As You Like It, Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London
Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London: While the big boys are wowing us with the World Shakespeare Festival and Globe to Globe, it's great to see smaller venues doing the Bard proud too. Rae…
Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London: While the big boys are wowing us with the World Shakespeare Festival and Globe to Globe, it's great to see smaller venues doing the Bard proud too. Rae…
Young Vic, London: Translated into 36 languages Jung Chang's autobiographical Wild Swans is a suitably cosmopolitan opening to World Stages London. Sacha Wares' panoramic productio…
House of Detention, London: Belt Up score a blinder with their choice of location for Macbeth. The House of Detention in Clerkenwell is a dripping maze of low arched corridors and chambers t…
Southwark Playhouse, London: With a cast made up of RSC ensemble members and RADA graduates, the pedigree of this production of Black Battles with Dogs cannot be denied. Frustrating, then, t…
Barons Court Theatre, London: Ronald Selwyn Phillips' much lauded adaptation of Oscar Wilde's absurd short story is given a disappointing revival in Nadine Hanwell's flat-foot…
Union Theatre, London: Written in 1966, Roger Milner's screwball comedy How's The World Treating You? makes an amiable comeback at the Union Theatre. It's an odd play but none…
The Rose, Bankside: It's heartening when you speak to the volunteers running The Rose. Their enthusiasm for the potential of this space is justified in the jolt you get when it is used …
The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London: Ostensibly a black comedy, A Russian Play is actually rather like the stand-up gig you long to forget - you know the one, where you like the comedians b…
Cutesy productions full of sentiment and charm seem like they're everywhere right now. I'm not sure I can cope with another ukuleleCall me a grump, but I'm getting a little fed up of "enchan…