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Review: THE EFFECT, National Theatre
Review: THE EFFECT, National Theatre
August 10, 2023

Paapa Essiedu and Taylor Russell mesmerise in Prebble's fascinating yet flawed play

Review: THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL, The Southbank Centre
Review: THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL, The Southbank Centre
August 4, 2023

This eaten-all-the-candy-floss sugar rush of a show suffers from a generic soundtrack. But there's more than enough to keep the kids' occupied.

Interview: 'This Play Is Not What You Think It Is': The Cast of CUCKOO at the Royal Court Chat Penguin Bars, iPads and Pinter
Interview: 'This Play Is Not What You Think It Is': The Cast of CUCKOO at the Royal Court Chat Penguin Bars, iPads and Pinter
August 2, 2023

The cast of Cuckoo chat performing, working on Vicky Featherstone's swansong performance, and the navigating Michael Wynne's brilliantly slippery writing.

Interview: 'It's In Our Bones': Amy Rosenthal, Ryan Craig and Alexis Zegerman on Jewishness, Humanity and Chekhov in THE ARC: A TRILOGY OF NEW JEWISH PLAYS
Interview: 'It's In Our Bones': Amy Rosenthal, Ryan Craig and Alexis Zegerman on Jewishness, Humanity and Chekhov in THE ARC: A TRILOGY OF NEW JEWISH PLAYS
August 8, 2023

Emanate production are bringing The Arc: A Trilogy of New Jewish Plays, three plays by writers Amy Rosenthal, Alexis Zegerman, and Ryan Craig, to Soho Theatre. Following its inaugural production at the Kiln Theatre last year, Emanate have forged a space for Jewish voices to shine a spotlight on and celebrate modern Jewish stories in theatre.

Review: CUCKOO, Royal Court
Review: CUCKOO, Royal Court
July 13, 2023

Blood is thicker than water and love is stronger than hate. There is a deep sentimental heart beating at the core of Michael Wynne’s new play that asks us what it means to connect as a family in our increasingly absurd lives. 

Review: DR SEMMELWEIS, Harold Pinter Theatre
Review: DR SEMMELWEIS, Harold Pinter Theatre
July 12, 2023

A sombre warning against dogmatism adherence has resonances today. It's just curiously unclear what they are.

Interview: 'We've Discovered This Multi-Layered Man' Scarlett Stitt and Dylan Aiello on Reevaluating George Michael, Drag and Cabaret in Their Show KISSING A FOOL
Interview: 'We've Discovered This Multi-Layered Man' Scarlett Stitt and Dylan Aiello on Reevaluating George Michael, Drag and Cabaret in Their Show KISSING A FOOL
July 17, 2023

George Michael: Singer, songwriter, LGBTQ icon, and tragic hero? Kissing a Fool, an interdisciplinary Queer Cabaret show about the Wham! frontman might just have you revaluating everything you thought you knew about your mum’s favourite teenage heartthrob.  

Review: THE SWELL, Orange Tree Theatre
Review: THE SWELL, Orange Tree Theatre
June 30, 2023

The world premiere of Isley Lynn’s The Swell is a head scratching affair. It’s a short sharp 90 minutes, but there’s a lot to get your head around. Buckle up.

Review: STUMPED, Hampstead Theatre
Review: STUMPED, Hampstead Theatre
June 27, 2023

The tables are turned on two twentieth century playwrights who find themselves trapped in a hybrid of their own plays.

Review: EVEREST, Barbican Theatre
Review: EVEREST, Barbican Theatre
June 26, 2023

An atmospheric story of a group of trapped explorers at the mercy of mother nature, the UK premiere of Joby Talbot’s Everest has a chillingly eerie resonance.

Review: TAMBO & BONES, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Review: TAMBO & BONES, Theatre Royal Stratford East
June 23, 2023

If there were an award for most unpredictably bonkers play of the year this would be the top contender. But there is method in the madness. Roll with it. You will be rewarded. Dance with its bombastic weirdness but fasten your seatbelt first.

Review: WERTHER, Royal Opera House
Review: WERTHER, Royal Opera House
June 21, 2023

A lacklustre central performance shifts the focus towards Charlotte's tragedy instead of Werther's.

Review: WHEN WINSTON WENT TO WAR WITH THE WIRELESS, Donmar Warehouse
Review: WHEN WINSTON WENT TO WAR WITH THE WIRELESS, Donmar Warehouse
June 14, 2023

The personal and the political become one in this sweater vested whirlwind of a play

Interview: 'It's Not Like Anything I've Known Before' Beverley Klein and Teddy Kempner on the Value of Experience and the Joys of Joining CABARET
Interview: 'It's Not Like Anything I've Known Before' Beverley Klein and Teddy Kempner on the Value of Experience and the Joys of Joining CABARET
June 16, 2023

BroadwayWorld caught up Beverley Klein and Teddy Kempner, two of the newest cast members, as they take over as Herr Shultz and Fraulein Schneider.

Review: HOPE HAS A HAPPY MEAL, Royal Court Theatre
Review: HOPE HAS A HAPPY MEAL, Royal Court Theatre
June 12, 2023

A steroided neo-liberal dystopia is the backdrop for this literal and a metaphorical journey of self-discovery.

Review: ALL OF IT, Royal Court Theatre
Review: ALL OF IT, Royal Court Theatre
June 9, 2023

An existential triptych of monologues slaps the audience in the face and expects them to apologise

Review: IL TROVATORE, Royal Opera House
Review: IL TROVATORE, Royal Opera House
June 4, 2023

Adele Thomas' new production is a rollicking clash of carnivalesque weirdness and heartfelt desire.

Review: ROSE, Ambassadors Theatre
Review: ROSE, Ambassadors Theatre
May 27, 2023

Maureen Lipman's one woman show traces a Holocaust survivor's journey to find home

Review: HELEN, Theatre503
Review: HELEN, Theatre503
May 24, 2023

Well intentioned but generic study of grief

Review: SPEAKERS' CORNER: THE PUBLIC SHAMING OF RUFUS LOVE, The Hope Theatre
Review: SPEAKERS' CORNER: THE PUBLIC SHAMING OF RUFUS LOVE, The Hope Theatre
May 22, 2023

Admirable inquiry into the morality of mob short changed by its own self-indulgence



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