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I've thought and written a lot about performing arts foundation courses lately. It's the time of year when students are looking at possible options for September and course providers are try…
Opera North's The Rite of Spring/Gianni Schicchi is an uneven pairing but a thoroughly enlightening and enjoyable evening nonetheless. Both works serve as great entry points to their respect…
Discover what critics made of Adjoa Andoh and Lynette Linton's new production of Richard II at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
Angry Alan is an angry little show with huge impact that smartly appropriates the rampant misogyny of its subject flipping the mirror so all its flaws are magnified.
Annie Washburn's new play Shipwreck is intended as a reckoning with Trump. The show pitches itself as a invitation to dinner with the 45th President, but unfortunately would be better descri…
On the top layer, Waitress is sweet and fun with beautiful ingredients in the form of a stellar cast. But dig a little deeper and we find there are a lot more layers to the pie.
Louise Jameson and Thomas Mahy reprise their roles in Robert Chevara's acclaimed production of Philip Ridley's Vincent River, transferring to Trafalgar Studios from Park Theatre.
Impactful and unsettling " The Project at the White Bear Theatre shows the power of manipulation under Nazi control.
Athol Fugard's 1978 South African classic A Lesson From Aloes - so controversial during Apartheid that it was nearly banned - is revived for the first time since its UK premiere at the Natio…
The Old Vic today has announced that Matthew Warchus will direct Andrew Scott in Noёl Coward's provocative comedy Present Laughter, opening on 25 June 2019, with previews from 17 June…
Occasionally bewildering and frequently ridiculous, Strike Up The Band is nevertheless always great fun.
The full cast has been announced for the Theatr Clwyd and Menier Chocolate Factory's co-production of Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending. Theatr Clwyd's artistic director Tamara Harve…
Alys, Always, a adaptation of Harriet Lane's psychological and satirical bestseller, is neither vital, nor convincing.
Darkfield's Séance is now in its final week in London as this year's VAULT Festival winds to a close. Here's a reminder of what some of the critics - including two Mates - have said about t…
While still reflecting on International Women's Day 2019 I am delighted to be able to share the first part of my interview with the generous and inspiring playwright Morgan Lloyd Malcolm. We…
Arinzé Kene's one-man show good dog has been brought back by tiata fahodzi for a UK tour, directed by Natalie Ibu and starring RADA graduate Kwaku Mills.
Of all the new musicals that Broadway has shipped to London in recent years, Waitress is quite possibly the greatest as Sara Bareillles takes an unflinching look at 21st century America thro…
Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for Nicholas Hytner's production of Alys Always based on Harriet Lane's novel.
Ooh, a real treat this. The world of new musical theatre can be a little unforgiving but on the evidence of The Limit, Freya Smith and Jack Williams' Bottle Cap Theatre are marking themselve…
So if you're in the mood for something silly, fun and boasting some serious improv talent, Notflix " The improvised Musical is an hilarious hour of entertainment that's also totally unique e…
Athol Fugard's blistering drama, A Lesson From Aloes, which proved so contentious that it was almost banned in the 1970s, has been revived to coincide with the 25th anniversary year of the f…
Waitress is a show that takes you off the beaten track and provides a more intimate, less flashy show compared to those we usually see. This nuanced musical is a sweet treat that will warm y…
The producers of Everybody's Talking About Jamie have opened a new booking period up to Saturday 25 January 2020. Entertaining audiences at London's Apollo Theatre since November 2017, the m…
In The Dark Carnival Vanishing Point and The Citizens (in association with Dundee Rep Ensemble) have crafted a strangely fascinating but oddly frustrating entertainment " theatre-cum-gig-cum…
Christopher Haydon, the former artistic director of the Gate Theatre in London, has written the book About The Art of the Artistic Director.
