Reading Time: 2 minutesFamed writer Oscar Wilde is never far from London stages, with acclaimed National Theatre production The Importance of being Earnest transferring to the West End just last year. Lyric Hammersmith’s production of Wilde’s 1895 An Ideal Husband comes 100 years after the venues last staging of the work.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“A limited but gripping adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s classic novel”
Reading Time: 2 minutesA killer script with an off-kilter execution
Reading Time: 3 minutesBreakin’ Convention transforms Sadler’s Wells Theatre into a vibrant hub of hip hop culture that pulses through across the building: DJs, graffiti and informal performances blur the boundaries between audience and artis, reinforcing the festival’s commitment to community and artistic exchange.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCompetent actors bring to stage a very nondescript story of the greatest stars of the Victorian stage
Reading Time: 3 minutes"A great performance piece, especially from Monroe"
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Jungyun Lee’s experimental performance play Heaven, Hell and Somewhere Else, her lead protagonist seemingly contemplates suicide before taking the plunge and undergoing a series of strange experiences in an in-between of heaven and hell.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCarlos Acosta's version of Don Quixote never quite finds its feet. Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote tells the story of a deluded knight who famously jousts with windmills.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile the dance captivates, the argument it seeks to make never entirely lands. Shobana Jeyasingh’s We Caliban, now playing at Sadler’s Wells East, arrives with a bold proposition: to revisit Shakespeare’s The Tempest through a postcolonial lens,…
Reading Time: 2 minutesNoughts and Crosses is a story that feel just as important today, if not more, than when the book was published in 2001. Adapted for the stage by Sabrina Mahfouzand directed by Ester Richardson, this production arrives at The Lowry to bring readers back to the world of Sephy and Callum.