Escaped Alone Olivia Hurton 12/05/2026Caryl Churchill is the doyenne of theatrical experimentalism. Her plays shapeshift and surprise, dismantling artistic structures to prompt ideas about...
The Marriage of Figaro Ziyu Zhang 12/05/2026Accessibility is the defining ambition of the revival of Sir Thomas Allen’s production of The Marriage of Figaro. The English-language...
The Wasp Wilder Gutterson 10/05/2026The Wasp is a taut two-hander about former schoolmates who meet again after years apart. Originally produced in 2015 at...
Peter Grimes Josi Steinfeld 08/05/2026Deborah Warner’s fine 2022 production of Peter Grimes, Benjamin Britten’s searing tale of abuse and isolation, returns with the three...
Two Halves of Guinness Tim Hochstrasser 23/04/2026This remarkable one-man show celebrates and excavates the life and career of Sir Alec Guinness. Of all that generation of...
The Gondoliers Richard Voyce 15/04/2026If I had been taken to The Hackney Empire to see only Robin Bailey as Marco (in English Touring Opera’s...
Dear Jack, Dear Louise Tim Hochstrasser 13/04/2026When I undertook to review this play I was half expecting something in the genre of 84 Charing Cross Road...
A Doll’s House Rivka Jacobson 10/04/2026Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House has long stood as a landmark of modern drama, its famous door slam signalling a...
Reviewer's Rating The Crucible Alina Bottez 02/04/2026The Crucible is a 1961 opera written by American composer Robert Ward (1917-2013) on a libretto by Bernard Stambler. It...
Il Trovatore Josi Steinfeld 28/03/2026Il Trovatore, La Traviata and Rigoletto form the trilogia popolare—Verdi’s most beloved operatic triptych. At their centre are three figures...
Don Pasquale Josi Steinfeld 21/03/2026Don Pasquale is Donizetti’s 64th opera out of 75. Premiered with four leading singers, it was immediately recognised as a...
Alessandro Zummo 14/03/2026Semiramide was the last opera Gioachino Rossini composed for the Italian stage before his definitive move to France. For many...
The Ballad of Johnny and June Julie Peakman 07/03/2026Along with some excellent acoustic guitar playing by the guitarist Ryan O’Donnell, we are introduced to the backing band– first...
★ ★ ★ ★ Chiten Theatre presents The Gambler Soyoon Koo 06/02/2026The Coronet Theatre’s latest guests, Kyoto’s Chiten Theatre, have a take on Dostoevsky’s The Gambler that arrives like a hand...
Gary Abrahams in conversation with Rivka Jacobson Rivka Jacobson 19/03/2026For Gary Abrahams, Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Yentl begins not with disguise, but with something more unsettling: possession. As the co-writer...
Jonathan Munby on The Price in conversation with Rivka Jacobson Rivka Jacobson 18/03/2026As he prepares to direct Arthur Miller’s The Price at the Marylebone Theatre, Jonathan Munby reflects on memory, responsibility, and...
