Great British Mysteries? is a real audience pleaser, which keeps audiences mostly amused throughout. It's an example of a great parody that harms nobody, except maybe Noel Edmonds.
Now in its 10th year along the Southbank, the Underbelly Festival is a highlight of editor Emma Clarendon's calendar. Here's five reasons why she loves visiting it each year…
The world of Nightfall is small and intimate but the Bridge is neither of those things and the intricacies of Norris' writing becomes lost like the wafting smell of interval madeleines.
With some extra material added to the end of Isaac Came Home From the Mountain, it would widen the lens to include the wider implications of these characters' actions and add further weight …
Unfortunately, H.R. Haitch just didn't hit the mark and certainly didn't receive my royal approval. That said, it would be the ideal antidote for an anti-Royalist or football loathing person…
Two groups are better impersonated on television than by theatre: the Royal Family, and East Enders. In H.R. Haitch they collide awkwardly in a royal wedding spoof musical with all the elega…
It's nearly time! Simon David Eden's new black comedy The Gift of the Gab officially gets its world premiere tomorrow (17 May 2018) at London's White Bear Theatre, where its limited season c…
Playwright Torben Betts has turned to the kitchen for inspiration with his latest play, Monogamy, delving into the pantry of celebrity chef Caroline Mortimer and discovering that there's no …
The cast are working hard in final preparations for Keith Hindell's new play on abortion reform, Dead or Alive? A Drama in the Womb, which is now in previews ahead of Friday's world premiere…
A brilliantly inventive, inclusive and entertaining take on A Midsummer Night's Dream is a great success at the Watermill Theatre. Newbury.
The cast are working hard in final preparations for Keith Hindell's new play on abortion reform, Dead or Alive? A Drama in the Womb, which is now in previews ahead of Friday's world premiere…
The email telling me about an upcoming West End Live Lounge concert is one I look forward to with excitement and anticipation as the night always proves to be a joyous, talent-filled one.
Capturing the spirit of the story and the characters, the Broadway Cast Recording of Frozen features a wealth of talent vocally to make it a joy to listen to.
This time round Ryan Penny's bringing back the evening of new writing, On The Night, in a slightly different format, split over two Mondays this month, and heading straight down to Plymouth …
Though there are certainly something things to like about this production of Nightfall " Rae Smith's set and some glimmering gems of dialogue " it is largely a limping story with little sens…
It Happened in Key West, a new romantic comedy musical by award-winning Broadway composer Jill Santoriello (A Tale of Two Cities), novelist Jason Huza and Jeremiah James, a member of interna…
In Ghost About the House, premiering at the King's Head Theatre in June, Sioned Jones plays two characters connected to the same Islington house, but separated by 70 years and a love for lyc…
As Kensington Palace gears up for one royal wedding, Iris Theatre is jumping down the aisle first with its musical take on stately nuptials, H.R. Haitch, now playing at the Union Theatre.
Two For The Seesaw will mark Buckland Theatre Company's first West End production, following previous sold-out shows at the Park Theatre. Directed by Gary Condes, William Gibson's play will …
Directed by multi Olivier Award winner Stephen Daldry, the Young Vic production of The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez will transfer to the West End, playing a limited season at the Nöel Cowar…
Michael Grandage's revival of Red may only be 90 minutes, but there is no sense of rush here, and instead the play " much like Mark Rothko's creations " is given room to breath, to slowly co…
How are five strangers linked in One Minute when a child disappears? Watch this brilliant trailer for the Barn Theatre's brand-new production of Simon Stephens' haunting play about modern tr…
Thomas Ostermeier's production Returning to Reims is an extended examination of European class politics through reading and discussion of French sociologist Didier Eribon's memoir, a surpris…
This touring production of Miss Saigon has lost none of its sparkle and is full of so many intricacies that the experience is visceral and moving.
Casting my eye over some recent musical theatre album releases: Audra McDonald's live album Sing Happy, Louise Dearman's latest collection For You, For Me and the long-awaited cast recording…