Having seen Marcus Brigstocke's name attached to it, I instantly assumed this would be a broadly comic play that was strong on laughs and reasonably light on subject matter.
Watching Mike Bartlett's play Cock today, it seems strange to think that it was actually written 13 years ago, as it covers themes that are so resonant with life in 2022.
As part of her resumed post-show talk series, Mates founder Terri Paddock will chair a discussion for the world premiere of Jo & Sam Find Themselves in Woking at London's Hen & Chick…
The Merchant of Venice is seen as a problematic play but, increasingly, it seems that the problems are with us, as much as they are with Shakespeare.
This psychological examination of what it means to be an addict is surprisingly moving " but it does feel as though it goes around in circles.
Mike Bartlett's Cock invites suggestive comments, but the main thing about the play is that it has proved to be a magnet for star casting.
Ivo van Hove puts aside his filmic style for an intimate monologue about the end of love. Starring Ruth Wilson, Jean Cocteau's play The Human Voice, is a sympathetic study of a woman driven …
Emma Zadow's new play, Fridge, is a three-hander set in 21st century rural Norfolk as two sisters and a schoolfriend reunite seven years after a catastrophic event.
In Jonathan Crewe's play Under the Radar, female journalist Lee Stilling (Eleanor Hill) is profiling male inventor Martin Christensen, who has built his own submarine.
Mohand and Peter are good friends with a lot in common. For one thing, they're both actors pursuing their profession far from home.
A father and son meet in a wine cellar. The son is a recovering alcoholic, and his dad (a ghost, who left the son a nice bottle of red wine in his will) doesn't seem to understand the harm a…
This powerful and thought-provoking production is electrifying to watch from start to finish.
Theatre has always been a place to explore identity by using different character perspectives to consider points of view, social structures or inherited notions of what an individual can and…
In Beautiful, we see singer-songwriter Carole King's journey, from turning out hits at 1650 Broadway for the biggest household names to how she broke the mould of what a star can be.
Dennis Kelly's 2005 play After The End is set inside a nuclear fallout shelter, so it is not surprising that it deals with situations beyond the boundaries of what passes for normality.
This enchanting celebration of work by Marvin Hamlisch, Michel Legrand and Stephen Sondheim is certainly worth catching for the range of music and stories that are shared.
The Wicker Husband is a show that has my heart entirely. A future life is surely going to happen but catch it now at the Watermill Theatre while you can.
As part of her resumed post-show talk series, Mates founder Terri Paddock will chair a discussion for the premiere production of Sophie Swithinbank's award-winning new play Bacon at London's…
Ghosts of the Titanic is set in the time following the disaster " near enough for it to be in the immediate memory, far enough for people to have moved on, hungry for other stories.
Tonderai Munyevi is a charming performer. His experiences include different types of marginalisation, growing up as a gay man and a Zimbabwean immigrant in London.
Emma Clarendon rounds up the reviews for the revival of screen-to-stage musical Saturday Night Fever, based on the John Travolta film. It's now running at London's Peacock Theatre until 26 M…
Adapted by Jeff James to combine 19th-century literature with modern-day music and clothing, this show takes two things that seem like polar opposites and smashes them together, creating a w…
Two years after its premature pandemic closure, "beautiful and bewitching" new British musical The Wicker Husband has returned to the Watermill Theatre. Just one week left to see it - with t…
Anthony McCarten's new play The Collaboration at the Young Vic kicks off as you arrive in the auditorium with an 80s DJ set. It's toe-tapping, hip and creates a party, edgy, youthful yet nos…
Animal behaviour but within a human framework. This is a powerful new play from Ruby Thomas at Hampstead Theatre.