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A relatively simple, yet affecting and inspiring show, Broadway's Once On This Island is ideal for family audiences.
I expected more in terms of Craig Revel Horwood's choreography for Son of a Preacher Man, but that was made up by most of the cast members occasionally playing instruments on stage.
There are numerous nice ideas in the script for Will at the Rose Playhouse, but the resulting effect is just that " nice. Nothing here is groundbreaking or fully developed and the anomalous …
Francis Turnly's new play is directed by Indhu Rubasingham and is currently playing at the National Theatre's Dorfman Theatre until 14 April 2018. Here is what critics have been saying about…
As their first play for Frigg Theatre, Disa Andersen and Julie VÃ¥penstad Holm have created in Is This Thing On? a succinct and pertinent show that addresses the emotional mindfield that i…
Love Me Now is a powerful and intense exploration of what the terms 'relationship' and 'love' mean to people now. Heartbreaking and painful but well worth a watch.
Is it London if there's isn't at least a couple of Philip Ridley plays in the offing?! Hot on the heels of Angry in Southwark and with Vincent River now on at the Park, Lidless Theatre is re…
As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Tuesday 8 May 2018, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock will talk to Spanish playwright Guillem Clua - as well as director and stars - about t…
It would be hard to imagine a play about young gay lives that speaks more eloquently to older gay men than the moving, informative and often hilarious The Inheritance at the Young Vic.
Beginning with a rave and barrelling through to the last blackout, Trainspotting Live is an important contribution to theatre's ecology and balls-out fights with its reputation for being stu…
George Attwell Gerhards has written a very thought-provoking play. For a 60-minute piece he manages to give us a full range and depth of experiences which crack open difficult subjects.
Based on Anneliese Kohlmann's Belsen trial transcript and Holocaust survivors' testimonies, Under The Skin tells the story of a Jewish ballet dancer who attracts the patronage of an SS guard…
When it comes to looking at racism and what it is to be black, we are currently in a phase of importing US stories rather than encouraging and platform black British writers.
Since becoming a father, Simon Mole has tapped into younger audiences " his show " Friends for All " is aimed at ages five and up and is about having the confidence to be yourself and stand …
Overall, A Spoonful of Sherman is a sweet little show that is guaranteed to make you feel nostalgic, slickly performed by a talented cast " you will leave the auditorium still humming the tu…
Daniel Kramer directs La Traviata, his first production for ENO after becoming the company's artistic director (playing until 13 April 2018). Here's what critics have been making of it…
Matilda is THE family musical of this generation and a must-see for musical theatre aficionados for Minchin's score alone. The fun and mischief are infectious and I can't remember the last t…
In Our Big Love Story, Stephanie Silver explores the idea of radicalisation of teenagers " only not, as one might expect, that of young Muslims.
Crude, disgusting, shocking, amazing, outstanding. Just a few words to describe this mental but incredible production. Trainspotting Live, based on Irvine Welsh's 1993 book, follows a group …
Ruthless has its good moments but also its flaws. It has moments of humour and glamour but there is sadly no standout moments.
The Inheritance is a brave and epic piece of new writing from Matthew Lopez, taking a scalpel to contemporary gay life in New York, asking what does it mean to be a gay man today and just ho…
Whimsical design, innovative dramaturgical devices and an unwilling to patronise young people with obvious storytelling combine to create Beginners, a marvellous and thoughtful piece of thea…
Opera Australia neatly balances the spectacular with the intimate as the seventh season of firmly established opera attraction Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour turns its sights on one of the mo…
For a fast-paced and thought-provoking evening at the theatre which simultaneously offers very real, believable insight into gangster life, Brighton Rock has it all.
What a fascinating and critical examination of British identity as well as black identity Black Men Walking at the Royal Court is.
