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…