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Review: SARAH, The Coronet Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Nov 24, 2022


Oliver Reese, artistic director of the Berliner Ensemble, translates the tale for the stage transforming it into a one-man-show led by Jonathan Slinger. But do we need another white man’s poor-me point of view in 2022? The book has its merits, as does the play, but what is this show trying to say? It’s difficult to pinpoint.

Review: THE SNOWMAN, Peacock Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - Nov 22, 2022


The Snowman and Christmas go together like bad weather and TfL apologies so it's unsurprising that this adaption by the Birmingham Repertory Theatre of Raymond Brigg's seminal 1978 graphic novel is returning to Sadler's Wells' Peacock Theatre.

Review: EK/FORSYTHE/QUAGEBEUR, Sadler's Wells
by Vikki Jane Vile - Nov 12, 2022


Time for the annual treat that is an ENB mixed bill at Sadler’s Wells, on this occasion featuring a couple of lockdown greatest hits, and a bold new production of The Rite of Spring. 

Review: A DEAD BODY IN TAOS, Wilton's Music Hall
by Franco Milazzo - Nov 3, 2022


David Farr made his name in 2016 bringing John le Carré's book The Night Manager to vivid life in a hit TV adaptation. In his latest play A Dead Body In Taos, re-animation is again the name of the game.

Review: DIDO AND AENEAS, Theatre Royal Bath
by Cheryl Markosky - Oct 21, 2022


It's a double first at Theatre Royal Bath with Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. Regarded as England's first opera when initially performed around 1688, it's also the first opera to be performed in the intimate Ustinov Studio.

Review: AIDA, Royal Opera House
by Gary Naylor - Sep 29, 2022


A provocative and ultimately successful reimagining of opera's most operatic of works

Review: HANDBAGGED, Kiln Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Sep 16, 2022


Indhu Rubasingham's revival of Buffini’s play is playful and fiercely funny, whilst deftly tackling serious issues. It explores the battle of wills between two powerful women: The Queen and Margaret Thatcher, through the eleven years Thatcher served as Prime Minister.

Review: SALOME, Royal Opera House
by Franco Milazzo - Sep 12, 2022


If you thought horror as a genre wasn’t something opera dabbled in, think again. The fourth outing for David McVicar’s 2008 production of Richard Strauss’ is as bloody and gruesome as it gets in Covent Garden.

Guest Blog: Julian Forsyth Talks About His 1000th Appearance in THE WOMAN IN BLACK & the Innovative Rehearsal Process
by Guest Blog: Julian Forsyth - Sep 13, 2022


What’s so special about The Woman in Black, and why is it still running in the West End after 33 years? As someone who is about to perform in it for the 1,000th time, I can offer an insider’s view that provides just one of several answers to that question.

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For Frantic Assembly's OTHELLO
by Stephi Wild - Sep 7, 2022


Frantic Assembly have released new photos from the rehearsal room of their acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s Othello. 

Review: THE DARKEST PART OF THE NIGHT, Kiln Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - Jul 22, 2022


An inorganic melodrama that stuffs too many themes together.

Photos: First Look at THE DARKEST PART OF THE NIGHT at the Kiln Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jul 21, 2022


 Kiln Theatre presents the world première of Zodwa Nyoni’s The Darkest Part of the Night. Nancy Medina directs Brianna Douglas, Andrew French, James Clyde, Hannah Morrish, Lee Phillips and Nadia Williams. The production opens at Kiln Theatre on 21 July, with previews from 14 July, and runs until 13 August. Check out all new production photos here!

Review: PEAKY BLINDERS: THE RISE, Camden Garrison
by Franco Milazzo - Jul 15, 2022


Get your flat-cap ready and brush up your Brummie accent: the immersive Peaky Blinders: The Rise has arrived in London.

Photos: First Look at THE THRONE at Charing Cross Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jul 4, 2022


See the new photos from the world premiere of The Throne, starring Mary Roscoe, Charlie Condou and Michael Joel Bartelle, which opens tonight at Charing Cross Theatre.

Review: COSÌ FAN TUTTE at Royal Opera House
by Clementine Scott - Jun 30, 2022


Mozart’s Così fan tutte has always been a work that tells us about ourselves.

BWW Review: THE CAR MAN at Royal Albert Hall
by Franco Milazzo - Jun 13, 2022


Highly physical, beautifully danced and sexy as all hell, Sir Matthew Bourne’s acclaimed ballet The Car Man made its debut in 2000 and now returns to London with an imaginative new staging at the Royal Albert Hall.

BWW Review: CHICAGO, New Wimbledon Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 18, 2022


Chicago is a piece of musical theatre that feels as though it has been around forever. Premiering in 1975, directed and choreographed by the legendary Bob Fosse, it quickly gained an iconic status and an exhausting number of revivals followed. Currently running on Broadway, starring Pamela Anderson, it is also on a highly successful tour that lands at the New Wimbledon Theatre this week.

Guest Reviewer Kym Vaitiekus Shares His Thoughts On AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
by Jade Kops - May 7, 2022


An American in Paris is a glorious and inventive new musical inspired by the 1951 movie with a superb collection of music by the Gershwins.

BWW Review: FATAL ATTRACTION, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Apr 20, 2022


When happily married New York attorney Dan Gallagher, meets charming editor Alex (Susie Amy) on a night out in the city, they both commit to a night of passion they can’t take back. Dan returns home to his family and tries to forget the mistake he has made, but Alex has different ideas. Dan’s about to discover that love is a dangerous game, and Alex has only one rule; you play fair with her, and she’ll play fair with you.

BWW Review: LA TRAVIATA, Royal Opera House
by Franco Milazzo - Apr 6, 2022


Eyre’s take on La Traviata quite rightly deserves to be seen as a jewel in ROH’s crown but Angel Blue lifts it to a new level. Read our critic's review.

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