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For the most part, Sting's The Last Ship is a thing of beauty. The Geordie songwriter/pop megastar has penned a well-crafted salute to the shipbuilders of his native Newcastle Upon Tyne and …
Written by Guleraana Mir and directed by Madelaine Moore, Coconut looks at Rumi (Kuran Dohil) a young woman in London and her efforts to find someone who truly complements her as a person an…
The quality of Matthew Gould's production of The Gulf is high, particularly drawing out two raw and emotionally engaging performances from Louisa Lytton and Anna Acton who thrash out their c…
From the audience reaction and instantaneous standing ovation when the last note was played, it's clear that a lot of people love this Bat Out of Hell.
Sixty years after Tommy Steele made his theatre debut in 1958 starring in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella at the London Coliseum, he will return there to salute his idol Glenn Miller in…
First seen in Edinburgh last year, Half Breed is one of those plays that embrace you warmly and hold you tight for all of its 60-minute duration.
This is a heartbreakingly beautiful interpretation of probably the darkest musical to have emerged from Broadway's Golden Years but, and not unlike The Starkeeper himself, Jack O'Brien has f…
The 'Razzle Dazzle' and sparkling performances made me leave Chicago with a firm smile on my face. It would be simply criminal to miss this production.
Overall The Band is a success. If given the chance I would probably go and watch it again, as I felt the cast was exceptionally strong even when the story lacked motivation.
How to be a Londoner in an Hour is a lovely, charming piece of fringe frippery. And it's no worse for knowing what it is and delivering on it.
Alfred Enoch and Alfred Molina spoke about the upcoming West End premiere of Michael Grandage's production of Red, opening for previews at London's Wyndham's Theatre from 4 May to 28 July 20…
The touring production of War Horse at the Festival Theatre is involving, emotional, visually spectacular and every bit as good as you have probably heard.
An Officer and a Gentleman, beginning its national tour at Curve Leicester, is a show that is unashamedly feel-good, even through its darker moments, and just waiting to sweep you off your f…
As the play celebrates its second anniversary, The Comedy About a Bank Robbery's continued popularity simply proves that everyone loves a good dose of comedy.
High octane musical Bat Out of Hell deserves its five stars simply for the high quality of the musical numbers and their performance. Polec, Bennington, Fowler and Sexton are simply stupendo…
John Barrowman's force of personality means the anecdotes flow out of him with barely any prompting from the wonderfully acerbic Seth Rudetsky, but with such a storied career he's certainly …
Hyena is an exciting, vibrant and honest exploration of a complex female bond. The show is a celebration of the power of womanhood and highlights how our abilities as individuals can benefit…
"There's a lot of dark humour, a lot of very bad punning and some interesting 2000's fashion choices " what's not to like?"
I thought it would be great to celebrate some of my favourite things about Emma Rice's time as the artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe.
Guleraana Mir's writing is the real star of Coconut. There's room for development but the ideas are there and it's refreshing to go to the theatre to see something that feels entirely new.
In Kenneth Emson's superbly crafted new play, Plastic, a small town along the Thames Estuary in Essex smoulders its hormonal slow-burns until a teenage disagreement escalates into a tragedy.
Much of what the Pensive Federation has achieved isn't to do with the large numbers that take part (even though that is impressive) but because of the palpable sense of belonging that the ac…
Killian Donnelly will play Jean Valjean in the forthcoming UK and Ireland tour of the Boublil and Schönberg musical Les Misérables.
But overall, this is a light and entertaining production of Much Ado About Nothing that just needs some more focus in some scenes to keep the pace flowing better. Worth a visit.
Surgent Theatre has announced its production of Steven Dietz's Lonely Planet to open at Trafalgar Studio 2 in the run-up to London's iconic Pride parade.
