Emily Ling Williams' direction finds humour and levity in what could devolve into a mere history lesson, and Tommy Sim'aan's sterling solo performance is a marvel
The late composer bids farewell with a show made-to-order for now You don't have to be greeting the modern day with a smile unsupported by events in the wider world to have a field day at H…
Tim Crouch's maverick two-hander returns, with Jessie Buckley kicking off the sequence of guests
John Lithgow returns in even more devastating form in Giant, ramped up for the West End by a scorching London theatre debut from Aya Cash, replacing Romola Garai
Stephen Sondheim's final musical reaches the National, a SIX queen flirts with the supernatural and the corn is as high as an elephant's eye outdoors at Regent's Park. These are just a few o…
Starry new writing premiere struggles to connect It's both brave and bracing to welcome new voices to the West End, but sometimes one wonders if such exposure necessarily works to the benef…
Justina Kehinde plays a dying woman with an unusual request in Neil LaBute's circular, repetitive, often contrived play, now in its UK premiere
Nikesh Patel plays Abz in a terrifc new play from 2024 Olivier nominee Mohamed-Zain Dada (Blue Mist.).
A view from inside the Albert Hall at a ceremony at which "Benjamin Button"'s John Dagleish brought the audience to tears and Simon Lipkin's Fagin and "Fiddler"'s bottle dance prompted cheers
Laura Whitmore and Bryan Dick in John Donnelly play directed by Blanche McIntyre, fresh on the heels of The Invention of Love at the same address
There's a spring in the step of the London theater in April, as seems appropriate, with new musicals based on classic titles jostling alongside the return of a major film star to the London …
James Daly repeats his star turn as a vampy, bare-chested Count Dracula in London premiere of Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen's Off Broadway romp; Charlie Stemp, from Crazy for You, co-star…
Hit French play comes to London, translated by Jeremy Sams and with a scene-stealing supporting performance from onetime Olivier winner, Nigel Harman (Shrek): Michael Fox and Jennifer Kirby …
Julia McDermott is a solo sensation in her partner Brian Watkins's scorching solo play set amidst a world on the cusp of meltdown
Clueless sings on the London stage, Cate Blanchett spreads her wings, and the producer of Fleabag is back for an encore - all that and James Graham not once but twice.
Cliff Curtis and Olivier Award winner Luke Treadaway in dense new play by the Oscar-nominated American writer Beau Willimon
Jonathan Bailey makes a petulant stage return in Shakespeare's most luxuriant play Screen stardom is generally anointed at the box office so it's a very real delight to find the fast-rising…
Omari Douglas and Wil Johnson in baggy if big-hearted play that also stars its non-binary author, Coral Wylie
Futuristic play is also deeply humane, and superbly served by its ensemble cast headed by Helen Schlesinger and Tim McMullan.
Brie Larson makes a brave West End debut that, alas, misfires We live in tragic times given over to cataclysmic events that require outsized emotions in return. That may be one reason to ac…
Earl Gregory plays the Duke in inspired musical transposition of Shakespeare's buoyant comedy
February may be the shortest month but it is packed with enticing offerings on the London stage. The weeks ahead promise not one but two star-laden Sophoclean tragedies, and two comparably s…
Nicholas Burns gets gifted with a surprise lump of excrement in Dave Florez's existential comedy
Martina Laird and Gabrielle Brooks shine in shrewd, witty Shakespeare reappraisal
BEST OF 2024: THEATRE The classics reclaimed afresh, the acting often astonished The classics were reclaimed afresh, and the acting more often than not astonished It's the images that linge…