The victim of the 2005 Stockwell shooting has inspired several similar works of theatre " it's time politically engaged dramatists branched outLast week This Much is True, a new verbatim pla…
The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London: With plenty of purple velvet, strobe lighting, smoke and a pre-recorded soundtrack accompanying every scene, it's as if director Simon James Collie…
Riverside Studios, London: This production, by new company Orangutan, drags the Bard into the modern era by pairing the original text with a film noir-style backdrop. The story of jealousy, …
Drayton Arms, London: Marc Camoletti's most famous French farce was his 1962 hit Boeing Boeing. Changing Rooms is more obscure but its mixture of faux salacious sex, partner swapping an…
Theatre 503, London: Mae is a difficult person to like - she has a laugh that's just a bit too loud and an uneasy, flitting energy. It feels as though she's a rubber band poised to…
The Rose, Bankside, London: Shakespeare's crowd-pleasing romantic comedy is given a darker twist by director Jessica Ruano in this new adaptation. The partly excavated Rose Theatre'…
Theatre503, London: The characters in this brooding exploration of parental love, romance and bereavement are permanently on edge - pent-up, sweating and ready to snap. Catching their breath…
Charing Cross, London: "You may be romanced," the programme for Blind Date not so much tempts as threatens. Increasingly, interactive shows seem to culminate with a hapless audienc…
Theatre 503, London: In the same year as Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting was published (1993), Simon Donald's The Life of Stuff won an Evening Standard award, and so began a trend for…
Bridewell Theatre, London: Some performers meet at drama school, but double act Lily Lowe-Myers and Robyn Cooper have been friends since they were three and benefit from the easy, amiable ch…
Richmond Theatre, London: Like a good, old-fashioned brass lamp, the Richmond Theatre's Aladdin is made of solid, sparkly and familiar stuff. Former Hear'Say member and Dancing on …
The Drayton Theatre, London: It's hard to know which is more painful in this Christmas-themed burlesque show - the half-hearted faux sexiness or the forced audience participation. Read…
Drayton Arms, London: These days there must be few well-to-do women holidaying in Italy who are forced to consider selling their bodies between tennis and dinner, but for Fraulein Else this …
New Diorama Theatre, London: The badgers may be winning at Westminster, but in Kieran Lynn's smart little allegory it's bunny rabbits that are facing a farmer's shotgun - and …
Marylebone Gardens, London: Whether or not the abandoned BBC London Studios building is an apt place to explore the 'meaninglessness of life' depends upon your perspective, but whe…
Theatre 503, London: Butterflies, blind dates and birthdays are some of the recurring themes connecting these self-contained interwoven new relationship plays. The authors have each worked w…
Brockley Jack Theatre, London: It's not often that you get to see the original non-musical version of Spring Awakening. When the songs from the 2006 Broadway hit are perhaps better know…
Blue Elephant Theatre, London: This charmingly offbeat new play is so well suited to being performed in the middle of a council estate that it would almost seem a shame to see it leave Cambe…
Oval House Theatre, London: Like an assertiveness training session for women, the first show of Oval House's OUTLAWS season suggests getting in touch with your inner pirate in order to …
Rose Theatre, London: This refreshingly playful version of George Bernard Shaw's tale of Joan of Arc is made all the more thrilling by taking place in a theatre that defies the odds by …
The Place, London: With the words "I'm fine, really, I'm fine," Georgina Roberts manages to convey more in a few moments than lesser performers do in an entire play. As L…
New Diorama Theatre, London: Like a Jack-in-a-black-box set, this punchy new play springs from the dark, creating both surprise and amusement. Inspired by Brecht's The Resistible Rise o…
It's meant to be an antidote to our youth-obsessed attitude to women. So why cast a 30-year-old ex-model in this West End show? Continue reading...