Gabriel Byrne brings his memoir, Walking With Ghosts, to the stage. This brief West End run c…
Lazarus Theatre Company's latest production of Doctor Faustus (which is directed by Ricky Dukes), takes place with modern dress, but retains Christopher Marlowe's original words (albeit in a…
After the success with Anita Luna THE DIVA at Clapham Fringe last year, award-winning Italian cabaret artist Anita Giovanni is back at the festival this year, debuting her new show Full of S…
This is the premiere of David Walliams' Demon Dentist, presented by Birmingham Stage Company, one of the leading producers of quality theatre for children and families.
In Silence at the Donmar Warehouse four British playwrights have adapted Kavita Puri's book Partition Voices: Untold British Stories in a joint production between Donmar Warehouse and Tara T…
I can now say I've seen Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio on stage. OK, so they were on telly on stage, but that is technically on stage. Kate and Leo were in Titanic mode, the favourite fi…
A Flashbang is a type of grenade that goes off very loudly and suddenly, upsetting everything. It takes everything you think you know and shakes it all up in a blinding flash of light and no…
There's a fabulous new musical in town at the Playground Theatre. Several years in the making, Rehab The Musical is written and composed by Grant Black (whose dad Don was in the house on pre…
Turning back time from her Las Vegas residencies, The Cher Show begins in the 1950s with a young Cherilyn Sarkisian who's longing to be a star, and progresses through her various ventures, s…
Love London Love Culture's Emma Clarendon takes a look at what critics have had to say about Ilinca Radulian's production at the Shakespeare's Globe.
Who are your mates forever? What would blow your world apart? Flashbang, Proforca Theatre's latest explosive new play, premieres this week at London's Lion & Unicorn Theatre. Check out t…