Adrian Lukis revisits his disruptive character from the beloved BBC television adaptation of Pride and Prejudice It is a truth universally acknowledged that an actor tends to take a sympathe…
★ MARIE CURIE, CHARING CROSS THEATRE Korean musical makes elementary mistakes Celebrated scientist is ill-served by confused and dull show imported from Seoul There are many women w…
Alice Childress's 1962 play about interracial love has lost none of its richness and fire Alice Childress's Wedding Band has arrived at the Lyric Hammersmith like an incendiary bomb, a weapo…
★★★ACCOLADE, WINDSOR THEATRE ROYAL Pokey questions about public figures' private lives Vintage Emlyn Williams play asks pokey questions about private-public tolerance, desp…
Dublin Fringe Festival hit from 2022 comes to London's main new writing theatre Faye is okay. Or, at least she says she's okay. But is she really? And, if she really is, like really okay, w…
★★★ ROMEO AND JULIET, DUKE OF YORK'S THEATRE Doomy and deathly, and much-hyped Tom Holland reaches for the stars and makes it to the theatre's roof One of Shakespeare's lo…
LIFT2024 promises a characteristically broad and bracing array of global performance LIFT 2024 is nearly here. It's a festival that will take you on deep and personal journeys. We've got sh…
The legendary small-screen drama still resonates in a new medium Prolific playwright James Graham was born in 1982, the year Alan Bleasdale's unforgettable series was televised. From Notting…
Taboo-tickling comedy about both conceiving a baby and life as empty nesters "Welcome to motherhood, bitch!" By the time a character delivers this reality check, there have been plenty of la…
Katie Mitchell's staging of Maggie Nelson's bestseller is neither original nor beautiful When does creativity become mannered? When it's based on repetition, and repetition without developme…
Three talented performers in a revue that doesn't add up to much Catchy even when the lyrics are at their cheesiest, the Jerry Herman Songbook serves up a string of memorable tunes: you'll p…
A female cast rips into toxic masculinity in a rebalanced treatment of villainy There's a fierce, dark energy to the Globe's new Richard III that I don't recall at that venue for a fair whil…
Stephen Adly Guirgis's Pulitzer-Prize winner finally makes it to London It's often said that contemporary American playwrights are too polite, too afraid of giving offence. But this accusat…
Giles Terera excels leading a livewire cast in an irreverent look at Black identity From New York's Public Theater, the venue that nurtured Hamilton, comes another estimable pocket musical, …
John Cleese's sitcom masterpiece makes seamless transition to the stage There are many definitions of bravery, and taking on the challenge of embodying John Cleese as Basil Fawlty in Cleese'…
Denise Gough reprises her star-making performance in Duncan MacMillan's riotous reflection on addiction and recovery It's unusual for a play to be revived with its original director and star…
Withnail and Marwood fix up the Jag and head for Birmingham Let's put our cards firmly on the table here. I am a big fan of Bruce Robinson's cinematic masterpiece about two out-of-work actor…
Too much camp and not enough content in this tribute to the Greek poet Who is Sappho? What is she? Not much is known about the influential Greek poet who was born some 2500 years ago. Her po…
Queer themes and music take centre stage in a café setting In Shakespeare's day theatre was regarded as "wanton" by those of a Puritan disposition who feared boys dressed as girls could eng…
★★ MULTIPLE CASUALTY INCIDENT, THE YARD THEATRE Too many tricks from the writer and the director dissipates the drama Sami Ibrahim's play examines ethics in a war zone, bu…
★★★★★ SPIRITED AWAY, LONDON COLISEUM Faithful adaptation will delight Studio Ghibli fans Growing up with Chihiro/Sen is overwhelming, enlightening and be…
Strong ensemble work highlights the plight of people with learning disabilities On the morning of the press show of Laughing Boy, the BBC news website's top story was about the abuse of c…
Philip K. Dick's science fiction short story fares far better on screen Towards the end of David Haig's new adaptation of Philip K. Dick's 1956 science fiction short story, someone asks if t…
A Brit and a New Yorker struggle to find common ground in lively new British musical Small scale shows, nurtured in offbeat places, are becoming all the rage in the West End. Red Pitch, Oper…
★★★ TESTMATCH, THE ORANGE TREE THEATRE Kate Attwell packs too much into her kitbag as India challenges England  Winning performances cannot overcome a scattergun …