Reading Time: 2 minutesBadgers is a haunting and shape-shifting play that captures the ethics of telling a story that isn’t your own, the power of folklore and the grip of family dynamics. Performed alone by its writer, Malaika Kegode and underscored with music by her long-time collaborators Jakabol, we are taken with smooth ease through the play’s twisting turns.
Reading Time: 3 minutesHigh Society is a musical about a wedding, and not much else. Although there is a lot of dialogue, it becomes hard to follow as much of it is irrelevant. The score is full of Cole Porter classics and his signature themes of boats and couples who swap between partners are ever present. It is a time-capsule of a show that had the promise of being a fun night if it weren’t for aspects of sloppiness.
Reading Time: 2 minutessome light engagement with gender politics An immersive event, hosted in the Theatre Royal Drury Lane’s Grand Saloon, director Tam Williams has revived Noel Coward’s classic One-Act play, Still Life for one week only. This is, indeed,…
Reading Time: 2 minutes“When you wish upon a star, this is the kind of Disney cabaret you could only dream of. Practically perfect in every way.” Hold on to your hats and glasses, because best friends Ayesha Patel and Jordan…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are some theatre productions that entertain, some that challenge and others that simply ask their audience to listen. Right Before I Go, Stan Zimmerman’s deeply personal exploration of suicide and mental health, belongs firmly in the third category. It is playing at the Soho Theatre for a limited season following a successful run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA queer, interracial, interfaith exploration of a Shakespeare classic made up of almost entirely original verse, Romeo & Hamed is a bold and slick production. Sinew and Slime and Pie Productions present Scott Horgan’s debut play this week at Riverside Studios, starring its writer along with Anish Roy as the two leading men. Yes, Juliet has been replaced with Hamed, a young Muslim man, and he brings new dimensions to an already timeless story. The play is written in ‘lyrical verse’, intermittently rhyming and placing us firmly in modern day Croydon.
Reading Time: 3 minutesHow much can the media be trusted? This dilemma sits at the heart of Tracey Scott Wilson’s 2003 newsroom thriller The Story, making its UK debut at the National Theatre. Although today’s journalists may rely less on cold-calling for their leads, and perhaps care less about painstaking research, this question is as compelling in 2026. Similarly, The Story’s spotlight on racial tension has only gained potency over the last two decades. It’s an urgent, tense narrative that feels bang up–to-date.
Reading Time: 2 minutesRuby Wax shares a gripping retrospective that teases time Ruby Wax is absolutely famous, however this statement would perhaps ring most resonantly during the 90s when she took the interview documentary genre by storm. Looking around the…
Reading Time: 2 minutesBig Brother is still watching you George Orwell’s 1984 is perhaps one of the most well recognised pieces of 20th Century fiction in the world. Chris Hannan’s new adaptation of the script is timely, not only because…
Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo shots of whiskey and a whole lot of unresolved feelings: this is the ex-text you actually want to send. Opening above the Old Red Lion pub in Angel on Thursday 3rd September, Oil & Whiskey: Don’t…