No Man’s Land Rhys John Edwards 18/10/2025It takes a little while to settle into No Man’s Land, the new play from writer Rachel Trezise and director...
Reviewer's rating The Tenant’s Republic Jad Adams 17/10/2025What happens when you lose your job, the boiler bursts and you get a rent increase all in the same...
Like Water for Chocolate Wilder Gutterson 16/10/2025It’s hardly unusual for artists to find inspiration across art forms — from Shakespeare drawing on Holinshed’s Chronicles to Broadway...
The Seagull Ben Reiss 15/10/2025Anton Chekov’s The Seagull is a piece of theatre about theatre; its cast of actresses and playwrights reference Shakespeare and...
Albert Herring Tim Hochstrasser 15/10/2025Britten never repeated himself in his operas – each is a distinct and different entity in one and manner. It...
Carmen Olivia Hurton 11/10/2025This year marks Carmen’s 150th birthday. When it first premiered at the Opera-Comique in March 1875, the audience were primed...
Mary Page Marlowe Wilder Gutterson 09/10/2025For the second time since 2008, the Old Vic has transformed its proscenium stage into a theatre-in-the-round. The inaugural play...
Born With Teeth Wilder Gutterson 08/10/2025A recent theory among Shakespeare scholars that the Bard (Edward Bluemel) and Christopher Marlowe (Ncuti Gatwa) may have collaborated on...
Reviewer's rating Ghost Stories Jad Adams 08/10/2025In the programme for Ghost Stories we are given a glimpse of what to expect: spooks, haunted theatres, magic tricks...
Lee Tim Hochstrasser 06/10/2025I tend to view plays about creativity or the artistic process with a degree of trepidation. Either they have something...
