It really is no wonder why The Lion King has lasted in the West End as long as it has. It is still as powerfully moving and beautiful to watch and feels as though it only opened in London fo…
Alice Birch's experimental new play [Blank] prioritises form over content and is at heart depressingly reactionary.
In our continuing series, our editor Lisa Martland picks out some of her Top Picks from the last week of theatre (to 20 October 2019), ranging from Olivia Mitchell's thigh-slapping joy on se…
Prism, written and directed by the acclaimed playwright Terry Johnson, tells the story of cinematographer Jack Cardiff in the latter years of his life.
Based on a true story, Kate Barton's play Fast invites its audience into the disturbing world of "Dr" Linda Hazzard (Caroline Lawrie), whose controversial fasting diet method claimed the liv…
Brian Friel's Translations is a rich and complex play and, in Ian Rickson's production which returns for a second run in the Olivier, its layers are drawn out through the performances of a h…
Set in the world of competitive enduance tickling, Tickle the Musical proves a rather good-natured, sweet thing at the King's Head Theatre.
The Girl Who Fell, directed by Hannah Price, is about grief, guilt, childhood innocence, love, pain, agony, truth and facing the truth and with all those ingredients you get a poignant and q…
This one will get you into the Christmas spirit, guaranteed. I'm gearing up for the holidays with the hilarious duo of Dan & Jeff and their festive favourite Potted Panto, another in my …
Sarah Rutherford's powerful and honest play The Girl Who Fell examines grief, mental health and the influence of social media in a brilliantly sensitive way.
As Matthew Parker's swansong as artistic director at the Hope Theatre, The House of Yes isn't afraid to show the underbelly of 'respectable society'.
The first UK production of acclaimed show Moulin Rouge! The Musical will open at London's Piccadilly Theatre in March 2021.
Ahead of Mates founder Terri Paddock's post-show Q&A tonight and next Wednesday's press performance, we've got first-look photos for the posthumous UK premiere of Sam Shepard's Ages of t…
While Fast did feel like it dragged at some points, the clever use of a projector screen and off-stage narration works hard to bring the audience back.
We round up the reviews for Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson's Ghost Stories which is back in London in time for Halloween…
Sabrina Mahfouz's feminist account of British imperialism in A History of Water in the Middle East is energetic and passionate but also turns out to be a very slender piece of theatre.
Irish Coffee marks the 100th anniversary of Eva Perón's birth with a fascinating look at her legacy at the Calder Bookshop & Theatre.
The whole cast and crew are outstanding in the touring production of Mischief Theatre's Peter Pan Goes Wrong which really has to be seen to be believed.
What would you ask God? What if you didn't like the answer? Those are the questions posed by playwright and director Andrew Bruce-Lockhart in new play God 2.o, coming to the Lion & Unico…
The Ice Cream Boys is an informative glimpse into South African politics and racial issues but it's not clear what message the audience is meant to take away.
As the West End production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's HAMILTON enters its third year at the Victoria Palace Theatre, new casting has been announced and further tickets have been released, with …
There are some really interesting ideas in Dissociated, from the exploration of a woman's psyche during continuous nights of conscious sleep to the fact that the traumas she unearths are pun…
Director Alexander Lass has teamed up with producer Debbie Hicks on two major play productions running at The Vaults this autumn: the first-ever revival of David Hare's 2003 play The Perm…
Mephisto [A Rhapsody], a French meta-theatrical update of Klaus Mann's classic novel, has some brilliant moments but lacks metaphorical force.
Ahead of my post-show Q&A tonight, I was at the Vaudeville Theatre for the official opening of the world premiere of Mischief Theatre's new comedy Groan Ups last Thursday (10 October 201…