Summer & Smoke, the latest Almeida Theatre West End transfer, is the first thing I've experienced in a while where the theatre audience is really, properly engaged in a play. It's like …
Like ripping off a dramatic plaster, now that I've done one show's worth of Harold Pinter it's time to plunge headfirst into another. Pinter Three down, Pinter Four to go.
Overall, I really rated Pinter Three. Whether you know your Pinter or not, I'd wager there's something new for you here. Funny, touching, and staged and performed with real class. Solidly go…
If you like your theatre more experimental than I do, then Lands it's definitely worth your time. And, as ever, you can't fault The Bush's bravery in commissioning it.
Yet another pat on the back is due for the Bush Theatre who has knocked things out of the park once again with its latest main house show. All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, written by Luke …
I'm Not Running is, for my money, the sort of political theatre that gives both politics and theatre a bad name.
Marianne Elliott's new and updated production of Stephen Sondheim's Company is so utterly necessary. And I use the word necessary very deliberately.
Having seen the Bridge Theatre's latest, Martin McDonagh's A Very Very Very Dark Matter, my bonkers quota is through the roof.
Hogarth's Progress consists of two plays by Nick Dear: The Art of Success, 30 years old, and a new companion piece, The Taste of the Town, set 30 years later. Both tell the story of William …
Cock is by no means classic Mike Bartlett but it is still great fun and, for connoisseurs of supreme social awkwardness in particular, a decently entertaining hour and a half.
There is really very little to fault in this Antony and Cleopatra. It is lush, epic and a piece of sheer class. Better than that, it's that rare theatrical beast: a god production in the Oli…
An Adventure is a really lovely thing. Great writing, beautifully performed, artfully directed and an excuse to bop around to Brimful of Asha in the interval. Who needs more?
Sylvia is one of the best shows I've seen this year. So therefore what follows isn't a review, not really (I'm not going to tell you what the very evident issues were, for a start). It's jus…
Dust was very much worth the wait for me. It's a supremely powerful piece, undoubtedly not an easy watch but a necessary one nonetheless.
I know I say 'you should see this' about quite a lot of shows. But honestly, you need to see The Jungle. You just need to. It will make you laugh, it will make you cry and it will make you s…
I thoroughly enjoyed the RSC's Imperium. Great writing, clever production, brilliantly acted. Overall, a great day out in Ancient Rome.
However implausible its set up may be, I really enjoyed Pressure. It's so much more engaging and fun and gripping than it has any right to be and is a case study in just really superb acting.
Adapted from Eugene Ionesco's French absurdist comedy by Patrick Marber (who also directs), Exit the King, in a nutshell, tells the story of the death of the titular King, who's told he must…
I don't use the word 'hate' often in this blog, because let's be real I never truly hate being in a theatre, but I came very close to hating Allelujah! I've not had such a viscerally angry r…
Fun Home is a great show: touching, unique and deeply humane in a way that feels so needed at the moment. I just wish it had been longer.
You know those 'if you've been affected by the issues in this programme...' messages you get sometimes after particularly traumatic documentaries and/or episodes of Hollyoaks? Have you ever …
The financial crash of 2008 has much to answer for, I think. Top of the list? Brexit and President Trump. One thing it has yet to really produce though, for my money (pun intended), is any r…
Rachel Williams was inside the London theatre watching The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time when 'chaos erupted'It was meant to be an early Christmas treat; a family trip to the…