On London Stages, Brevity Reigns Supreme
A new work by Caryl Churchill, the final installment in Hilary Mantel's Cromwell saga and a Larry Kramer play deploy their running times with varied success.
A new work by Caryl Churchill, the final installment in Hilary Mantel's Cromwell saga and a Larry Kramer play deploy their running times with varied success.
Sophie Stanton in 25th anniversary revival of Ayub Khan Din's debut play
Ovid comes to refreshed life courtesy 3 playwrights, 2 directors, and 4 actors
The Olivier winner and Tony nominee returns to the historical well
Bess Wohl two-hander gets a superlative production A stealthily powerful play gets the production of its dreams in Camp Siegfried, which marks a high-profile UK presence for the American wr…
Aleshea Harris play has a powerful UK debut at the Royal Court
"Frozen" and "Back to the Future: The Musical" are sure to please fans of the original screen works, without offering much more of interest.
Paula Vogel's play - delayed at the Menier by the pandemic - is even more moving in London than it was in New York.
Time hasn't been kind to The Memory of Water, Shelagh Stephenson's play about three sisters brought together following the death of their mother.
In "Rockets and Blue Lights" and "Once Upon a Time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia," British playwrights make grand gestures. Sometimes too grand.
Here's one interesting feature of the London theatre as autumn hoves into view: for whatever reason, the capital's stages are unusually alive to Jewish stories just now.
After months of pandemic-mandated postponements, the British composer's new show finally had its premiere. It's fun.
There are fewer shows and smaller audiences than usual at the International Festival and the Fringe this year.
Anastasia Hille and Gloria Obianyo join Sharp in a formidable female triumvirate in Kae Tempest adaptation
Hadley Fraser, Jake Wood, and Julia Chan co-star in new Danny Robins play.
The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic has been tweaked but also flattened You've got to hand it to the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park: this venue never simply dusts off a familiar musical …
The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, featuring the great Joanna Riding as Nettie Fowler, has been tweaked but also flattened
Jennifer Daley shines as a cafe proprietor called Angie in new Tom Wells play set in Kilnsea.
Sutton Foster makes a sensational London stage debut, with Robert Lindsay and Samuel Edwards in sterling support
As England's theaters welcome capacity audiences again, Ian McKellen is back in a role he first played a half-century ago.
Ben Okri play draws upon 4000-year-old text called Sinuhe, stars Joan Iyiola and Ashley Zhangazha.
Jonathan Slinger shines in Lucy Bailey-directed revival of Mamet two-hander.
Percy Adlon's 1987 film reopens the Old Vic, directed by Emma Rice and starring Sandra Marvin.
Tennessee Williams's 1967 study in meta-theatre returns to the theatre where it premiered.
The musical's gifted and amiable leading man was keen to chat one recent day about the renewed thrill of being back on the boards.