After a decade of anticipation, Rachel Chavkin’s much talked-about musical arrives in London
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:24AMDuff’s Regina is such a monster in this production that it’s hard to feel any kind of surprise or sympathy, as she manipulates or is manipulated in turn
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:24AM‘Desperate Housewives’ star Vanessa Williams turns in a decent performance as the fearsome Miranda Priestly, but this West End production feels frozen in time
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:12PMArmando Iannucci and Coogan team up to bring Stanley Kubrick’s Cold War satire to the West End, but the production is constrained by aiming too hard for cinematic perfection
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:18PMWriter and director Robert Icke reinvents the well-known story as a taut political thriller
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:24AMDespite the marketing behind it, Matthew Warchus’s play doesn’t do much to update either the gender roles or the aesthetic of this stubbornly traditional Irish masterpiece
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:06PMLyndsey Turner’s production sounds a warning about the dangers of elitism, with contemporary debates about monuments and stolen treasures the backdrop of her confident production
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:32AMThe long-awaited follow-up to Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’s mega-hit ‘Six’ follows two millennial friends bemoaning their love lives – but it sometimes sags under the pressure of expec…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:32PMThe Korean Canadian actor and writer on bringing his comedy Kim’s Convenience back to theatre, changing the way Asian people are portrayed, and how he didn’t see the K-culture boom comin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMJames McArdle and Bel Powley star in the Old Vic’s revival of Stoppard’s tricksy, self-parodical play, but it feels dated to watch middle class couples being beastly to each other in bei…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:36AMWith fine performances from Tosin Cole and Heather Agyepong, Benedict Lombe’s will-they-won’t-they love story – which has high profile backing from Idris Elba, Little Simz and Maya Jam…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:03AMCherry Jones is wry and warm in Carrie Cracknell’s revival of Steinbeck’s story about a sprawling clan of dustbowl refugees in the Depression era – but the elements of this three-hour …
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:41AMImelda Staunton brings heart and substance to this lavish feast, as Dominic Cooke’s revival of the 1964 show lights up the London Palladium
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:06PMTherapy sessions, dildos, Rihanna, and an exposing performance from Kit Harington... ‘Slave Play’ has finally arrived – loudly – in London, and it’s a sharp, intelligent, multi-lay…
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:02PMNods to accusations of paedophilia are kept to a bare minimum, but there’s sufficient darkness in Lynn Nottage’s script to tarnish MJ’s over-exploited stardom
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:42PMRufus Wainwright’s songs reach new emotional heights, Smith’s performance is radiant – but Ivo van Hove’s stage adaptation of John Cassavetes’s 1977 film is sometimes misjudged
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:48PMUnlike ‘The Talented Mr Ripley’, ‘Saltburn’ and other stories of queer anti-heroes, ‘Harry Clarke’ lacks psychological depth – and star Billy Crudup’s Estuary accent is somet…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:18AMThe man who helped create our National Health Service is found lying sickly in a hospital bed in the National Theatre’s new play about the Labour politician’s life – despite a baggy sc…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:18AMLady Macbeth’s whispers crackle in your ear as audience members wear headphones in Max Webster’s intimate production, but the sound design can sometimes feel like a distraction
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:54PMHumungous projections, a big musical score, an onslaught of foam, dry ice and flares: this big-budget stage play from the ‘Stranger Things’ universe spares no bombastic effect to bring n…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:36PMFrom fights at the Bodyguard musical to wild drunken antics at comedy clubs and even heckling at the opera, performers and theatre staff say crowds are getting out of hand. What’s going o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AMIvo Van Hove’s adaptation is cold, surgical and humourless
SOURCE: The Independent at 03:06AMA guide to the week’s theatre
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:30AMIt’s a fine showcase for the talents of Harbour and Bill Pullman, but ‘Mad House’ is built on shaky foundations
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:37PMThe Oscar nominee lacks flamboyant charisma in a Tennessee Williams revival that’s frustratingly light on laughter
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:54AMThere’s a real cruelty to the Englishness of ‘Jerusalem’, which has returned to the West End with its original star
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:24AMWhat’s going on in our theatres? A recent spate of rowdy behaviour – notably at jukebox musicals – raises the question: have audiences simply forgotten how to behave? A drunk woman in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMAnthony McCarten’s Young Vic pacy production is an exercise in giving the audience what they want
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:54AMBiographical drama is a feeble attempt to immortalise an already-fading Hollywood star
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:06AMAnthony Ofoegbu takes on the role of both energetic schoolboy and brow-beaten adult with impressive nimbleness in this swirling, repetitive Young Vic production
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:06AMSuzan-Lori Parks’ gripping new work at the Bridge Theatre explores the scars slavery has left on today’s Americans
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