Return of one-woman show about growing up is disappointingly thin Success smells sweet. The Bridge Theatre's pioneering season of one-person plays continues with sell-out performances of Dav…
Capacious biography pins down an elusive subject "The older he got, the less he cared about self-concealment," or so it is said of Sir Tom Stoppard, somewhere deep into the 865 pages …
Essential series of Alan Bennett stage pairings comes to an end Stillness works like a stealth bomb in Nights in the Garden of Spain, in which Tamsin Greig further confirms her status as on…
Masterclasses make up a mighty hour of theatre "Getting dark," or so comments Irene Ruddock (a pitch-perfect Imelda Staunton) in passing midway through A Lady of Letters, and, boy, ain't th…
Socially-distanced dramedy is short and sweet, with a knockout performance from Remmie Milner The first words of Sunnymead Court, a new play at the Tristan Bates Theatre, are ominous. "We a…
Masterly revival of Inua Ellams's 2016 autobiographical one-man show When the history of British theatre's response to COVID-19 comes to be written, the names of two men will feature promine…
Jamie Kenna brings Brighton favourite to life It's fitting that there's another run of Dave Simpson's terrific play about Brighton's favourite son, Max Miller (aka The Cheeky Chappie), at t…
Monica Dolan and Lesley Manville are peerless in this Alan Bennett double bill Monologues and duets rule the stage right now. We can only dream of the day when theatre steps up to the classi…
Alan Bennett's monologues make us reflect on our own little worlds For some of us, it doesn't take a lockdown to imprison us in our own hellish little world. Since his first series of dramat…
Maureen Lipman in fearless form in Martin Sherman's discursive solo play Solo plays and performances are, of necessity, the theatrical currency of the moment, whether across an entire seaso…
A memorial interview with the playwright and scriptwriter who enjoyed a remarkable Indian summer Ronald Harwood, who has died at the age of 85, was best known for his play about tending to t…
Real-life theatre bounces back with this lovely meander through grief and loneliness A woman sits on a bench. She's got a song stuck in her head " she can't remember how one of the lines end…
This new livestreamed monologue explores family and the burden of inheritance The world premiere of Stephen Beresford's new hourlong play, livestreamed to home audiences in five performance…
A standard screen-to-stage transfer, but hugely welcome post-lockdown Originally due to premiere back in March, Sleepless " a musical version of the winning 1993 movie Sleepless in Seattle "…
Magnificent backdrop of ruins for fundraiser On a normal bank holiday weekend there would be festival events held in the grounds of Glastonbury Abbey. But in this anything-but-normal year, c…
Theatre itself become an act of rebellion against the microbe For a riveting, cathartic " and often surprisingly humorous " 50 minutes Ralph Fiennes paces the stage at the Bridge Theatre to …
Traverse Theatre two-hander transfers well to the screen In normal times, Edinburgh Festival audiences would now be packing into the city's invaluable Traverse Theatre, home to some of the …
For one night, we were part of a full-on theatrical experience once again A lot of rain and untold bliss: those were the takeaways from Saturday night's alfresco Opera Holland Park concert …
Bonkers Zoom production is ideal for kids, but leaves adults wanting more I have a confession to make: I don't like Alice in Wonderland. I know, I know, a lot of people disagree. I do apprec…
A New York duo celebrates Sir Noël and Samuel Beckett bewitches and bewilders once again After months spent sifting amongst the virtual, I'm pleased to report that live performance looks…
This rambunctious fringe musical serves up a fascinating true story with charm and pizazz In a purgatorial summer, this boisterous, camp and chaotically charming musical is a tonic. It's a w…
Simon Stephens and Juliet Stevenson create the perfect installation for our times Wowee! Twenty weeks after the last time I set foot in a theatre, I was able to visit a venue once more. Hell…
Profile of Young Vic artistic director could go still further Filmed, as one would, well, imagine, prior to lockdown, Imagine .... My Name is Kwame hearkens to what now seems a bygone er…
Theatre comes to life, albeit gently, and some familiar names crop up online After a weeklong hiatus due to an absence of noteworthy material, this column is back heralding the return, as w…
Athena Stevens's punchy account of how an airline trashed her wheelchair During the current pandemic, stories about isolation have a particular resonance. Feelings of claustrophobia, lonelin…