Before they head to the James Earl Jones Theatre, we caught up with Solea Pfeiffer, Liisi LaFontaine, Ledisi, and Bradley Jaden to learn which musicals are at the top of their list.
Adaptations of novels into one-person shows have yielded powerful theatre in the last few years: A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride at the Young Vic is one of my most memorable …
The War Inside, by Albany associate artist Camille Dawson, has to be seen (or rather, experienced) to be believed. In the style of good immersive theatre, we the audience are placed at the h…
Vardy V Rooney, the theatrical take on the trial that had the country enthralled, transfers to the Ambassadors Theatre for a limited run before embarking on a UK tour. But what have critics …
We're partial to a dark and twisty grown-up show so our interest was immediately piqued by the press release for Snowflakes, a black comedy promising a cross between Black Mirror and Inside …
To call The Beekeeper of Aleppo a story for our time would be an understatement. Christy Lefteri's original novel is the epic, moving tale of a family escaping war-torn Aleppo at the outset …
After a surprisingly (to them) successful stint at this year's Vault Festival, disability-led FlawBored Theatre returns with It's a Motherf**king Pleasure at the Soho Theatre, their razor-sh…
Jules and Jim at the Jermyn Street Theatre is an exploration of love and friendship told through the lens of three people living an unconventional lifestyle. Jules (Samuel Collings) is a Ger…
Love London Love Culture's Emma Clarendon take a look at what is being said about Deborah Bruce's new play Dixon and Daughters, making its debut at the National Theatre.
The latest in a long line of jukebox musicals to be impeccably performed but dead behind the eyes " Ain't Too Proud " The Life and Times of The Temptations opens at the Prince Edward Theatre
In Complicité Theatre's Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead, Kathryn Hunter keeps the audience engaged as her confidante and our gateway into shining a light on the anti-ecological p…
To be honest, if it's an evening of laugh-yourself-silly fun, catchy tunes, inspired lunacy and bona fide triple threat star turn performances that you're after, it doesn't get much better t…
"They Call Me, "Woman!'' (written by Ayo Jaiyesimi and presented by Thespian Family Theatre & Productions, Nigeria) is a set of five monologues spotlighting some of the issues confrontin…
Animal arrives in London riding high on rave reviews " believe the hype! John Bradfield's unflinching but hilarious play is a queer, inclusive joy. Filthy and funny, it's unmissable entertai…
The Dry House at London's Marylebone Theatre an excellent piece of drama that attempts to tackle some of the more pervasive issues of the day " in a theatrical, but sobering, way.
Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa is a memory play told from the perspective of Michael (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor), nephew to five sisters living in a cottage near the fictional town of Ballybeg. …
Big Aunty " the first home produced show of the spring season " will play in The Belgrade Coventry's B2 auditorium from 24 April to 6 May, with a press night on 26 April. Midlands-born perfo…
Ramps on the Moon's Village Idiot at Theatre Royal Stratford East is entertaining in many ways but it does need to tone down the crudeness a tad to make more of an emotional impact " despite…
Ain't Too Proud is a wonderful addition to the West End that features dazzling production value, and timeless music. A celebration of The Temptations and their impact on Motown, it will leav…
Written and performed by Collette Cooper, Tomorrow May Be My Last is an unabashed love letter to Joplin, and her legacy as a performer and human being. Anyone who knows anything about Joplin…
The Makings of a Murderer at the Adelphi Theatre is certainly worth catching if it comes near you on tour, though a strong stomach and nerves of steel certainly are highly recommended.
For Chronic Insanity's latest piece entitled Snowflakes the company has partnered up with Dissident Theatre in a production at London's Park Theatre. It's a dystopian alternative reality com…
The source material for The Secret Life of Bees may have a perhaps overly simplistic plot and limited character development but Lynn Nottage, Duncan Sheikh and Susan Birkenhead have done muc…
Get your leg warmers out and prepare for blast off, Ben Adams and Chris Wilkins' adorable pop musical Eugenius! is back. This ridiculous, feel good sweetheart of a show marries together comi…
Quality Street, written by J M Barrie (Peter Pan), tells the story of Phoebe Throssel (Paula Lane) and her sister Susan Throssel (Louisa-May Parker) as young women, Phoebe being the chirpy, …
The first thing I said to my friend during the interval of Private Lives at the Donmar Warehouse was, 'I don't remember this being a play about domestic violence'. We'd just witnessed Elyot …
little scratch (deliberately styled in lower case) is adapted by Miriam Battye from Rebecca Watson's 2020 debut novel, and was first staged at the Hampstead Theatre in 2021. It now transfers…
Love London Love Culture's Emma Clarendon takes a look at what critics have said about Lolita Chakrabarti's staging of Maggie O'Farrell's novel, Hamnet.
