Has there ever been a more hotly anticipated new musical? A rhapsodic biography of America's 'forgotten' founding father, Hamilton has whipped up a hurricane (pardon the pun) of frenzy, spec…
A slick production, excellent direction and an incredibly talented cast elevate the material on offer as cult favourite Bare makes a return to the Melbourne stage.
Signed, Sealed, Delivered is the hit musical tribute show featuring Lejaune André, the star of The Magic of Motown, which pays homage to Stevie Wonder.
A solid four stars for Welsh National Opera's production of Don Giovanni which finds the perfect balance between comedy and tragedy. An absolute must see.
Following its showcase as part of next month’s Who Runs the World? season of up-and-coming female playwrights, Felicity Huxley-Miners’ new play In the Shadow of the Mountain w…
Love London Love Culture spoke to writer and director Ricky Dujany about his latest play Sankara, about Thomas Sankara, the President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987, playing at the Cockpi…
This year's theatrical smorgasbord from BE Festival offered pieces from France, the UK and Spain. Andre and Dorine by Spain's Kulunka Teatro is a full-mask exploration of the agony and heart…
While Three Sisters perhaps lacks a little of the cinematic grandeur we've seen in Arrows and Traps' earlier work, this is still, without doubt, a stylish and beautifully acted piece of stor…
Beowulf has two monsters " a bog standard monster and a dragon " and many choices that first lead to his victory, then a tragic end. Since Seth Kriebel tells this story on his own, he enlist…
The allure of Assassins, this slice of Americana, as much musical history as it is socio-political, has proven enduringly popular as it explores something of the people behind the nine recor…
While the play is set 13 years ago, many of the issues that Our Big Love Story raises are very pertinent today, as they have never really gone away. It offers a sombre and timely perspective…
Got your tickets yet for Cream Tea and Incest? This spoof Edwardian comedy - billed as "The Play That Goes Wrong meets Jeeves and Wooster meets Diary of a Nobody… with a little bit of Amer…
One of the most excruciating and thrilling of dramas, Vincent River is a triumphant example of in-yer-face theatre at its cruel best. And a great production like this sends you home with you…
What a hit! A double-hit indeed. As in-yer-face immersive hit Trainspotting Live begins previews tonight (27 March 2018) for its second fix at The Vaults in London, it announces both a two-w…
The full cast has been announced for the first West End production of Chess since 1986 which stars Michael Ball as Anatoly, Alexandra Burke as Svetlana, Murray Head as The Arbiter, Tim Howar…
Performer Ultimate Dancer gives a fairly emotionless performance, but in the hyper-worldly circumstances this distinctive atmosphere evokes, it oddly fits.
It has been nearly two months since my last blog during which time Kath, her mother, and I have moved from Suffolk to the village of Blackness on the Firth of Forth to the west of Edinburgh.
Tosca is a great introduction to opera. It has an incredible score, an excellent cast and an airtight story. Filled with love, murder and tragedy, it's a whirlwind production sure to keep yo…
Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow is a powerful call to arms that looks and sounds great, and also makes you stop and think about the careless way we treat our planet, and what the impact o…
As we speed towards the end of the month, here's Love London Love Culture's guide to some of the best shows opening in April…
Orlando Bloom returns to the West End after more than a decade to star as a cop who moonlights as a killer-for-hire in a new production of multi award-winning Tracy Letts' blackly comic 1993…
Has the Menier Chocolate Factory come to the end of the road? If you want to know how it feels to be trapped in some nightmare prison with no prospect of release, sit in the middle of a row …
Thanks to two blisteringly good performances from Kae Alexander and Kirsty as the two sisters, the key themes of faith, loyalty, and the role of sacrifice and self-sacrifice for the ones we …
At the centre of the show is Arinzé Kene himself. Having just finished his part in Conor McPherson's Girl from the North Country in the West End, he devotes all of his considerable charisma…
Greed is good? That was one of the mantras of the 1980s when, under Margaret Thatcher's government in the UK, British industry began a period of sustained, managed decline. The Pensive Feder…