Theatre
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
A dazzling and ‘joyful interpretation’ of the classic adventure
5 Aug 2022
Edinburgh Festival: shows and events to book now

Edinburgh Festival: shows and events to book now
What’s on at the fringe and international festivals in Scotland’s capital city
3 Aug 2022
Crazy for You: a musical that will ‘knock you for six’

Crazy for You: a musical that will ‘knock you for six’
Musical theatre ‘doesn’t get any better’ than this Chichester Festival production
29 Jul 2022
Jack Absolute Flies Again: a ‘crowd-pleasing comedy’

Jack Absolute Flies Again: a ‘crowd-pleasing comedy’
National Theatre production has the same ‘giddy abandon’ as One Man, Two Guvnors
22 Jul 2022
The Seagull: a ‘strangely gripping’ take on Chekhov’s play

The Seagull: a ‘strangely gripping’ take on Chekhov’s play
Emilia Clarke makes her West End debut alongside a uniformly excellent cast
15 Jul 2022
Richard III: this play shines with ‘magisterial splendour’

Richard III: this play shines with ‘magisterial splendour’
Titular character played by Arthur Hughes – the first actor with a disability to take on the role at Stratford
8 Jul 2022
The Southbury Child review: this play feels almost ‘heaven-sent’

The Southbury Child review: this play feels almost ‘heaven-sent’
The piece is deftly directed by Nicholas Hytner and stars three-time Olivier winner Alex Jennings
30 Jun 2022

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That Is Not Who I Am: a play that divided opinion from the outset

That Is Not Who I Am: a play that divided opinion from the outset
The Royal Court’s latest production is ‘brilliantly tricksy’
23 Jun 2022
Theatre review: The Gunpowder Plot

Theatre review: The Gunpowder Plot
This ‘camply thrilling’ adventure sets the ‘gold standard’ for immersive shows
17 Jun 2022
Legally Blonde on stage: ‘far wittier’ than the film

Legally Blonde on stage: ‘far wittier’ than the film
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre is host to this ‘smart show about brains as well as beauty’
1 Jun 2022
My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum: a ‘daringly sumptuous’ show

My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum: a ‘daringly sumptuous’ show
This ‘Rolls-Royce of a revival’ gives the classic musical a modern feel
27 May 2022
Oklahoma!: a ‘stunning reinvention’ of a beloved classic

Oklahoma!: a ‘stunning reinvention’ of a beloved classic
Reinterpreted for a small band, the music has a homespun folksiness that works ‘brilliantly’
12 May 2022
Jerusalem: Rylance gives ‘the greatest performance of the century’

Jerusalem: Rylance gives ‘the greatest performance of the century’
Back in 2009, Jez Butterworth’s play took the world by storm. Now it’s back
6 May 2022
Prima Facie: ‘Awards will follow’

Prima Facie: ‘Awards will follow’
Jodie Comer's ‘ferocious yet forensic performance’ blows the audience away in Suzie Miller’s play
5 May 2022
Theatre review: The Corn is Green

Theatre review: The Corn is Green
Emlyn Williams’s 1938 play has not been seen in London since 1985
28 Apr 2022
The 47th at the Old Vic: ‘rarely less than entertaining’

The 47th at the Old Vic: ‘rarely less than entertaining’
Play is set in an imagined near-future – Biden has stepped down in favour of Kamala Harris
22 Apr 2022
Theatre review: To Kill a Mockingbird 

Theatre review: To Kill a Mockingbird
Aaron Sorkin’s script makes this 62-year-old literary classic ‘feel like it was minted yesterday’
7 Apr 2022
Straight Line Crazy theatre review

Straight Line Crazy theatre review
Ralph Fiennes is a ‘triumph’ as the controversial urban planner Robert Moses
31 Mar 2022
Kes review: a play that’s both bleak and brilliant

Kes review: a play that’s both bleak and brilliant
Atri Banerjee’s adaptation of the 1968 novel features just three actors on a simple set
24 Mar 2022
Persuasion: a ‘frolicking, rollicking’ take on Jane Austen’s novel

Persuasion: a ‘frolicking, rollicking’ take on Jane Austen’s novel
This romcom is full of mischievous fun and is joyfully silly
18 Mar 2022
The Merchant of Venice: ‘utterly tragic, yet simultaneously mesmerising’

The Merchant of Venice: ‘utterly tragic, yet simultaneously mesmerising’
This Shakespeare’s Globe production is set in contemporary London
10 Mar 2022
Animal Farm on stage: a ‘startlingly handsome’ production

Animal Farm on stage: a ‘startlingly handsome’ production
War Horse-style animal puppetry is used to ‘magnificent’ effect
4 Mar 2022
The Chairs: the theatre of the absurd at its ‘most absurdist’

The Chairs: the theatre of the absurd at its ‘most absurdist’
The 1952 ‘absurdist masterpiece’ by Eugène Ionesco is now on at the Almeida
17 Feb 2022
A Number at the Old Vic

A Number at the Old Vic
Lyndsey Turner’s staging is ‘ignited’ by Lennie James and Paapa Essiedu
10 Feb 2022
Dr Semmelweis: Mark Rylance offers a ‘mesmerising turn’

Dr Semmelweis: Mark Rylance offers a ‘mesmerising turn’
Story follows the 19th century Hungarian physician who ‘realised the life-saving value of hand hygiene’
3 Feb 2022
Moulin Rouge! on stage: ‘it burns prettily enough, but it doesn’t blaze’

Moulin Rouge! on stage: ‘it burns prettily enough, but it doesn’t blaze’
Tony-winning adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s much-loved film now on at the Piccadilly Theatre
27 Jan 2022
Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! – a ‘riproaring return to form’

Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! – a ‘riproaring return to form’
Originally staged in 1992, this adaptation has been revived for the first time in ten years
6 Jan 2022
The Play What I Wrote: a ‘daft and delightful’ celebration of Morecambe & Wise

The Play What I Wrote: a ‘daft and delightful’ celebration of Morecambe & Wise
This stage comedy show is the ‘ideal winter warmer’
16 Dec 2021
Life of Pi on stage: the ‘spiritual successor to War Horse’

Life of Pi on stage: the ‘spiritual successor to War Horse’
What the critics are saying about this ‘phenomenal’ adaptation of Yann Martel’s novel
9 Dec 2021
Manor: a ‘breathtakingly inept’ satire

Manor: a ‘breathtakingly inept’ satire
New ‘state-of-the-nation’ drama mystifies, bores and slowly enrages
2 Dec 2021
The Wife of Willesden: Zadie Smith’s ‘rambunctious’ reworking of Chaucer

The Wife of Willesden: Zadie Smith’s ‘rambunctious’ reworking of Chaucer
Kiln Theatre production is a ‘stunning piece of freewheeling stagecraft’, said The Times
25 Nov 2021
The Ocean at the End of the Lane: ‘shows like this don’t come along very often’

The Ocean at the End of the Lane: ‘shows like this don’t come along very often’
Critics praise ‘hauntingly memorable’ performance with some ‘genuinely terrifying’ moments
11 Nov 2021
The Magician’s Elephant: a remarkable feat of large-scale puppetry

The Magician’s Elephant: a remarkable feat of large-scale puppetry
RSC’s big Christmas show features a convincing life-sized elephant, with a ‘playful trunk, flappy ears and mournful eyes’
4 Nov 2021
Wuthering Heights on stage: an ‘emotionally epic’ adaptation

Wuthering Heights on stage: an ‘emotionally epic’ adaptation
Emma Rice’s touring production is packed with her ‘trademark troubadour quirkiness’
28 Oct 2021