Anthony Neilson's adaptation of The Tell-Tale Heart for the National Theatre updates the original, adding slasher film shocks while retaining the intense strangeness of the original.
Performer Alex Jarrett is taking on a tough role this winter. The young actor tells the story of a teenager sold into marriage in Ailia's one-woman drama AISHA. In our new interview she tell…
The Wardrobe has done it again. Oedipuss In Boots is the best fun you can have with your clothes on this Christmas season, an adult festive delight that finds the specificity in silliness an…
After relocating to Los Angeles, writer-director Chè Walker returns to London, and the Finborough Theatre, with the European premiere of his latest stage play, Time Is Love / Tiempo es Amor…
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From 8 January 2019, Jay Parsons reprises his performance in Simon Perrott's new one-man play In Conversation with Graham Norton at London's Hope Theatre, where it had two tryouts in Septemb…
Review from: Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London; 20th December 2018 ‘Circus 1903’ at the Southbank Centre IMAGE: Manuel HarlanThe inter-continental spectacle of Circu…
Soho Theatre's alternative Christmas show is the world premiere of Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement's new stage play Chasing Bono based on Neil McCormick's memoir I Was Bono's Doppelganger. H…
"The inheritance of wisdom, community and self" " Matthew Lopez. Each year, around March, I think of a brilliant way to start the Best of the Year list. Each year, around December, I forget …
Normally I do two of these " Top Ten Shows and Top Ten Performances " but this year I'm combining the two " plus some sundry other awards.
One of the best-loved ballets, Nutcracker returns to London's Coliseum and is a real festive treat from start to finish. Wayne
Rebecca Frecknall's production of Summer & Smoke with its chorus of pianos fits as snugly into the Duke of York's as it must have done at the Almeida.
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Tuesday 12 February, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock chairs the first of three 2019 post-show Q&As for Lazarus Theatre, to Shakespear…
Little Bulb, an award-winning company of actor-musicians which is based in the South East and tours nationwide, has revived their version of Orpheus, and the result is breathtaking.
Festivities continue apace at London's King's Head Theatre where The Boy Under the Christmas Tree has provided a gift to audiences and critics this season. We've rounded up some of our favou…
While you may be tempted to see a classic like The Nutcracker, you'll quickly learn that it sold out last August, so you could do worse than comfort yourself with Peppa Pig's Adventure.
Thanks to films such as Water for Elephants and more recently The Greatest Showman, there is an irresistible appeal for the traditional circuses from around the 1900's. Now thanks to Circus …
Caroline, or Change is a curious show that sees a five-star cast deliver distinctly flawed material. Set in an early 1960s Louisiana.
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Friday 8 February 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock reunites with Creation Theatre for their site-specific production of Dracula, spec…
Borrowing a technique from American long-form TV drama, The Tragedy of King Richard The Second begins in medias res. The wonderful Simon Russell Beale steps forward, ashen-faced, to deliver …
Circa might be best known in the UK for its sophisticated grown-up circus but, this year, the legendary Aussie company has brought one of their dedicated children's shows " Wolfgang's Magica…
There is greatness striding through the heart of Bristol Old Vic's A Christmas Carol and it comes in the shape of Felix Hayes' Ebenezer Scrooge.
the end of 2018, here's a few of Love London Love Culture's favourite shows of the year….
Writer-director Che Walker, Olivier Awards winner Sheila Atim and the company of Time Is Love / Tiempo es Amor paid a special visit to the Finborough Theatre this month ahead of their Europe…
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Thursday 7 February 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock returns to London's Park Theatre for the world premiere of new comedy My Dad's G…