1536 Olivia Hurton 14/05/2026Who, as a child, did not skip around the playground after history lessons chanting, ‘Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived’?...
Noughts and Crosses Sara Tiron 14/05/2026At Hackney Empire, a theatre whose setting makes questions of race, class, and belonging feel immediate rather than abstract, Pilot...
The Marriage of Figaro Ziyu Zhang 12/05/2026Accessibility is the defining ambition of the revival of Sir Thomas Allen’s production of The Marriage of Figaro. The English-language...
Two Halves of Guinness Tim Hochstrasser 23/04/2026This remarkable one-man show celebrates and excavates the life and career of Sir Alec Guinness. Of all that generation of...
The Gondoliers Richard Voyce 15/04/2026If I had been taken to The Hackney Empire to see only Robin Bailey as Marco (in English Touring Opera’s...
Dear Jack, Dear Louise Tim Hochstrasser 13/04/2026When I undertook to review this play I was half expecting something in the genre of 84 Charing Cross Road...
A Doll’s House Rivka Jacobson 10/04/2026Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House has long stood as a landmark of modern drama, its famous door slam signalling a...
Il Trovatore Josi Steinfeld 28/03/2026Il Trovatore, La Traviata and Rigoletto form the trilogia popolare—Verdi’s most beloved operatic triptych. At their centre are three figures...
Pagliacci Elliot Stoszek 23/03/2026First performed 134 years ago, Pagliacci continues to spark the stage and move the audience with the power of opera....
Vincent in Brixton Tim Hochstrasser 22/03/2026This play was first performed back in 2002 at the National Theatre where it won plaudits for the author, Nicholas...
