Theatre Review: Hamlet @ The Rose, Bankside
A Hamlet unlike any other.
Hamlet
Theatre Review: The Drawer Boy @ Finborough Theatre
Canadian tale of two farmer’s lives interrupted by an over-eager actor.
Arts Ahead: What’s On In London 29 November – 5 December
Our pick of the best theatre, dance, opera, music and art shows opening this week
Preview: Hamlet @ The Crypt
‘If it be now, ’tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all.’
Arts Ahead: What’s On In London 19-25 April
Australia comes to the British Museum; Joseph heads to Wimbledon; and the Royal Festival Hall heads back to the 1950s. Just a taster of what’s on in London this week…
Theatre Review: Tower Hamlet @ The Courtyard
If you found the all star Christmas BBC Hamlet a bit, well, yawn then there’s a production you should check out in Old Street. You might think you know Hamlet, indeed, it’s probably best you have a working knowledge of the story but this show, …
Olivier Awards: Last Night’s Winners and Losers
Douglas Hodge as drag queen Albin in La Cage Aux Folles The highlight of the theatre awards season took place last night: The Laurence Olivier Awards. And oddly, it turned out to be a triumphant night for a play which seems to have been around …
Swordfights, Sequins and Shakespeare: This Year’s Olivier Award Nominations
Douglas Hodge as drag queen Albin in La Cage Aux Folles Zorro, La Cage Aux Folles and lots of Shakespeare productions are on this year’s shortlist for theatreland’s Laurence Olivier Awards. Fantastic, feelgood campfest La Cage Aux Folles is a clear frontrunner, despite the oversized …
Review: David Tennant’s RSC Hamlet @ Novello Theatre
“I’ll tell you something, I know what you’re thinking.” Just like his most famous character, David Tennant has made an unlikely and heroic return from physical setbacks to claim centre stage with wit and verve as he finally reveals to the West End his interpretation …
Preview: Factory Hamlet Christmas Special
The Factory Theatre have been lying low since their final run of Hamlet in September, when we caught the company using every square foot of the Globe and Regent Street for their daredevil improvised performances. This Monday they’re back for a single Christmas show, and …
Arts Ahead 3-10 Dec
Temperatures drop, shopping stress rises, and London rolls into festive season good and proper this week. Here’s our guide to the saner side of London’s arts scene; it’s not all about carols and pantos, you know. That Hamlet starts at the Novello today, without the …