Directed by Lisa Millar and choreographed by Christopher Tendai, Wonderland in Alice is an original adaptation of Lewis Carroll's tale that explores its themes and tropes through contemporar…
After One Who Wants to Cross at the Finborough in February, I'm thrilled to chair the post-show talk for another new play care of Clarisse Makundul Productions, Makundul's own Under the Kund…
A good double bill of one act plays can be a bit of a rarity. It might consist of pieces with radically different themes by diverse writers who adopt varying tones forming an unsatisfactory …
Renowned international touring company Complicité's world premiere production of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, the new stage adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning author Olga Toka…
The sun is setting on Michael Longhurst's time at the Donmar Warehouse and his penultimate production is a timeless classic, Noel Coward's sparky and charismatic relationship comedy about mi…
This touring production of Home, I'm Darling did have me questioning the role we all play in setting out norms and the judgements we make about people, lifestyle choices and assets but it wa…
The Downstairs studio space of the Hampstead Theatre manages to continue to offer an opportunity to go beyond the usual naturalism of traditional storytelling, and this is exemplified by Cor…
Celebrating over 50 years since its initial publication, Judith Kerr's Mog the Forgetful Cat is now an institution for families all across the UK, as they settle down to a bedtime story toge…
The RSC's production of Julius Caesar is dynamic and refreshing. Atri Banerjee's directorial debut for the company is a brave, brilliant and bold experience, bringing this 400-year-old play …
Emma Rice's adaptation of Brief Encounter certainly adds a fresh look at the 1945 British romantic film directed by David Lean, which had originally been adapted from the Noël Coward play…
Love London Love Culture's Emma Clarendon takes a look at what critics have had to say about this revival of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe's musical Betty Blue Eyes at the Union Theatre.
Eugene O'Hare's astonishing three-hander, The Dry House, premiering at the new Marylebone Theatre in a well nigh perfect production by the author himself, continues to demonstrate his remark…
Children will be spellbound by the magic of the set and the catchy tunes in The Lost Spells, and adults will be reminded of the innocence of their childhoods. All will be reminded of the bea…
It doesn't take long to understand why Rafaella Marcus' debut play Sap garnered so many rave reviews at last year's Edinburgh Fringe. The quality of the writing and its exceptional delivery …
Wow! James Norton naked! Wow! New play by Ivo van Hove. Wow! It's four hours long. Wow! Wow! Wow! The much anticipated play of the year, an adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara's 700-page bestsell…
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy at the Apollo Theatre is a powerful and thought-provoking production which offers a unique perspective on the challenge…
Sucker Punch by Roy Williams delivers more than one or two physical and emotional punches throughout the play. Set within the boxing club environment throughout the production. Every battle …
The Union Theatre reopened some time ago but Betty Blue Eyes is its first in house production since then, a revival of the Stiles and Drewe musical from 2011 about social mobility, the weddi…
Love London Love Culture's Emma Clarendon looks at what is being said about Berlusconi " A New Musical, based around the politician Silvio Berlusconi. The musical continues to play at the So…
Based on the original play by the incredible Tennessee Williams, this modern take on the classic, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof wows at the Royal Exchange Theatre.
The fat has been cut from this Bristol Old Vic production of Hamlet, leaving the meat of the play. There is no Fortinbras subplot, the ghost and player scenes are stripped to the bare essent…
Dorset Bred's Georgia and the Iceberg is currently on tour. I would highly recommend taking the family to watch this. It's suitable for all ages and an important topic that we should all be …
The abundant musical and artistic quality impresses again as Melbourne Opera presents Siegfried, third instalment in their mighty Bendigo Ring Cycle. Seen last September in concert, Siegfrie…
