Reading Time: 2 minutesThis new tour of Sunny Afternoon celebrates the raw energy, passion and timeless sound of one of Britain’s most iconic bands, THE KINKS. Charting the euphoric highs and agonising lows, it tells their story through an incredible back catalogue of chart-toppers.
Reading Time: 2 minutes‘By Heart’, devised and delivered by Tiago Rodrigues, is a piece of experimental theatre that invites 10 audience members to partake in a group challenge: to memorise Shakespeare’s Sonnet 30.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA Happy Ending that only provides a light touch, refusing to delve into any deep tissue drama. Happy Ending arrives at the Waterloo East Theatre preceded by advertising featuring topless models and a suggestive title. That positions…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Goodnight Grace Channing is a great first step into the exploration of grief in combination with childlike joy. Goodnight Grace Channing was a short exploration into the idea of combining childlike joy and whimsy with mental health…
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhitney Houston’s legacy looms large in a vocally stunning but dramatically uneven ‘The Bodyguard’ I love musicals – always have, always will – but there’s a particular kind of heartbreak when a great story doesn’t quite find…
Reading Time: 2 minutes"A multi-sensory journey exploring a migrants’ past – building upon a strong premise, the show’s execution failed to realize its full weight. "
Reading Time: 2 minutesGhost Stories at the Peacock Theatre delivers exactly what it promises on the tin: jolts, jumps, and plenty of shrieks designed to send your pulse soaring. And in that sense, it succeeds.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMax Webster’s production of Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ is a reiteration of the same version at the National Theatre last year, which starred Ncuti Gatwa and Hugh Skinner.
Reading Time: 2 minutesExcellent musical numbers in a show about famous writers, sadly let down by its writing. “1816: The Year Without a Summer” explores the famously gloomy summer spent by Lord Byron, Percy and Mary Shelley, and their companions…
Reading Time: 3 minutes“Clarkston sets out to chart emotional wilderness, but often loses its way among clunky metaphors and rushed storytelling”. “Maybe we’re like the last American pioneers” muses Jake, a drifting young man stacking shelves at a Costco in the…