★★★★ MACBETH, THE DEPOT War in a warehouse scores on its beautiful line readings and spectacle Touring show lands first in Liverpool with a terrifying relevance Next door to the beau…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:18AM★★★ OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR, SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE Joan Littlewood invents devised theatre with satirical wit and righteous anger centre stage Blackeyed Theatre's touring production has its…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:48PM★★★★★ THE MONGOL KHAN, LONDON COLISEUM Cirque du Soleil meets Game of Thrones Take its limitations on trust and this Mongolian epic proves the best value in town “But that’s w…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:36PMSpeculation and facts woven into a compelling portrait of a singular man Four centuries on from the publication of the First Folio, is there anything new to be said about William Shakesp…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 02:32PM★★★ THE TIME TRAVELLER'S WIFE, APOLLO THEATRE If Doctor Who did musical romcoms... Powerhouse performances and visual effects let down by unambitious book and lacklustre songs You real…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:12PM★★★★★ NINETEEN GARDENS, HAMPSTEAD THEATRE DOWNSTAIRS Black comedy about transgressive love gone sour proves an accomplished English language debut for prize-winning Polish writer …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:42PMThe immersive experience makes us both victims of, and perpetrators in, an all too familiar perversion of truth The day after I saw the show, as went about the mundanities of domestic life,…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:25AMSimon Stephens' take on Max Frisch's classic play can hit and miss, but when it hits, it hits hard A dystopian present. Sirens ring out across the city. Firefighters rush to the wrong locat…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:33PM★★★ MANIC STREET CREATURE, SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE Songs in the key of a traumatised life Maimuna Memon sings of the pain mental illness brings, and not just to the person it afflicts The…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:07AM★★★ THE FLEA, THE YARD THEATRE Hotchpotch of influences and tones derails production that exposes hypocrisy in high places Victorian scandal meets Ziggy Stardust with a little panto …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:04AM★★★★ DEAD DAD DOG, FINBOROUGH THEATRE Nostalgia rather than political satire drives charming revival A play that will speak to any middle-aged Londoner with roots elsewhere I know,…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:33AM★★★ THE CHANGELING, SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE Wild ride proves too bumpy to land all its points An excess of gimmicks and uneven tone unbalance an innovative take on a Jacobean epic Writing …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:04AMA compelling character gets re-invented in Sinéad Rushe's fascinating production Shakespeare gives Iago over 1000 lines to implant the jealous rage in Othello, so there’s plenty to of raw…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:43AMJohn Mortimer creates a dazzling vehicle for a star, alongside one-dimensional supporting characters Like theatre itself, the law finds its voice in stories, performance and spectacle. Any …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:37AMBig-hearted and necessary play fails to deliver fully on its huge promise The Royal Court’s collaboration with Access All Areas (AAA) may not be theatre’s first explicit embrace of the n…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:25PM★★★ UNBELIEVABLE, CRITERION THEATRE Entertaining show, but short of a little magic in more senses than one Pantomime vibe undermines the unique frisson of the magician's art Unbeliev…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:03AM★★ UNTITLED F*UCK M*SS S**GON PLAY, YOUNG VIC A gruelling watch, but message hits home Satirical comedy-drama labours its points across an uninterrupted two hours Seldom can a title hav…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 02:25AMAustrian musical finally arrives in London to entertain, but not quite thrill There are times when it’s best to know as little as possible before taking one’s seat for a show – this…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:25PM★★★ INFAMOUS, JERMYN STREET THEATRE Caroline and Rose Quentin perfectly cast in mother and daughter play A clever, sexy, confident woman woos the aristocracy but is disowned when she …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:04AM★★★★ MAKESHIFTS AND REALITIES, FINBOROUGH THEATRE Three one act works revived with a beautiful attention to detail Plays that show that much may have changed for women in the last 1…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:19AMFeelgood show acquires added poignancy on an emotional night Forty years ago, the world was very different for gay men. AIDS was devastating their communities around the world, especially …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:19AM★★ THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL, SOUTHBANK CENTRE Broadway show drowns in an unsympathetic venue, holed beneath the waterline by a lacklustre book and incoherent score Fine performances cannot…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:19AM★★★ MACBETH, SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE Stripped back version has plenty of echoes of today's news, but lacks coherence and spectacle Matti Houghton shines as a grieving, accusing, frustrate…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:33AM★★ THE CROWN JEWELS, GARRICK THEATRE True story, dreadfully low on laughs and drama, in which the only successful heist comes at the box office Al Murray and Carrie Hope Fletcher prov…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:55AM★★★ ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, LAVENDER THEATRE Corny book still has its problems,. but Irving Berlin's songs are as glorious as ever In fields of lavender flowers, an open air show sung we…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:19AM★★ MODEST, KILN THEATRE A trans and queer celebration, but not a very good play Art, songs and a cabaret (indeed, Cabaret) vibe, but the story goes nowhere Whether you believe that Ell…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 12:04AM★★★★ STUMPED, HAMPSTEAD THEATRE A smart, funny, and beautifully staged new play An hour zips by in the company of two playwrights bickering on the boundary edge Much of cricket comp…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 10:43AM★ ROBIN HOOD. THE LEGEND. RE-WRITTEN. REGENT'S PARK OPEN AIR THEATRE Play with music lost in a forest of competing genres and tones New version of old story wastes talent and resources in …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 11:04AM★★★★★ 42nd STREET, SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE Glorious entertainment led by a star in the making Old show sparkles in astonishing new production that dazzles from first to last There…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:07AM★★★ A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE - Hot button issues douse fiery passions MIchelle Terry steals the show as a Puck who brings a malevolent undertow to the comic roman…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:24AM★★★★ A BRIEF LIST OF EVERYONE WHO DIED, FINBOROUGH THEATRE New play that mines the bittersweet moments of a long life Jacob Marx Rice's new play mines the bittersweet moments of a …
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