Faustus in Africa! Ben Reiss 23/08/2025 2324The legend of Faust – an ambitious man dissatisfied with life who strikes a deal with the Devil, who serves...
The Gathered Leaves Lara Inglis-Jones 21/08/2025 1051The Gathered Leaves is a play which, at the outset, feels like a theme played out on stage many times...
The Enormous Crocodile: The Musical Marlow Getz 20/08/2025 2190When a beloved children’s story is adapted for the stage, the litmus test is always the children. Do they laugh?...
Sense & Sensibility. The Musical Julie Peakman 20/08/2025 2616Wow it’s an opera! The opening song jolts our attention as players start to sing ‘Its Society’. The title of...
Mary, Queen of Scots Ben Reiss 18/08/2025 2862The life of Mary, Queen of Scots lends itself to endless retelling, being an inherently dramatic tale of ambition, conflict...
Cabaret Wilder Gutterson 17/08/2025 1026Rebecca Frecknall’s exciting staging of Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret once again proves her mastery in reanimating theatre classics. She exposes...
Eugene Onegin Olivia Hurton 17/08/2025 987Eugene Onegin tells the timeless love story of wanting what you can’t have. Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky’s opera, inspired by Alexander...
Book of Mountains and Seas Ben Reiss 15/08/2025 2176Out of a deep black stage, the faces of six female singers appear, each lit from above with a single...
The Estate Wilder Gutterson 10/08/2025 951Shaan Sahota’s The Estate, now running at the National’s Dorfman Theatre, is a remarkably assured piece of writing, particularly for...
Romeo & Juliet Julie Peakman 08/08/2025 1142An explosion of dancing disco bodies on the stage introduces us to this modern take on Romeo and Juliet. Techno...
