Wednesday, April 17, 2024

'The Comeuppance' review – a high school reunion is stalked by death in this brilliantly acted drama by Matt Wolf

The stunning Anthony Welsh heads a pitch-perfect quintet in UK premiere of 2023 Off Broadway play by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins and directed once again by Eric Ting.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 09:10AM
Friday, March 29, 2024

'The Divine Mrs S' review – Rachael Stirling commands the stage in this portrait of a pioneering actress by Matt Wolf

Rachael Stirling and Dominic Rowan are in fine, aptly fruity form in April De Angelis play about the legendary British tragedienne

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:20PM
Tuesday, March 26, 2024

'Priscilla The Party!' review – let your hair down at this joyfully immersive shindig by Matt Wolf

30 years on from the film, Stephan Elliott's road movie is now an excuse to grab some drinks

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:54PM
Monday, March 25, 2024

'Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle' review – prepared to be amazed at this joyfully silly comedy by Matt Wolf

Henry Lewis and Jonathan Sayer bring their Mischief-inflected silliness back to London after a New York run

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 02:38PM
Thursday, March 21, 2024

'Faith Healer' review – Rachel O’Riordan’s scorching revival of Brian Friel's play is the best production in years by Matt Wolf

Justine Mitchell gives a performance for the ages in superb revival of Brian Friel's onetime Broadway flop, with Nick Holder and Declan Conlon in fine form, as well

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 08:08AM
Thursday, March 14, 2024

'Harry Clarke' review – Billy Crudup is mesmerising as an unreliable shapeshifter in this Ripley-esque tale by Matt Wolf

Billy Crudup makes his West End debut in David Cale play previously seen Off Broadway

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:46AM
Monday, March 4, 2024

'The Duchess of Malfi' review – Rachel Bagshaw's staging of this dark tale is a genuine sensation by Matt Wolf

Francesca Mills is a first-rate Duchess, with sterling support from, amongst others, Arthur Hughes, Jamie Ballard, and Olivier Huband in Rachel Bagshaw's expert production

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:34AM
Thursday, February 29, 2024

'Shifters' review – Tosin Cole and Heather Agyepong are simply irresistible in this heavenly romance by Matt Wolf

Benedict Lombe returns to the site of her award-winning solo play 'Lava' with a follow-up two-hander

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 05:29AM
Thursday, February 22, 2024

'King Lear' review – this thrillingly epic production is both atmospheric and viscerally felt by Matt Wolf

At last, a "King Lear" that achieves lift-off, thanks to director Yael Farber, leading men Danny Sapani, Fra Fee, and Clarke Peters, and a thrilling design team

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 09:08AM
Monday, February 12, 2024

'Metamorphosis' review – poet Lemn Sissay transforms Kafka's celebrated study in shape-shifting by Matt Wolf

Scott Graham directs this latest, language-heavy take on Franz Kafka's seminal 1915 novella, here starring Felipe Pacheco as Gregor Samsa

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 05:54AM
Tuesday, February 6, 2024

'Othello' review – Ola Ince's provocative production makes this a blistering play for today by Matt Wolf

Ralph Davis stands out as Iago in a new Othello that casts two actors as the jealous Moor: Ken Nwosu and the excellent Ira Mandela Siobhan; Ola Ince directs.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 04:33AM
Monday, January 22, 2024

'Cowbois' review – this big-hearted queer take on the Wild West bangs a drum for tolerance by Matt Wolf

Sophie Melville and Lucy McCormick shine in rambling if roisterous queer take on the gunslinging wild west

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:09AM
Thursday, January 11, 2024

'The Enfield Haunting' review – this spine-tingling play features ghostly growls not heard since The Exorcist by Matt Wolf

Catherine Tate, David Threlfall, and Grace Molony in Angus Jackson production, whose opening was delayed by a month

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 01:03PM
Sunday, December 17, 2023

'Edward Scissorhands' review – Matthew Bourne's deeply felt dance-drama is a wintry wonder

Matthew Bourne's dance-theatre adaptation of the Tim Burton film makes an encore appearance and is stronger than ever

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 04:12PM

'Rock 'N' Roll' review – this empathetic Tom Stoppard revival strikes the heart as well as the head by Matt Wolf

Nathaniel Parker, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd and the splendid Nancy Carroll head director Nina Raine's rending reappraisal of Tom Stoppard's 2006 play.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:24PM
Thursday, December 14, 2023

'Ulster American' review – Woody Harrelson, Andy Serkis and Louisa Harland fully inhabit this savage, anarchic satire by Matt Wolf

