If like me you consider yourself somewhat of an expert on the original story of Bram Stoker's Dracula, then you'll be both fascinated and intrigued by Imitating the Dogs curveball of a tale,…
This latest star-studded digital offering from Henry Filloux-Bennett and the Lawrence Batley Theatre is a pleasing comedy about the tribulations of putting on a post-pandemic production.
Disparaging somebody else's passion project is a bit like telling a doting parent that their baby is ugly. This stage tribute to Art Nouveau darling Ida Rubinstein is one such endeavour.
Roger Ajogbe stars as Roland in Proud, Bren Gosling's powerful new drama tackling racism and homophobia. He took a break from rehearsals to tell us more about the play.
Director Adam Lenson has something to say about musicals. In this essential text for theatre lovers, he challenges your perceptions of what a musical can, is, and might be.
Katori Hall's The Mountaintop, revived at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre by Roy Alexander Weise, is what happens when we examine our heroes at their most vulnerable.
Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart receives a masterful revival courtesy of Dominic Cooke at the National Theatre, starring Ben Daniels.
How far would you go to right a wrong? Terri Paddock discussed with the cast and creatives of Robert Boulton's debut play Snowflakes after a performance at the Old Red Lion Theatre.
The Bargain, a new play billed as "Noel Coward meets Neil Gaiman", gets its world premiere this month at Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre in Walthamstow, east London. The Controlled Chaos pr…
On LoveLondonLoveCulture, Emma Clarendon rounds up the reviews for screen-to-stage musical, now receiving its West End premiere at the Adelphi Theatre.
Chichester Festival Theatre's premiere of Andrea Levy's moving saga, The Long Song, doesn't hit a wrong note both as a telling reminder of this country's involvement in the slave trade and t…
Could you spot a "catfish"? DARLING, an American tale of love, mercy and mail fraud by award-winning US playwright Kathy Rucker, gets its world premiere next month at north London's Hope The…
Hilary Mantel and Ben Miles have combined a sizeable semi-fictional tome and the familiar historical story of Henry VIII, distilling them into a properly theatrical show with something new t…
At the end of Snowflakes' shocking road full of twists and turns, the tiny Old Red Lion Theatre expanded into this small universe full of female empowerment Reviewed by Emily Cliff …
Burnt Lemon Theatre's Tokyo Rose shows that you don't need a big budget to stage a compelling musical. Written by Maryhee Yoon and Cara Baldwin (with additional book by William Patrick Harri…
WHAT IF IF ONLY " how many times must that have been said of a best beloved who has died. If only I had, what if this or that hadn't happened?
The Red Barn murder in 1827 took place in Polstead, Suffolk it's the notorious tale about Maria Marten who was brutally shot dead by her partner William Corder.
Theatres were in trouble over the whole of 2020, and many are still waiting for audiences to return to their pre-pandemic levels.
I remember a student I was once trying to get to read more saying "What's the point, there are just too many books". Perhaps I'm beginning to have the same reaction to digital theatre " ther…
A New Life (A Mini Musical) at the Traverse every lunchtime this week is certainly not 'mini' in its emotional scope or its ambition.
A musical that riffs on Shakespeare while plundering the back catalogue of one of the most successful and prolific songwriters in pop history (Max Martin, who is only not a household name be…
The Boy with Two Hearts is an adaption of the book by Hamed and Hessam Amiri adapted for the stage by Phil Porter. The book which was a Radio 4 book of the week, combines the account of the …
Upon the curtains opening you are immediately whisked away to the land of down under and the start of a truly wonderful tale. Immediately the show starts with a wonderful tune, you are immed…
Cush Jumbo is excellent, and there's a great Ophelia, but do we really need another Hamlet? Three hours plus at the Young Vic will soon tell you
The Normal Heart is a play of fights. Set in the early 80s, in New York, gay men are dying, but gay activist Ned Weeks (Ben Daniels) is struggling to get anyone to do anything. Only Dr Emma…