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Monica Dolan is more than worth the journey in Lia Williams' striking production of Doubt: A Parable at Chichester Festival Theatre.
After lauded productions of Feel, At Last and Lately, Proforca Theatre premieres its latest new play by James Lewis, co-written with Georgie Bailey, at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre next mo…
Though a master of testing the theatrical limits of space and time, the first half of Alistair McDowall's latest play unfolds like a straightforward Gothic thriller.
This powerful and mesmerising production of Kander & Ebb's classic musical is certainly the show of the year.
Sankofa, shortlisted for The Women's Prize for Playwriting 2021, gets its premiere this week at London's Bread & Roses Theatre. The one-woman play, written and performed by Nicole Acquah…
It may be the second time in as many years that Caryl Churchill's A Number has been performed in London, but it is a play that bears restaging, yielding greater insights every time you see i…
Kipps " The New Half A Sixpence Musical is "new" in the sense that it's an updated version of a musical first performed in the early 1960s to showcase the singing, dancing and banjo playing …
Alexis Gregory's one-man show is a passionate and engrossing piece of theatre, created and assembled from verbatim accounts from gay men who have encountered key points in queer history.
We're counting down to the London transfer of Debs Newbold's acclaimed one-woman show Lost in Blue, which runs at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre from 15 to 26 February 2022. The evocative tr…
Shown live on a Saturday night in January, this felt like a real opportunity to celebrate the power and magic of musicals. Now available on BBC iPlayer.
As soon as Hamlet was announced as part of the 2021-22 winter season my eyes rolled so hard I nearly saw the inside of my eye sockets. I was desperately disappointed. But then something magi…
Bizarre, beautiful and breathtaking - time-travelling fantasia boasts a brilliant staging and a spoof playtext essay.
Sarah Kempton in the role of Doris and Kieran Buckeridge as George embark on two extremely challenging roles in Same Time, Next Year.
Inspired by Peter Evans' biography, released after Ava Gardner's death, Elizabeth McGovern stars as the actress in the last years of her life, living in London.
As part of her resumed post-show talk series, Mates founder Terri Paddock will chair a discussion at Instruction for a Teenage Armageddon at London's Southwark Playhouse on Tuesday 15 Februa…
On LoveLondonLoveCulture, Emma Clarendon rounds up the reviews for the latest revival of Caryl Churchill's two-hander A Number, now starring Lennie James at Paapa Essiedu at the Old Vic Thea…
Making its premiere at the Belgrade from 26 February to 5 March 2022, laugh-out-loud new comedy Kerbs is the debut play from disabled writer Michael Southan. We recently chatted with Michael…
Paapa Essiedu and Lennie James deliver stunning performances in a cracking production of Caryl Churchill's A Number at the Old Vic Theatre.
Advertised as "an epic, intimate, family saga', this new show from theatre company Kandinsky is certainly innovative in its approach.
Devised by its three performers (Nathaniel Christ…
Are you one of the thousands of theatregoers that loves to take a quick photo of the stage from your seat before the curtains open for a show? Plenty of people do it, and it's always nice to…
I may still not know what a variable star is but Cecilia Payne did and that's what matters.
On the anniversary of Hollywood legend Ava Gardner's death, she lived again in the form of Elizabeth McGovern, whose play AVA: The Secret Conversations has now opened at Hammersmith's Rivers…
Moulin Rouge is ensconced now at the Piccadilly, probably for the foreseeable future, and it's a true extravaganza, almost completely lacking any restraint
It seems like we've been made to wait an inordinately long time for this announcement, but it was definitely worth it as far as I'm concerned.
This is the second in a series highlighting shows and companies that should have played during at this year's cancelled Vault Festival and should have a future life elsewhere.
