3.0★ ★ ★ Rebecca Tim Hochstrasser 24/09/2023 On the face of it, Daphne du Maurier's gothic thriller 'Rebecca' is ideal fare for a musical. Set in Monte Carolo and on a wave-churning Cornish coast...
3.0★ ★ ★ The White Factory Tim Hochstrasser 24/09/2023 The Marylebone Theatre is a lovely new 200-seat theatre on the edge of Regent's Park that combines intimacy, comfy seats (all of which enjoy a clear v...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ The House with Chicken Legs Mel Cooper 22/09/2023 Never having come across the novel, The House with Chicken Legs, by Sophie Anderson, I was a little adrift at the start of the evening but also very a...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ The Mikado Tim Hochstrasser 22/09/2023 What more is there to be said or done with 'The Mikado?' Since its appearance in the wake of an Anglo-Japanese exhibition in London in 1885 it has nev...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ Macbeth Mel Cooper 21/09/2023 The new production of Macbeth at the Royal Shakespeare company is one of the most theatrically imaginative, memorable, driven and exciting productions...
A plaque unveiled Rivka Jacobson 21/09/2023 A plaque honouring the inspirational founder of Hampstead Theatre has been unveiled at the theatre in north London. James Roose-Evans, who foun...
3.0★ ★ ★ Anthropology Tim Hochstrasser 20/09/2023 AI is one of the biggest challenges and fascinations of our era and yet to date there are few plays that really engage with it in a deep and searching...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ Blood Brothers Mel Cooper 15/09/2023 Let me start by saying that this touring production is exceptionally well done and worth a visit for the sheer energy and commitment of everyone invol...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ Infamous Tim Hochstrasser 14/09/2023 The outlines of Emma Hamilton's life-story were notorious in her own time and have remained part of high culture (eg Susan Sontag) or low culture (eg ...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ Red Pitch Tim Hochstrasser 13/09/2023 'Red Pitch' was a huge success last year, winning several awards for all aspects of the original production. It returns now for a short run back at th...