Woody Harrelson marks his third London stage appearance across 21 years in London transfer of David Ireland's 2018 Edinburgh Festival success, here directed by Jeremy Herrin.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:02AM
Thursday, December 7, 2023

'The Homecoming' review – Harold Pinter's provocative play remains both menacing and elliptical by Matt Wolf

Nicolas Tennant is a standout in starry revival of Pinter's breakout play, here directed by Matthew Dunster and with Joe Cole as Lenny and Jared Harris as Max

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 01:46PM
Monday, December 4, 2023

'Infinite Life' review – Annie Baker's magnificent existential drama is by turns hilarious and harrowing by Matt Wolf

The amazing Marylouise Burke marks her second Annie Baker play at the National Theatre, and it's even better than the previous one.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 08:03AM
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

'Ghosts' review – Ibsen's play becomes a riveting psychological thriller in this atmospheric venue by Matt Wolf

Hattie Morahan and Paul Hilton lead an astonishing cast in Joe Hill-Gibbins adaptation of 1881 Ibsen scorcher

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:43AM
Monday, November 20, 2023

'Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen' review – Samuel Barnett lets rip in this moving comedy by Matt Wolf

Two-time Tony nominee Samuel Barnett in roaring form in Marcelo Dos Santos's clever monologue

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:34PM
Thursday, November 16, 2023

'Passing' review – this beautifully acted play about an Anglo-Indian family feels like a slice of life by Matt Wolf

Catherine Cusack and Kishore Walker in play about the biracial experience in the UK

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:38PM
Tuesday, November 7, 2023

'To Have and To Hold' review – Richard Bean's new comedy captures love, family and the ageing process by Matt Wolf

Alun Armstrong and Marion Bailey shine in the latest from Richard Bean, author of One Man, Two Guvnors, and co-directed by Terry Johnson and the venerable Richard Wilson.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:50PM
Monday, October 30, 2023

'Clyde's' review – Lynn Nottage's genius play finds grace amid the grubbiness and grit by Matt Wolf

Lynn Nottage's kitchen play finds a brilliant chef in director Lynette Linton and an astonishing cast, headed by Olivier winner Giles Terera (Hamilton) and Sweat alumnus Patrick Gibson

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 10:13AM
Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Portia Coughlan' review – this taboo-busting portrait of inconsolable grief is a modern Irish masterpiece by Matt Wolf

Alison Oliver plays the title role in director Carrie Cracknell's revival of the remorseless 1996 play from Irish dramatist Marina Carr

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:49AM
Friday, October 13, 2023

British musicals are having a renaissance by Matt Wolf

Sunset Boulevard is back, fresher than ever, but the new British musical is having its moment, too

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 10:32AM
Tuesday, October 10, 2023

'Death of England: Closing Time' review – Sharon Duncan-Brewster is extraordinary in this wide-ranging national portrait by Matt Wolf

The brilliant Sharon Duncan-Brewster has stepped in, triumphantly, to the co-starring role in this delayed stage two-hander that completes a theatrical triptych.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 10:22AM
Friday, October 6, 2023

'Noises Off' review – Michael Frayn's genius backstage farce remains a marvel by Matt Wolf

Felicity Kendal returns to the role of Dotty Otley in Michael Frayn's comedy classic, opposite newcomers to the cast including James Fleet and an amusingly athletic Mathew Horne

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 07:17PM
Wednesday, October 4, 2023

'Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends' review – a rapturous musical tribute by a glorious all-star ensemble by Matt Wolf

Bernadette Peters in peerless, age-defying form heads an all-star tribute to her, and our, beloved Stephen Sondheim

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:51AM
Tuesday, October 3, 2023

'Derren Brown Presents – Unbelievable' review – astonishing feats of mental wizardry by Matt Wolf

Simon Lipkin and Samuel Creasey in Derren Brown venture without the master mentalist actually in it

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 11:57AM
Saturday, September 30, 2023

Michael Gambon – majestic, always moving, the theatre world looks smaller without him by Matt Wolf

The tremendous Dublin-born, London-based actor has died, leaving an enormous legacy behind

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:26PM
Friday, September 29, 2023

'Operation Epsilon' review – this riveting and timely history play dissects the ethics of nuclear physics by Matt Wolf

Nathaniel Parker, of "Wolf Hall," and Jamie Bogyo, from the flop revival of "Aspects of Love," are amongst the all-male cast of Andy Sandberg's UK premiere of this decade-old American play.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 12:32PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards