hampstead theatre

Both a violent, immensely comical take on the crudely competitive, bestial nature of men, and a parable about the triumph of truth and love over deceit, trickery and self-interest, Penelope is 85 minutes of your life you won’t regret.

The closest we have to a British Leslie Nielsen, David Cann is probably most famous as the surreal GP in Blue Jam. We talked to him about fringe theatre, the internet and his favourite London spots.

Casualty, Holby City, Doctors, Young Doctors, Flying Doctors…it seems that our capacity for medical melodrama is infinite. Nina Raines, award-winning writer of critically acclaimed plays including last year’s Tribes, adds to the canon with her latest play Tiger Country.

Zawe Ashton in Salome (c) Helen Warner Between his only novel (The Picture Of Dorian Gray) and his most famous plays, Oscar Wilde wrote the blank verse play Salome in 1891. Wilde’s tale of sexual greed and brutal revenge, not shown in Britain for almost …

The Gods Weep. Photograph by Keith Pattison “I feel like my soul has been bathed in acid” says Colm (Jeremy Irons) near the beginning of Act Two. So will you after watching this new play by Dennis Kelly. Starting off with the clean crimes committed …

Swanning About Not one, but two Swan Lakes swim into town this week. Take your pick from The Russian State Ballet of Siberia’s version at the New Wimbledon Theatre, or the Moscow City Ballet at The Hackney Empire. Expect world-class dance interpretations this classic love …