What happens when you merge Oscar Wilde's poetry and new writing as an immersive theatre piece? Proforca Theatre' new adaptation of The Ballad of Reading Gaol is now in its second and final …
There's a tantalising idea at the heart of this Love, Genius & A Walk. What did Sigmund Freud and Gustav Mahler discuss on their only meeting, a walk in Leiden in 1910, fairly shortly b…
If Lin-Manuel Miranda takes six years from first song to full show for Hamilton, then it encourages me greatly when I keep telling new writers and new creative to take their time.
There is nothing not to like here in Madagascar The Musical. It's bright, fun, has audience participation, brilliant choreography and great singing.
Written by Sasha Wilson, Bury the Hatchet is a folktale meets musical with a difference and tells the story of Lizzie Borden, a young woman who, if the theories are to be believed, literally…
Hymn to Love plays homage to the life and work of Edith Piaf, drawing on Piaf's extensive and well-loved repertoire, much of which was autobiographical and written by or for her.
What makes the evening even better is the story behind the songs " the anecdotes and details about Simon and Garfunkel's careers as a duo and as solo artists.
Patrick Marber directs Rhys Ifans in this new production of Exit the King. Here Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews…
Reading Gaol is a fantastically evocative poem and this is a powerful piece of work built out of and around it. This is a play that will make you think, even as it entertains. That's always …
The Donmar Warehouse has announced the full casting for artistic director Josie Rourke's production of William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. Previews start from Friday 28 September 2018.
I'm reminded more than ever of a time, not so very long ago, where instead of using Twitter to attack each other, we used to use it to engage with each other and find common ground, even fri…
In Twenty Theatres To See Before You Die, Amber Massie-Blomfield has travelled the length and breadth of the British Isles to follow-up on the suggestions others have given and see these the…
If Shakespeare promised his audience in the prologue of Romeo and Juliet two hours' traffic of our stage', Insane Root does one better and knocks out, probably the world's most famous play, …
Meet The Lampoons " also known as Tina Baston, Adam Elliott, Josh Harvey and Oliver Malam " who've spent the last two years sharing their own unique brand of B-movie mayhem with London audie…
Twenty years after she first played her, Elizabeth Mansfield returns to the role of Edith Piaf in a revised version of hit homage Hymn to Love, opening tonight (27 July 2018) at London's Jer…
This Blame it on Bianca del Rio world tour has hit the UK and gone down a storm (or, hurricane); and watching Bianca del Rio's show grow over a few short years to something so huge is still …
Bluebird is a poignant celebration of London's infinite variety. If there's a play that will give you hope for London in its current haze, that play is Bluebird.
On a scorching summer night, the New Wimbledon Theatre played host to the opening of the high-energy, larger than life Madagascar The Musical.
Hymn to Love, Elizabeth Mansfield's much-lauded tribute to Edith Piaf, transfers to London's Jermyn Street Theatre this week after sell-out performances and an extended run at Theatre By The…
Here's Love London Love Culture's guide to some of the shows to look out for during August… if you aren't heading to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
I came to a belated realisation: my life was not a dress rehearsal " and it really didn't matter if I missed a few (dozen) shows. So when it came to booking this year's P-town trip, which we…
Stand-out performances in any era are often only judged so in retrospect and modern theatre offers much that will be remembered. But once in a while, you know you're in the presence of great…
If I was going to find a suitable place to work on a grant application to support the very first piece of work which seeks to explore "How we choose to reveal our bodies through life, perfor…
Playing at her spiritual home, the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, Maxine Peake's play about women and the mines is both a political corrective and a highly entertaining night out.
The seven new musicals selected for Aria Entertainment's prestigious festival of new musical theatre, From Page To Stage (FPTS), which returns for a sixth successive year from 11-25 Septembe…