August is often a time for theatrical hibernation, but not in London. This summer finds the capital busier than ever, as it plays host to Oscar, Tony and Olivier Award winners across a range…
Eleanor Tindall's splendid two-hander gets a deserved upgrade to the Bush Theatre mainstage. Emily Aboud once again directs.
Maureen Lipman, age 80, brings a misbegotten vanity production to the West End, written by Peter Quilter, the author of "Glorious!" and "End of the Rainbow"
Adrian Lester and Susannah Fielding headline a remarkable reappraisal of the 1897 classic, here directed by Simon Evans, who co-authored the new version with Debris Stevenson.
A West End production has the hits, and Joel Harper-Jackson brings swagger and style to the leading role. But where’s the pizazz?
It’s been heat wave time in London, but playhouses for the most part have been welcoming and cool. Whatever the weather, July on the London stage promises its usual bounty, from a revival …
Pride, National Theatre review - full-on musical aims at the heart Matt Wolf Fri, 06/26/2026 - 09:45 Small-scale film becomes major emotional experience as …
Stephen Mangan has his best role since "The Norman Conquests" in revival of Florian Zeller's densely woven if rather heartless play: Janie Dee lends ace support
Pippa Nixon and Ken Nwosu play Beatrice and Benedick, and Joseph Potter all but steals the show as the unashamedly malevolent Don John; Chelsea Walker directs, beautifully
Glengarry Glen Ross, Old Vic review - ladies' night at odds with Mamet's machismo Matt Wolf Sat, 06/20/2026 - 08:13 David Mamet's 1983 scorcher is problemat…
Debut playwright channels the great Caryl Churchill in her 65-minute play about the grim intersection of carnality and chaos, desire and dread: Jess Edwards directs the expert cast of six he…
It’s been hot outside and temperatures are keeping pace on London stages, as well, with a host of high-profile performers in productions to match, alongside a welcome newcomer or two to br…
Catherine Tate, Greek classics and plenty in between — here’s our selection of West End productions for Londoners and visitors to check out over the coming months.
Krapp's Last Tape/Godot's To-Do List, Royal Court review - Beckett pairing is a homecoming twice over Matt Wolf Sun, 05/24/2026 - 11:46 Oscar winner Gary Ol…
Newcomer Noah Valentine makes a stunning impact as Alan Strang, opposite Toby Stephens's Martin Dysart, in Lindsay Posner's deeply felt revival of the 1973 Peter Shaffer play.
MyAnna Buring inherits Jessica Hecht's Off Broadway role as She in the UK debut of Sarah Ruhl's play, which suggests Coward and Pirandello crossed with "Noises Off"
A radiant Tia Bannon and the likeable Jerome Yates play parents under pressure in Piers Black's grief-laden two-hander that honours its title
Ralph Fiennes plays Henry Irving opposite a radiant Miranda Raison as Ellen Terry in David Hare's backward-glancing play, directed by Jeremy Herrin
Grace Pervades, Theatre Royal Haymarket review - Ralph Fiennes starrer seems like old times Matt Wolf Thu, 05/07/2026 - 13:34 ★★★ GRACE PERVADE…
Spring is truly in the London air, and with it has come an uptick in openings big and small. The titles embrace the familiar and the unknown, adaptations of films alongside an off-Broadway p…
A charismatic, empathic Yousef Sweid stars in his and Isabella Sedlak\'s solo play about a twice-divorced Palestinian Israeli search for identity in an ever more binary world
Critics reflect on the 2026 Olivier Awards, which recognized homegrown British talent and some productions headed for New York.
