Tuesday, April 8, 2014
This National Theatre revival of Alan Ayckbourn's 1987 play is funny and farcical, but leaves a bitter aftertaste, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:01PMMonday, April 7, 2014
This stage version of John Ajvide Lindqvist's vampiric fable is every bit as good as the original Swedish movie, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 05:00PMThursday, April 3, 2014
Julian Mitchell's 1981 play of public-school betrayal is at once funny, painful and very relevant, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:01PMWednesday, April 2, 2014
Robert Lindsay gives a West End masterclass, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:01PMSunday, March 30, 2014
Broadchurch couldn't be more different from its author Chris Chibnall's new play, a comedy in the style of Alan Ayckbourn
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:30PMWednesday, March 26, 2014
I Can't Sing, written by Harry Hill, is wildly eccentric and often wonderfully funny - as well as splendidly rude about Simon Cowell, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:59PMI Can't Sing, written by Harry Hill, is wildly eccentric and often wonderfully funny - as well as splendidly rude about Simon Cowell, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:59AMMonday, March 24, 2014
Laugh-out-loud funny but also bruising, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:00PMWednesday, March 19, 2014
If you enjoy farce, you will have a ball at this revival of Ray Cooney's play about lies and assumed identities in a Westminster hotel, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:01PMTuesday, March 18, 2014
Trevor Nunn's West End adaptation of the hit film, Fatal Attraction, has its moments but is ultimately rather pointless, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 05:45PMMichael Blakemore's Blithe Spirit is a tour de force, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 05:45PMIn the play's centenary year, Alistair McGowan and Rachel Barry star in a touring production of Pygmalion that's bubbling with wit, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 05:45PMTuesday, March 11, 2014
Despite its off-putting title, Urinetown - a hit on Broadway - makes for a sharp, funny and disturbing musical, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:01PMFriday, March 7, 2014
Barney Norris's play tackles the difficult subject of dementia with sensitivity and just the right amount of comedy, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:04PMThursday, March 6, 2014
This Sondheim and Rodgers musical sounds like a dream ticket, but lacks energy and sparkle, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:01AMWednesday, March 5, 2014
David Lindsay-Abaire's beady observation of the class divide constantly rings true, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:01PMThursday, February 27, 2014
If this triple-helping of spookiness doesn't scare you, says Charles Spencer, you must have nerves of steel
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:01PMPeter Gill's play at the Donmar Warehouse about the end of the First World War feels almost as arduous as drawing up the treaty, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:01PMTuesday, February 25, 2014
This stage version of the hit British film is wonderful entertainment - and deeply touching, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 05:00PMFriday, February 21, 2014
Sally Cookson's thrilling production of Jane Eyre is a continually absorbing achievement, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:24AMTuesday, February 18, 2014
Charles Spencer finds this stage version of Shelagh Delaney's play no match for the famous film
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:01PMSunday, February 16, 2014
Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, a play that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit, is gripping, detailed and wonderfully acted says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:27AMFriday, February 14, 2014
This stage version of 1984 is harrowing and ingenious - and it makes the Orwellian nightmare vividly fresh, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:12AMThursday, February 13, 2014
Charles Spencer is both moved and amused by a revival of Michael Frayn's 1976 play Donkeys' Years
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:51AMWednesday, February 12, 2014
The message may be over-simplistic but this is a superb revival of Joan Littlewood's wartime satire, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:44PMWednesday, February 5, 2014
Love story with a very modern spin needs to deal more with love, lust and the human heart, and less with sexual politics
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:10PMMuch of the disconcerting power of Ian McEwan's creepy novel is lost in this ponderous stage adaptation, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:09AMTuesday, February 4, 2014
Starring Paula Wilcox, this production of Diane Samuels's play is one of exceptional depth and emotional intelligence, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:47AMSunday, February 2, 2014
Stroke of Luck deals with the old issue of inheritance in a darkly comic way, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:41AMFriday, January 31, 2014
Lou Stein brings Hunter S. Thompson's novel to life in the depths of Waterloo Tunnels, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 01:32PMCharles Spencer is wowed by Juliet Stevenson's performance in Samuel Beckett's Happy Days at the Young Vic
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 01:30AM 
