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Whilst it's still entertaining, the Aldwych is not the perfect venue to showcase La Soiree. Being too close to the front or too far back means you miss a lot of the action.
It takes a lot to put me in the mood for Christmas. But if anything can, this inventive A Christmas Carol does, pulling together tip-top modern stagecraft, a venerated story, and our proude…
There are some lovely set-piece scenes in this new play, but its plodding dramaturgy takes too long to develop, and the climactic ending is rushed.
Gordon Greenberg directs this latest revival of the musical Barnum, starring Marcus Brigstocke in the title role and running at London's Menier Chocolate Factory until 3 March 2018. Love Lon…
You don't have to be a wild boar (or a critic) to enjoy Wild Bore... Oh man, the sheer fucking horror of it; the burden that comes with being a straight white male critic who's sexually reta…
Patsy Ferran has been cast in My Mum's a Twat, the debut play by Anoushka Warden. It is directed by Royal Court Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone and Jude Christian, with design by Chloe …
La Soirée is a scrumptious smörgÃ¥sbord of entertainment, an ever-changing line-up of acrobats and daredevils and comedians and burlesque acts and so on and so forth, who ask you to put …
The full cast has been announced for the West End transfer of Robert Icke's new adaptation of Mary Stuart. Following a critically acclaimed, sold out season at the Almeida Theatre in 2016-17…
Perhaps one of the biggest strengths of Fritz's writing is his ambiguity and the fact that Parliament Square poses more questions than it answers. The stakes are high.
Have you heard about the new immersive version of The Crystal Egg, the haunting sci-fi tale by The War of the Worlds author H.G. Wells? This must-see, multi-sensory theatrical experience get…
Satori is a Buddhist term, meaning enlightenment. Polunin begins in First Solo and then the rest of the evening he is joined by a stellar international line up including the Royal Ballet pri…
A world of potential conflict here, and the casting works well. At times the production does engage deeply, particularly in the bruising encounter of all three together for the first time in…
Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for Hamish Pirie's production of Goats, the new play by Liwaa Yazji, which runs at the Royal Court Theatre until 30 December 2017.
You have goat to be kidding me: the Royal Court's latest experiment is a tonally-confused take on the Syrian conflict, fake news, and livestock management.
In what is the second collaboration from British writing team Webborn and Finn, Animus delivers a cleverly constructed plot including complex characters and a chilling mystery that keeps one…
What do you get if you combine a richly textured (revised) score by Andrew Lloyd Webber, a strongly convincing cast and a Thom Southerland production? In the case of The Woman in White, the …
I've been thinking a lot lately about the sensuous experience of watching a circus show, and how reviews " coming generally from a theatrical tradition " usually privilege the conceptual mea…
Written and directed by Alexandra Spence-Jones, this reimagining of JM Barrie's classic story is imaginative but somehow loses the sparkle of the original story.
A piece of magic-infused escapism that shifts tonally between whimsical frivolity and real psychological acuity, tear-jerking drama and comic romps, and as such, can feel hard to pin down.
Focusing on three black inmates in Winson Green Prison, Shadows addresses the potentially sensitive subject of black identity in the 21st century and how 'cultural heritage' can be a double-…
Have you heard about the new immersive version of The Crystal Egg, the haunting sci-fi tale by The War of the Worlds author H.G. Wells? This must-see, multi-sensory theatrical experience get…
Have you already downloaded the new "IMDB for theatre app", Stagedoor? Or maybe you're already addicted to it and have become a shareholder via the company's current, wildly popular crowdfun…
On 20 November 2017, Stagedoor, the app dedicated to helping audiences discover great theatre, launched a £200,000 fundraising campaign open to the general public via Seedrs.com - and rai…
Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker is a truly spectacular score. There are three ballet versions this season in London alone. ENB have brought their production to the Mayflower, before heading home to…
