Top Reviews
January 17, 2025
The Lonely Londoners – Kiln Theatre, London
Adapted by Roy Williams from Sam Selvon’s novel Director: Ebenezer Bamgboye Roy Williams’ poignant and thought-provoking adaptation of Sam Selvon’s…
January 17, 2025
Love Life – Leeds Grand Theatre
Writers: Alan Jay Lerner and Kurt Weill Director: Matthew Eberhardt Conductor: James Holmes The slick promotional visuals and stylish artwork…
January 16, 2025
Cirque Du Soleil: Corteo – Royal Albert Hall, London
Writer and Director: Daniele Finzi Pasca Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo invites us into a dream-like journey through the mind of…
January 16, 2025
Jonny Woo: Suburbia – Soho Theatre, London
Queer icon Jonny Woo takes us home to his childhood suburbia in Kent where even the net curtains can’t keep…
January 16, 2025
Fort – Theatre503, London
Writer: Tabitha Hayward Director: Rohan Gotobed This bold two-hander from Tabitha Hayward begins with the air of a production of…
January 16, 2025
Mary Skeaping’s Giselle – London Coliseum
Choreographer: Mary Skeaping Cheating men beware because the Wilis are back at the London Coliseum for the next three days…
January 15, 2025
La Manékine – MimeLondon, Barbican
Creator: La Pendue January’s highlight MimeLondon returns to the city, and opening proceedings is La Manékine, a dark story about…
January 15, 2025
REVENGE: After The Levoyah – The Yard, London
Writer: Nick Cassenbaum Director: Emma Jude Harris REVENGE: After the Levoyah is a biting and satirical exploration of the complex…
January 15, 2025
James Joyce’s The Dead – Wilton’s Music Hall, London
Adaptation and Director: Séamus Rae Musical Director: Jamie Powe James Joyce’s short story The Dead, the final and longest in…
January 15, 2025
Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) – Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
Writer: Jane Austen Adaptor and Director: Isobel McArthur The original book by Jane Austen is such an iconic novel 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
- 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
- December 13, 2024
Twelfth Night – Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon
- December 11, 2024
War Horse – New Theatre, Oxford
- Ireland
- 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
- November 26, 2024
SWAN LAKE – Bord Gais Theatre, Dublin
- Drama
- January 16, 2025
Fresh Mountain Air – Drayton Arms Theatre, London
- January 16, 2025
Cirque Du Soleil: Corteo – Royal Albert Hall, London
- January 16, 2025
Jonny Woo: Suburbia – Soho Theatre, London
- January 16, 2025
Fort – Theatre503, London
- January 16, 2025
Mary Skeaping’s Giselle – London Coliseum
- Review
- 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
- December 31, 2024
Orchestra of Opera North’s Viennese Whirl – Huddersfield Town Hall
- December 20, 2024
Peter Pan – Victoria Theatre, Halifax
- North West
- 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
- December 5, 2024
Snow White – Theatre Royal, St Helens
- December 5, 2024
The Rocky Horror Show – The Liverpool Playhouse
- Review
- 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
- November 29, 2024
Peter Pan – King’s Theatre, Glasgow
- November 28, 2024
Henry Rowley: Just Literally – The Glee Club, Glasgow
- 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
- October 7, 2024
The Deep – Mercury Theatre, Colchester
- 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