The Globe Theatre's production of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar begins with the news that Julius Caesar has defeated Pompey. Right from the start, the audience is required to be part o…
We are wading through the 'What's On' directory on the Edinburgh Fringe website to help you get to grips with it all. In the first of our Edinburgh Fringe previews, we're focusing on the sho…
Love London Love Culture's Emma Clarendon takes a look at what critics have had to say about this stage adaptation of C.S. Lewis' beloved children's story.
Christopher Wollaton discusses the return of his solo show Brawn, revived as part of the King's Head Theatre's Boys!Boys!Boys! Season. The play, exploring body dysmorphia and mental health i…
New play The Fall, by Drew Hewitt, forms part of the triple bill of readings staged at the Riverside Studios and now available via on-demand streaming.
The Watermill's bespoke setting and compact stage wouldn't be my first choice of venue for a revival production of the musical Whistle Down the Wind based on the book by Mary Hayley Bell, ad…
With its energetic arguments, moments of great charm, gritty humour, and mix of filth and idealism, Sonali Bhattacharyya's Chasing Hares at the Young Vic is both relevant and contemporary.
It's third time lucky for Regent's Park Open Air Theatre and 101 Dalmatians which is billed as a new musical. Given that it should have premiered two years ago " and then one year ago (thank…
Mark St Germain's play Freud's Last Session at the King's Head Theatre in Islington is a compact yet powerful play which imagines a clash of intellect and reasoning between two famous minds.
Incredibly anticipated by the theatre community and postponed due to Covid, Sister Act has certainly made the long wait worth it. Beverley Knight, Jennifer Saunders, Keala Settle and Lizzie…
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is back and standing out from the crowd will be the critically acclaimed play My Own Private Shakespeare, fresh from a sold-out, three-week run in Toronto, Cana…
There is nothing that will prepare you for The Book Of Mormon, famously created (book, music and lyrics) by the minds behind South Park. Without knowledge of the plot, there is an expectatio…
The use of music and dance (all types) along with some interesting guests via video makes Jean-Paul Gaultier " Fashion Freak Show at the Roundhouse one of the most interesting and diverse sh…
After acclaim last year in Lately, Fred Wardale returns to London's Lion & Unicorn Theatre in Proforca Theatre's new explosive premiere Flashbang, written by James Lewis and helmed by ar…
Love London Love Culture's Emma Clarendon finds out what critics have had to say about the latest revival of Patrick Marber's play Closer at Lyric Hammersmith.
Ambreen Razia's play Favour looks into the lives of a trio of women from the same family but of rather different generations. It does so with a vigour that is at times quite intoxicating and…
Exploitation can take many forms and sometimes it even begins with a creative opportunity. Sonali Bhattacharyya's lead character in new play Chasing Hares at the Young Vic takes a while to f…
Simon Godwin's new production of Much Ado About Nothing for the National initially seems to be going for the full-on romantic escapism, from the bougainvillea and sun-kissed (Amalfi?) coast …
Directed by Nancy Medina, Zodwa Nyoni's The Darkest Part of the Night shares the experience of a young, autistic Black boy, Dwight. The play follows his diagnostic process in 1980s Leeds. Te…
Kill The Cat's live-stream of Keep The Lights On comes to YouTube on-demand in a 40-minute work in progress piece as part of Puncture the Screen which is a matrix based game to "turn off the…
Nikolai Foster's vision beautifully evokes a sense of community against a delicately balanced backdrop of political and emotional turmoil in Lee Hall and Elton John's Billy Elliot The Musica…
There may be a little final sprinkle of fairy dust missing but Millennials at The Other Palace is one of the funnest shows about and it'll be brilliant to see where it progresses.
I liked the tone of this production of Closer at the Lyric Hammersmith and the sense of sadness that underpinned it, even if I was glad to leave the characters behind. It is an interesting e…
It's that glorious Gershwin music that carries Crazy For You at Chichester Festival Theatre. Sure, there are some funny lines, and the plot has the classic boy-meets-girl-but-doesn't-realise…
The concept of Jean Paul Gaultier: Fashion Freak Show at London's Roundhouse consists of a narrative of the life and times of fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier, put together to include a m…