Mary Poppins Hal Wooliscroft 15/11/2024Mary Poppins is intensely charming from the off, and remains so until the final bows. A winning blend of the...
Reviewer's Rating Reverberation Hal Wooliscroft 09/10/2024Whilst The Inheritance took audiences by storm, it has taken a little while for Matthew López’s 2015 play Reverberation to...
A Doll’s House Tom Rutter 30/09/2024Any modern production of A Doll’s House faces a predicament. How, after a century and a half of radical social change,...
War Horse Susan Sallon 25/09/2024In 1914, nearly one million horses were sent by Britain to the war in Europe, and tragically, most of them...
Reviewers Rating Julie the Musical Julie Peakman 14/06/2024Writer Aby Bradbury has uncovered a fascinating real-life character whose story she brings to life in this awards-winning musical which...
Reviewer's Rating Simon Boccanegra (original 1857 version) Tim Hochstrasser 19/04/2024Verdi’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’ is, one might think, familiar fare. However, we are used to hearing the version from 1881, which...
Reviewer's Rating Ben & Imo Mel Cooper 12/03/2024At one level, the playwright Mark Ravenhill has created a theatrical equivalent of the film Biopic. One of the pleasures...
Noises Off Mel Cooper 21/02/2024★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Michal Frayn’s famous farce is as fresh as ever and this touring production is going...
Reviewer's rating The Fair Maid of the West Mel Cooper 04/01/2024If you want a delightful, fast-paced, cleverly written play to see, I strongly recommend The Fair Maid of the West...
Reviewer's Rating Brief Encounter Tim Hochstrasser 17/12/2023The Royal Exchange, Manchester is currently offering a delightful alternative to the usual Christmas fare in the form of a...
