3,553 stories from The Arts Desk
An Ideal Husband, Gate Theatre, Dublin review - focused energy keeps mannered dark comedy afloat
David Nice
Wed, 05/20/2026 - 15:50
Adrenalin-fuelled star t…
Mother Courage and Her Children, Shakespeare's Globe review - a post-apocalyptic vision of a world corrupted by violence and greed
Rachel Halliburton
Wed, 05/20/202…
An Ideal Husband, Lyric Hammersmith review - an oddly timely and amusingly repurposed classic
Helen Hawkins
Wed, 05/20/2026 - 09:00
Oscar Wilde's comedy wi…
Eclipse, Chichester Festival Theatre review - listening to what's not said
Gary Naylor
Tue, 05/19/2026 - 11:15
★★★★ ECLIPSE, CHICHESTER FESTIV…
The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, @sohoplace review - winds of change
Gary Naylor
Sat, 05/16/2026 - 01:00
★★★★ THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND, …
Stage Kiss, Hampstead Theatre review - amiable comedy full of screwball touches and sly humour
Helen Hawkins
Sat, 05/16/2026 - 10:38
Sarah Ruhl brings a wel…
Sherlock Holmes, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre review - gleefully madcap and unashamedly cerebral
Rachel Halliburton
Sat, 05/16/2026 - 11:44
Joshua James p…
1536 review - sparky tale with a dark underbelly, as three Essex girls take on the patriarchy
Helen Hawkins
Thu, 05/14/2026 - 23:59
Ava Pickett’s debut t…
Magic, Chichester Festival Theatre review - now you see hope, now you don't
Gary Naylor
Sat, 05/09/2026 - 11:34
★★★ MAGIC, CHICHESTER FESTIVAL T…
Grace Pervades, Theatre Royal Haymarket review - Ralph Fiennes starrer seems like old times
Matt Wolf
Thu, 05/07/2026 - 13:34
★★★ GRACE PERVADE…
The Price, Marylebone Theatre review - brothers' relationship ground into dust in Miller revival
Gary Naylor
Wed, 05/06/2026 - 14:20
★★★★ THE…
Tender, Soho Theatre review - anarchic takedown of clichéd masculinity
aleks.sierz
Fri, 05/01/2026 - 14:00
The team behind Tambo & Bones return with a …
Mass, Donmar Warehouse review - purgatorial cat and mouse
Demetrios Matheou
Fri, 05/01/2026 - 12:45
★★★★ MASS, DONMAR WAREHOUSE Purgatorial ca…
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare's Globe review - a riot of crowd-pleasing absurdity
Rachel Halliburton
Fri, 05/01/2026 - 11:25
★★★★ A M…
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, RSC, Stratford review - don't mention the (Iran) war
Gary Naylor
Fri, 05/01/2026 - 01:00
★★★★★ THE RESISTI…
First Person: Pulitzer finalist Sarah Ruhl on theatrical intimacy sealed with a kiss
Sarah Ruhl
Thu, 04/30/2026 - 11:30
Ruhl's Off Broadway play 'Stage Kiss…
Firewing, Hampstead Theatre Downstairs review - potentially touching debut doesn’t quite ignite
Helen Hawkins
Wed, 04/29/2026 - 09:15
David Pearson's firs…
First Person: Flora Wilson Brown on bringing Virginia Woolf shimmeringly to the stage
Flora Wilson Brown
Wed, 04/29/2026 - 00:30
'The Waves' reaches the sh…
Please Please Me, Kiln Theatre review - too much, and not enough
aleks.sierz
Sat, 04/25/2026 - 15:00
★★ PLEASE PLEASE ME, KILN THEATRE Too much, …
Between the River and the Sea, Royal Court review - wry take on insoluble antagonisms
aleks.sierz
Wed, 04/22/2026 - 11:07
★★★ BETWEEN THE RIVER…
In the Print, King's Head Theatre - a moment that changed the newspaper industry for ever
Rachel Halliburton
Wed, 04/22/2026 - 09:58
★★★ IN THE …
Avenue Q, Shaftesbury Theatre review - we need that puppet sex now, and the rest
Gary Naylor
Sat, 04/18/2026 - 17:39
★★★★★ AVENUE Q, SHAFTES…
Heart Wall, Bush Theatre review - deeply felt, but frustratingly incomplete
aleks.sierz
Thu, 04/16/2026 - 19:30
★★★ HEART WALL, BUSH THEATRE Su…
Flyby, Southwark Playhouse review - new musical is stratospherically impressive
Gary Naylor
Sat, 04/11/2026 - 01:00
★★★★★ FLYBY, SOUTHWARK P…
A Doll's House, Almeida Theatre review - updated version of Ibsen proves a dispiriting watch
Helen Hawkins
Fri, 04/10/2026 - 14:12
★★★ A DOLL'S …