Award-winning play starring Tracy-Ann Oberman centred on the mother of a teenage rapist Mother of Him was written a decade ago, but its most prescient moment happens in the first five minute…
A mixed bag of performances from a big cast in Somerset Maugham's anti-war play "I don't think I have the right to influence her," says an older character of her daughter in For Services R…
Strong performances and snappy lines make this bleak drama sing "We don't love you any less." A natural sentiment to express to your child when you're separating from your partner, but the v…
Excellent performances aren't enough to cover the holes in this fictionalised account of the Rosenbergs It's an ideal time to revive James Phillips' debut The Rubenstein Kiss. Since it won t…
★★★★ EDEN, HAMPSTEAD THEATRE Thoughtful commentary on people and principles Hannah Patterson's new play is based on a true story, but stands firmly on its own two fe…
Last seen 40 years ago, James Saunders' four-hander never quite gets off the ground Bodies is the latest in Two's Company's series of what they deem "forgotten masterworks", this one making…
New all-female musical might not be entirely unexpected, but it's a solid enough evening There's a clear theme running through this year's autumn programme at the Southwark Playhouse: new…
Great performances save this uneven tribute to a forgotten Elizabethan poet It feels like Michelle Terry's first summer season at the Globe has been building up to Emilia for a while now. Th…
Claire van Kampen's production is big and bold, but her husband's Iago misses the mark Claire van Kampen has a history of providing roles for her husband, Mark Rylance. He starred …
Cuba Gooding Jr hardly rises, but his co-stars shine in a show stronger on wit than tunesChicago has been on, in one form or another, for a very long time.
Arinzé Kene writes and stars in a witty, hard-hitting play about race and culture in modern London Arinzé Kene is having a bit of a moment. He won an Evening Standard Film Award for The Pa…
The West End run of the cabaret variety show has everything but variety La Soirée is on the up-and-up. Beginning life as an after-hours show at the fringes of the Fringe in 2004, it won an …