Reviewer’s Rating Richard II Aleksandra Sakowska 20/12/2018In his adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard II, Joe Hill-Gibbins channels Beckettian grotesque with great results by focusing on exaggeration and...
Reviewer's Rating The Convert Nicholas Potter 20/12/2018The Convert is a historical play that explores Africa’s fraught colonial past. Jekesai (Letitia Wright) seeks refuge from her uncle...
Reviewer's Rating Aladdin Richard McKee 19/12/2018“Everything you could wish for in a panto” is what the blurb says and, no doubt about it, that’s absolutely...
Reviewer's Rating Timon of Athens Mel Cooper 18/12/2018One of the most difficult and least-performed of Shakespeare’s plays and one that is now thought to have been a...
Reviewer's Rating A Christmas Carol Mel Cooper 18/12/2018This is the perfect Christmas treat for young and old. The production is visually striking, evoking brilliantly the bustle of...
Reviewer's Rating Anthony and Cleopatra Nicholas Potter 16/12/2018Simon Godwin’s Antony and Cleopatra is an intricate masterpiece that makes good use of heavy-hitting actors while also boasting a...
Reviewer’s Rating Murder for Two Richard Voyce 16/12/2018Much is made in the programme for Murder for Two – the show which has just ensconced itself for Christmas...
Reviewer's Rating The Double Dealer Emily Louizou 14/12/2018The Double Dealer is one of those plays that you rarely have the chance to see on stage. Written in...
Reviewer's Rating Sleeping Beauty Hafiza Butt 14/12/2018Theatre Royal Stratford East’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’ is a roaring, gorgeous piece of work, balancing the gaudy license of traditional panto...
Reviewer's Rating Nativity! The Musical Mel Cooper 14/12/2018My first description of Nativity! The Musical, if I had to give a fifteen second elevator pitch, would be to...