Good Girl is so beautiful. It is honest and real. It is essential viewing for every woman in the world, but also every man. It gives an understanding of the human condition when it comes to …
A whole lot of post-apocalyptic hurly-burly and sadly not much more besides " the National Theatre's Macbeth really is something of a red-trousered disappointment.
In Philipp Oberlohr's gentle hands, teasing out moments of blissful happiness or tearjerking sincerity, the show becomes a call to action in living your best self, in being unafraid to try a…
MyTheatreMates co-founder Terri Paddock hosted a series of three post-show Q&As following packed-out performances of the current run of Philip Ridley's ANGRY at London's Southwark Playh…
Hilda & Virginia at the Jermyn Street Theatre is anintriguing pairing, telling the stories of two very remarkable women. The quality is inconsistent but it's a decent production nonethe…
Birmingham Royal Ballet should be proud of the show they have created in Sleeping Beauty. They have proven that while we may have changed a lot since 1890, what was beautiful then, is still …
Making her West End debut in the new hit musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie, actress Lucie Shorthouse spoke to Love London Love Culture about her recent award win and the musical's succ…
Whether you think you're a fan of Carole King or not, you're sure to recognise many of the hits in Beautiful and leave feeling elated, with a new sense of love and appreciation for the songw…
I want to like the fantasy and the colours of Pippin, to totally give in to the world of the play, but its problems are too many. Though I'm likely to be the humming the opening number for a…
It may be better not to have seen the movie Fanny & Alexander. Coming to the stage version untainted you'll have a stronger chance to enjoy an exuberant energy and ribald theatricality …
Naomi Sheldon's monologue Good Girl makes its way to West End after Fringe runs at the Old Red Lion and Vault Festival. It is an exceptional piece of work that has not only made me consider …
Fringe innovators The Pensive Federation return to The Vaults with their annual new writing event, The Significant Other Festival, running from 17 to 21 April 2018. Ten new 10-minute plays w…
Casting has been announced for the European premiere of Audrey Cefaly's award-winning American two-hander THE GULF, which runs from three weeks London's Tristan Bates Theatre from 17 April 2…
In Nest, Katy Warner sets up the characters with such detail and ease, it's difficult to not be pulled into their world and left wanting to know more when the intense 60 minutes is over.
With tighter and more consistent direction, Mosley Must Fall could become of the finest new plays of the year. Kudos to Martin McNamara for another solid and moving production that will stay…
This particular production of Frankenstein at The Space Arts Centre utilises a primarily female cast to re-tell the story from a feminine perspective.
Acclaimed film and television actor Paul Anderson will play the title role in Tartuffe at the Theatre Royal Haymarket (playing for a limited ten-week West End from 25 May 2018), alongside ce…
I caught up actor Julius D'Silva one lunchtime at Bristol Old Vic on a break from rehearsal to discuss his work on The Cherry Orchard, reuniting with director Michael Boyd
Overall, Words Words Words is an accomplished piece of writing about a very personal subject but it wants more. With more time or some fresh eyes on it, this piece could really fly.
At over two hours, Fat Friends the Musical is a little flabby in the middle and could lose a scene or two, but, overall it's a heart-warming, lively and entertaining production.
The enduring presence of the gods in this modern reading of Electra is a circle that is never squared, the potential intrigue of its revolutionary politics are hampered by the reliance on a …
Thom Southerland directs Bill Milner and Sheila Hancock in this new adaptation of Harold & Maude based on the film (playing until 31 March 2018). Here is what critics have had to say ab…
Here at the National, as with many other attempts, the production's vision lacks real purpose and fails to engage with the complex motivation of Macbeth himself, leaving him and us nowhere t…
Blackboard Theatre's Stardust is a truly extraordinary piece of theatre which made me want to talk, to evoke change, to make people see that cocaine is not worth any feel-good factor if it i…
Transplanting a punk pop album onto a musical theatre stage proves an inspired concept as Melbourne embraces the electric energy of Green Day's American Idiot.