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…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Gardening Club is a lively new musical with plenty of laughs, a strong message and a heart that beats loudly throughout.
Reading Time: 2 minutes'Am I Losing My Mind Or Just My Figure' premiered at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 24 years ago winning a London transfer to the Pleasance in London.
New elements have been introduced since its first outing in 2001, with actor and theatre maker Genevieve Labuschagne collaborating with the show’s originator Sam Holland-Bunyan.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSkillfully told story of a menopausal woman’s journey to climate activism We’re in The Glitch basement space. In its early days it was but a narrow corner in a basement, now turned into a nice open space…
Reading Time: 2 minutesBecoming Tosca by Prologue Opera – whose mission is to explore the backstories of characters from well-known classics – is presented as part of the 2025 Grimeborn Festival at the Arcola Theatre. The production combines new music by Frank Moon with an abridged version of Puccini’s original score, interspersed with theatrical dialogue, all translated and written in English.