Saturday, August 1, 2026
Sweeney Todd, The Rep Birmingham review - still a cut above
Gary Naylor
Sat, 08/01/2026 - 06:45
★★★★★ SWEENEY TODD, THE REP BIRMINGHAM Strip…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 01:45AM[SHARE]Monday, July 27, 2026
Atlantis, Chichester Festival Theatre review - drowning in passionate exposition
Gary Naylor
Tue, 07/28/2026 - 09:20
★★ ATLANTIS, CHICHESTER FESTI…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:05PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Here Comes J Edgar!, King's Head Theatre review - mad man at the FBI
Gary Naylor
Thu, 07/23/2026 - 01:00
★★★ HERE COMES J. EDGAR, KING'S HEAD T…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 18, 2026
My Fair Lady, Chichester Festival Theatre review - worth stopping and staring at
Gary Naylor
Sat, 07/18/2026 - 20:00
★★★★ MY FAIR LADY, CHIC…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:00PM[SHARE]Friday, July 10, 2026
Lear, Pitlochry Festival Theatre review - mad queen reminds us of the 'No Kings' man
Gary Naylor
Sat, 07/11/2026 - 10:42
★★★ LEAR, PITLOCHRY FES…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Sinatra the Musical, Aldwych Theatre review - not exactly frank about Frank
Gary Naylor
Thu, 07/02/2026 - 01:00
★★★ SINATRA THE MUSICAL, Aldwyc…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:00PM[SHARE]Friday, May 29, 2026
Beetlejuice the Musical, Prince Edward Theatre review - you should know what you're getting
Gary Naylor
Sat, 05/30/2026 - 08:50
★★ BEETLEJUICE THE…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:35PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 28, 2026
Dark of the Moon, Charing Cross Theatre review - immortals inject life into quiet Tennessee village
Gary Naylor
Fri, 05/29/2026 - 01:00
★★★ DAR…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 27, 2026
The Tempest, RSC, Stratford review - Sir Ken and Sir Richard whip up a storm
Gary Naylor
Wed, 05/27/2026 - 11:45
★★★★ THE TEMPEST, RSC, STRATF…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:45AM[SHARE]Monday, May 18, 2026
Eclipse, Chichester Festival Theatre review - listening to what's not said
Gary Naylor
Tue, 05/19/2026 - 11:15
★★★★ ECLIPSE, CHICHESTER FESTIV…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:45PM[SHARE]Friday, May 15, 2026
The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, @sohoplace review - winds of change
Gary Naylor
Sat, 05/16/2026 - 01:00
★★★★ THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND, …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 9, 2026
Magic, Chichester Festival Theatre review - now you see hope, now you don't
Gary Naylor
Sat, 05/09/2026 - 11:34
★★★ MAGIC, CHICHESTER FESTIVAL T…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:34AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 6, 2026
The Price, Marylebone Theatre review - brothers' relationship ground into dust in Miller revival
Gary Naylor
Wed, 05/06/2026 - 14:20
★★★★ THE…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:20AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 30, 2026
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, RSC, Stratford review - don't mention the (Iran) war
Gary Naylor
Fri, 05/01/2026 - 01:00
★★★★★ THE RESISTI…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 18, 2026
Avenue Q, Shaftesbury Theatre review - we need that puppet sex now, and the rest
Gary Naylor
Sat, 04/18/2026 - 17:39
★★★★★ AVENUE Q, SHAFTES…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 12:39PM[SHARE]Friday, April 10, 2026
Flyby, Southwark Playhouse review - new musical is stratospherically impressive
Gary Naylor
Sat, 04/11/2026 - 01:00
★★★★★ FLYBY, SOUTHWARK P…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:00PM[SHARE]Friday, April 3, 2026
Lifeline, Southwark Playhouse review - science and song in South London
Gary Naylor
Sat, 04/04/2026 - 01:00
★★★★ LIFELINE, SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 21, 2026
Vincent in Brixton, Orange Tree Theatre review - van Gogh, 'ere today, gone tomorrow
Gary Naylor
Sat, 03/21/2026 - 13:45
★★★★ VINCENT IN BRIXT…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:45AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 18, 2026
R.O.I. (Return on Investment), Hampstead Theatre review - sick take on health and wealth
Gary Naylor
Wed, 03/18/2026 - 07:00
New play poses increasingly pre…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:00AM[SHARE]Monday, November 3, 2025
★★★★ MACBETH, RSC STRATFORD Feuding Thanes rut, with echoes of Glasgow and BelfastÂ
Sam Heughan's Macbeth cannot quite find a home in a mobster pub
It's hard to…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 02:48PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 28, 2025
★★★★★ HEDDA, ORANGE TREE THEATRE Plenty of liberties taken, but it sure pays off
Scandinavian masterpiece transplanted into a London reeling from the ravages…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:02AM[SHARE]Friday, October 10, 2025
★ TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, GLOBE THEATRE Hard to understand and even harder to watchÂ
