Top Reviews
January 24, 2025
An Interrogation – Hampstead Theatre, London
Writer and Director: Jamie Armitage The police interview is in all sorts of ways the basis for drama – two…
January 24, 2025
Cymbeline – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London
Writer: William Shakespeare Director: Jennifer Tang Despite its focus on deviousness, Shakespeare’s late play is ultimately one of forgiveness, and…
January 23, 2025
Plexus Polaire: Moby Dick – MimeLondon, Barbican
Writer: Based on the novel by Herman Melville Director: Yngvild Aspeli Plexis Polaire’s debut at London’s Barbican Theatre transforms Herman…
January 22, 2025
Brú Theatre: Not a Word – MimeLondon, Barbican Theatre
Director: James Riordan Miles from home and trapped in his own quiet loneliness, the nameless Irish navvy in James Riordan’s…
January 22, 2025
With Love, Mr. Gay – Kings Arms, Salford
Writer: Joshua Val Martin Director: Jez Dolan What do you do when a dispute with a neighbour escalates? Becomes homophobic…
January 22, 2025
Calamity Jane- The Opera House, Manchester
Music: Sammy Fain Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster Book: Charles K Freeman (adapting a screenplay by James O’Hanlon) Director: Nikolai Foster…
January 20, 2025
CBSO: Music at the Movies – Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Conductor: Ben Parry Such is the power of film that Symphony Hall is packed to the rafters for an evening…
January 18, 2025
Accents – The Ambassador, Dublin
Writer: Emmet Kirwan Director: Claire O’Reilly Once the longest-running cinema in Dublin, turned cracking live music venue, turned unusual exhibition…
January 18, 2025
Kyoto – @sohoplace, London
Writers: Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson Directors: Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin Looking back nostalgically, the 1990s seem like an…
January 18, 2025
Copla: A Spanish Cabaret – The Other Palace, London
Writer: Alejandro Postigo Director: Sergio Maggiolo Spain is stuck in its fascist history, writer and performer Alejandro Postigo exclaims, and…
Features
December 19, 2024
Offies 2024 Revamp
Founded in 2010, The Offies have been championing independent British theatre for well over a decade through their yearly awards…
December 10, 2024
Interview: Scotland’s leading Loud Poets speak out
Performance poetry is one of the fastest-growing and most vibrant artforms in Scotland’s creative sector, but its potential as a…
December 9, 2024
National Youth Music Theatre: Christmas Celebration – Sinfonia Smith Square, London
Performing its annual concert performance at Sinfonia Smith Square, the National Youth Music Theatre: Christmas Celebration is a tour of…
November 14, 2024
The Value of Comedy in Dark Times
It’s easy to look around and feel like the world is falling apart. A few minutes of scrolling through social…
November 13, 2024
Vogue: Inventing the Runway – Lightroom, London
Vogue: Inventing the Runway is the third of the highly imaginative immersive experiences created for London’s Lightroom – and it’s…
November 11, 2024
Central Scotland Documentary Festival – Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling
Head Curator: Grahame Reid It was exciting. It was engaging. And it was very affordable. The Central Scotland Documentary Festival,…
Film
January 10, 2025
It’s Raining Men
Writer and Director: Caroline Vignal About an hour into It’s Raining Men writer/director Caroline Vignal stages a fantasy song and…
January 10, 2025
The Damned
Writer: Jamie Hannigan and Thordur Palsson Director: Thordur Palsson The Damned, co-written by Jamie Hannigan and Thordur Palsson and directed…
December 26, 2024
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
Writers: Pat Boonnitipat and Thodsapon Thiptinnakorn Director: Pat Boonnitipat Pat Boonnitipat’s How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies is a…
December 20, 2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Writer and Director: Johan Grimonprez The Cold War has never sounded so good as in this groundbreaking documentary about the…
December 13, 2024
From Roger Moore with Love
Director: Jack Cocker You hear the name Roger Moore and you are probably already smiling, partly thinking about the panache…
December 13, 2024
Scrap
Writer and Director: Vivian Kerr Nowadays a stale sense of being under-valued or of having disappointed ambitions hangs over society…
- Central
- January 17, 2025
A Little Bawl of Pain – The Old Joint Stock, Birmingham
- January 15, 2025
Dear Evan Hansen – Royal & Derngate, Northampton
- December 24, 2024
Peter Pan – Birmingham Hippodrome
- December 22, 2024
CBSO 2024/25 Christmas Party – Symphony Hall, Birmingham
- December 20, 2024
Scrooge in Rouge – Old Joint Stock, Birmingham
- Ireland
- January 12, 2025
Madeira: The Secrets of Sisters – Bewley’s Café Theatre, Dublin
- December 17, 2024
A Streetcar Named Desire – Smock Alley, Dublin
- December 16, 2024
Jack and the Beanstalk – dlr Mill Theatre, Dublin
- December 6, 2024
Cosima – Viking Theatre, Dublin
- December 4, 2024
Old Times and Betrayal – Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
- December 3, 2024
A Christmas Visit – Bewley’s Café Theatre, Dublin
- Review
- January 24, 2025
Bad Boys of Improv – Rosemary Branch Theatre, London
- January 24, 2025
The Wolves – Tower Theatre, London
- January 24, 2025
Santi & Naz – Soho Theatre, London
- January 24, 2025
Cymbeline – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, London
- January 24, 2025
The Godless War – Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London
- Music
- January 23, 2025
Birdsong – Newcastle Theatre Royal
- January 18, 2025
Bull – Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse, Sheffield
- January 17, 2025
Love Life – Leeds Grand Theatre
- January 15, 2025
Murder on the Orient Express – Newcastle Theatre Royal
- January 15, 2025
Die Schöne Müllerin – Dewsbury Town Hall
- January 15, 2025
Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) – Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
- Review
- January 22, 2025
Calamity Jane- The Opera House, Manchester
- December 23, 2024
Sleeping Beauty – The Atkinson, Southport
- December 13, 2024
Miracle on 34th Street – HOME, Manchester
- December 13, 2024
A Christmas Carol: The Musical – Lowry, Salford
- December 11, 2024
Sleeping Beauty – Storyhouse, Chester
- December 5, 2024
Come From Away – The Lowry, Salford
- Drama
- January 17, 2025
Romeo & Juliet – Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh
- December 14, 2024
Mother Goose – Perth Theatre
- December 10, 2024
Interview: Scotland’s leading Loud Poets speak out
- December 7, 2024
The Nutcracker – Theatre Royal, Glasgow
- November 30, 2024
Beauty and the Beastie – Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow
- November 30, 2024
Treasure Island – Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
- Drama
- December 18, 2024
Sleeping Beauty – Orchard West, Dartford
- December 12, 2024
Aladdin – Theatre Royal, Norwich
- December 8, 2024
White Christmas – The Mill at Sonning
- November 27, 2024
Beauty and the Beast – Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
- November 1, 2024
Nutcracker in Havana– Theatre Royal, Norwich
- Review
- September 19, 2024
A Chorus Line – New Theatre, Cardiff
- September 18, 2024
The History Boys – Theatre Royal Plymouth
- April 10, 2024
Come From Away – Theatre Royal Plymouth