"Paddington" got seven Olivier gongs, but "Into the Woods," "Evita," and the sleeper success that is "Kenrex" held their own
Damien Molony and a miscast Richard Schiff play Heisenberg and Bohr in he first London revival of Michael Frayn's Tony-winning drama; Alex Kingston plays Margrethe, for which Blair Brown won…
Romeo & Juliet, Harold Pinter Theatre review - time waits for no man (or woman) Matt Wolf Sat, 04/04/2026 - 12:35 ★★★★ ROMEO & JULIET,…
Spring is here, and with it an abundance of activity in and around the West End, from a hard-hitting film adapted for the stage to a starry takeover and on to the return of a beloved Broadwa…
Jocelyn Bioh's five-time 2024 Tony-nominated play comes to west London in Monique Touko's hyper-exuberant production; Paul Wills is the top-class designer
Northern Ireland-set play is funny, sparky and ultimately savage, with a superb star turn from Julia Dearden
Tracy-Ann Oberman and Adrian Lukis head a sterling cast in blistering revival of Ryan Craig's play about familial fallout prompted by the situation in the Middle East
Two Tony-nominated Broadway hits reach London, a 2025 Olivier Award winner directs his first London non-musical, and an early play from a now-venerable playwright gets a rare revival: These …
Popular novel-turned-musical pushes the bounds of credibility to breaking point and beyond: Mark Addy and an indrawn Jenna Russell head the cast under Katy Rudd's direction.
Andor's Elizabeth Dulau gives a star-making performance as Mary Ann Evans before she became George Eliot; Tony winner Owen Teale co-stars as her father, Robert.
The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare's Globe is the possibly unlikely berth for the UK premiere of a 2005 play about Black-on-Black violence from the late, much-missed Chadwick Boseman
Clive Francis, 80 this year, delivers the standout performance in writer and co-director Jonathan Lynn's farewell to the beloved Yes, Minister TV and stage franchise.
Isis Hainsworth makes a dazzzling Thomasina Coverly in director Carrie Cracknell's resplendent revival of Tom Stoppard's finest play, here co-starring Tony-winner Stephen Dillane's son, Seam…
The London theater season is in full swing during the month ahead, mixing keenly awaited revivals with new plays and U.K. premieres, along with a gala concert honoring one of Broadway's fine…
Long-aborning Finn Anderson musical has a gorgeous score but needs work on its clotted, overly earnest book; Tanya Azevedo directs the mostly-female cast of 8.
The word made flesh takes on renewed meaning when it comes to Woolf Works, Wayne McGregor's impassioned response to the writing of Virginia Woolf. First seen in 2015, since which time McGreg…
Tendentious script bogs down well-intentioned adaptation
Theater is quick out of the starting gate in 2026. January is hosting a range of Olivier and Tony winners, and film names too, in a mixture of revivals, adaptations and new shows that promis…
From big, bold musicals to solo shows, London theatre once again landed on multiple fronts, led by Jamie Lloyd's mind-bending revival of Evita and the small-scale wow of Brian Watkins' Weath…
Some had wondered how the show about Abraham Lincoln's wife would fare after its creator left the Broadway cast. But mirth is abundant as it opens on the West End.
Bel Powley is in bruising form as Nigel Lindsay's outspoken daughter in Sam Grabiner's messy but always-interesting play, directed by James Macdonald
Felicity Kendal shifts roles in this splendid 30th-anniversary production of a minor Top Stoppard play, here delivered with feeling and empathy by the director Jonathan Kent and a genuine fi…
Patrick Heusinger makes a ripped West End debut in this stage iteration of the hugely popular film franchise, here directed by Punchdrunk's Felix Barrett and co-starring Melissa James ("Moul…
The protean Kathryn Hunter fills in brilliantly for an indisposed David Threlfall in the European premiere of Rajiv Joseph's 2011 Broadway play about the ravages of war, directed by the ever…
2022 co-commission between the Royal Opera and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama is back for a longer run of a work inspired by the Gus van Sant film of the same name about onetime Nir…
Janie Dee dazzles afresh in this centenary revival of Noel Coward's fragile if sexually audacious 1925 comedy, last seen in London a quarter-century ago
An appreciation of Sir Tom Stoppard, arguably the greatest English-language dramatist of his generation
The festive season is fast approaching, and with it comes the usual cavalcade of openings keen to get in before the holidays proper: just think of the numerous prospects for tickets as prese…