Raucous and carnivalesque, but also ugly and incomprehensible
The Globe's authenticity is its U…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:54PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 9, 2025
★★ CLARKSTON, TRAFALGAR THEATRE Star casting puts pounds on prices but adds little to moribund play Â
Netflix star, Joe Locke, is the selling point of a production that …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:06PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 8, 2025
★★★ GHOST STORIES, PEACOCK THEATRE Resurrected horror show might be best left buried
Impressive spectacle saves an ageing show in an unsuitable venue
In the framing dev…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:54PM[SHARE]Friday, October 3, 2025
★★★ LEE, PARK THEATRE Earnest treatment of a substantial artist lacks excitementÂ
Informative and interesting, the play's format limits its potential
Like fellow New …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 02:54PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 2, 2025
★★★★★ MEASURE FOR MEASURE, RSC STRATFORD Crystal clear storytelling in a (surely) landmark production
Shakespeare, in this adaptation, is at his most percept…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:12PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 30, 2025
★★★★ GET DOWN TONIGHT, CHARING CROSS THEATRE KC and the Sunshine State
If you love the songs of KC and the Sunshine Band, Please Do Go!
In a fair few bars around t…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:54PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 25, 2025
★★★ 50 FIRST DATES: THE MUSICAL, THE OTHER PALACE Forgettable, but comforting
Date movie about repeating dates inspires date musical
About halfway through this world …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:42PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 24, 2025
★★★★★ THE HARDER THEY COME, STRATFORD EAST Great story, songs and performances
Natey Jones and Madeline Charlemagne lead a perfectly realised adaptation of t…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 10:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 18, 2025
★★★ REUNION, KILN THEATRE New play brings a family's old enmities to the surface
Beautifully acted, but desperately grim drama
If you ever wanted to know what a mash up…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:18PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 16, 2025
★★★★ THE PRODUCERS, GARRICK THEATRE Musical mayhem in Mel Brooks' meisterwerk
You probably know what's coming, but it's such great fun!
Unexpectedly, there's a sly…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 28, 2025
★★★★ FAT HAM, RSC A raucous, raunchy Pulitzer Prize-winning re-imagining for our times
An entertaining, positive and contemporary blast!
$8.2B. That's what can ha…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 13, 2025
★★★ THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, RSC, STRATFORD Youth-oriented version of youthful play
Shakespeare trying out lots of ideas that were to bear fruit in the future
I have…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:48PM[SHARE]Friday, August 1, 2025
★★★★ TOP HAT, CHICHESTER FESTIVAL THEATRE Lovely to look at, but don't think too much
Glitz and glamour in revived dance show based on Fred and Ginger's movie
Af…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:12AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 29, 2025
★★ MAIDEN VOYAGE, SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE All women crew sail around the world, singing, grouching and bonding
Pleasant tunes well sung and a good story, but not a good show
As th…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 02:42PM[SHARE]Monday, July 28, 2025
★★★★★ BRIXTON CALLING, SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE The story of two men & one venue is a delight
Nostalgic, but the message is bang up to date
What a delight i…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 02:32PM[SHARE]★★★ THE WINTER'S TALE, RSC, STRATFORD Bleak production that skewers male jealousy
Strong women have the last laugh, but the play's bizarre structure overwhelms everything
T…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 02:32PM[SHARE]Monday, July 21, 2025
★★★★ DON'T ROCK THE BOAT, THE MILL AT SONNING Sound of shared laughter excuses flaws
Great fun, if more 20th century than 21st
Now 45 years in the past, its dazzling …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 17, 2025
★★★★ POOR CLARE, ORANGE TREE THEATRE Chira Atik's award-winning comedy packs a punch
Funny and clever show illuminated by a dazzling debut from Arsema Thomas
What am …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:12PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 10, 2025
★★★ GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY, OLD VIC Conor McPherson's smash hit is looking dated already
Fragmented, cliched story rescued by tremendous acting, singing and music
Well…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:48AM[SHARE] 
