On Stage

Theatre Review: Brexit - Trying To Leave The EU And Make It Funny For All

Theatre Review: Brexit - Trying To Leave The EU And Make It Funny For All

Yes, but also no minister. | By Johnny Fox ★★★☆☆
Disturbing Satire Of The Housing Market Is Spookily Topical In Dealing With Clair

Disturbing Satire Of The Housing Market Is Spookily Topical In Dealing With Clair

A familiar scenario for anyone who's been 'gazumped'. | By Neil Dowden ★★★★☆
Theatre Review: Soldier On At The Other Palace

Theatre Review: Soldier On At The Other Palace

A brave enterprise of the Soldiers’ Arts Academy charity. | By Johnny Fox ★★★★☆
Eye For Ear At Royal Court Theatre Is An Illuminating Play That Prods And Provokes

Eye For Ear At Royal Court Theatre Is An Illuminating Play That Prods And Provokes

Shocking, furious, and occasionally hilarious. | By Chris Bridges ★★★★☆
Honour At Park Theatre: All Lamb-Basting And No Lambasting

Honour At Park Theatre: All Lamb-Basting And No Lambasting

A surprisingly bland and bloodless piece. | By Johnny Fox ★★☆☆☆
Stories At National Theatre: A Slick, Tender Drama That Must Be Sampled

Stories At National Theatre: A Slick, Tender Drama That Must Be Sampled

A bittersweet tale of a hunt for a sperm donor. | By Hari Mountford ★★★★☆
Damon Albarn Among Stars To Celebrate Waltham Forest As London Borough Of Culture

Damon Albarn Among Stars To Celebrate Waltham Forest As London Borough Of Culture

What a line-up. | By Will Noble
Highway To Hell, In A Good Way: The Curious Voyage In A Secret Location

Highway To Hell, In A Good Way: The Curious Voyage In A Secret Location

We can’t tell you much. But we can tell you to go - you won't regret it. | By Johnny Fox ★★★★☆
Dita Mania Hits London With The Art Of Von Teese

Dita Mania Hits London With The Art Of Von Teese

Featuring the sexiest rodeo in human history. | By Holli-Mae Johnson ★★★★☆
Maisie Williams Is Mesmerising In I And You At Hampstead Theatre

Maisie Williams Is Mesmerising In I And You At Hampstead Theatre

An oddly formulaic play that somehow works. | By Chris Bridges ★★★☆☆
Slasher Of Scotland: Lucia Di Lammermoor At London Coliseum

Slasher Of Scotland: Lucia Di Lammermoor At London Coliseum

A frankly bonkers story about an arranged marriage. | By Johnny Fox ★★★★☆
Gothic, Macabre, Hollow: A Very Very Very Dark Matter At Bridge Theatre

Gothic, Macabre, Hollow: A Very Very Very Dark Matter At Bridge Theatre

Charles Dickens and Hans Christian Andersen as you've never seen them before. | By Neil Dowden ★★☆☆☆
Polly Findlay's Macbeth: A Hit-And-Miss Homage To Horror At Barbican

Polly Findlay's Macbeth: A Hit-And-Miss Homage To Horror At Barbican

Christopher Eccleston's RSC debut at Barbican. | By Maire Rose Connor ★★★☆☆
Slow-Cooked But Delicious: The Wild Duck At The Almeida Theatre

Slow-Cooked But Delicious: The Wild Duck At The Almeida Theatre

At nearly three hours, this is a slow-roasted duck. | By Johnny Fox ★★★★☆
Theatre Review: Wise Children Displays The Roar Of The Greasepaint

Theatre Review: Wise Children Displays The Roar Of The Greasepaint

Emma Rice makes her mark after leaving the Globe. | By Johnny Fox ★★★☆☆
The Inheritance: An Engaging Epic About 21st Century Gay Identity

The Inheritance: An Engaging Epic About 21st Century Gay Identity

Think Howards End meets Angels in America. | By Neil Dowden ★★★★☆
Theatre Review: Company At Gielgud

Theatre Review: Company At Gielgud

Sex and the City with songs. | By Johnny Fox ★★★★★
Show Girls And Shakespeare, Sex And Scandal: Go See Wise Children At The Old Vic

Show Girls And Shakespeare, Sex And Scandal: Go See Wise Children At The Old Vic

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How I Became A Dominatrix: A Decidedly Flaccid Production At King's Head Theatre

How I Became A Dominatrix: A Decidedly Flaccid Production At King's Head Theatre

The Camden Fringe success flops on this occasion. | By David Lloyd-Davies ★☆☆☆☆
Mayerling At Royal Opera House Is A Ballet Triumph

Mayerling At Royal Opera House Is A Ballet Triumph

A 40th anniversary production featuring politics, guns and prostitutes. | By Hari Mountford ★★★★☆
Twelfth Night, But Not As You Know It, At Young Vic

Twelfth Night, But Not As You Know It, At Young Vic

The action is transposed from Illyria to the colourful terraced villas of Notting Hill. | By Alice Grahame ★★★★☆
A Grandstanding Production Of Porgy And Bess At London Coliseum

A Grandstanding Production Of Porgy And Bess At London Coliseum

English National Opera celebrates 50 years at the Coliseum. | By Johnny Fox ★★★★☆
BOGOF Shakespeare: Othellomacbeth Is A Bold But Mismatched Mash-Up Of The Bard's Works

BOGOF Shakespeare: Othellomacbeth Is A Bold But Mismatched Mash-Up Of The Bard's Works

A Venetian fritto misto with a side of Haggis. | By Londonist ★★★☆☆
Tempestuous Couple Turn Political Rivals In I'm Not Running

Tempestuous Couple Turn Political Rivals In I'm Not Running

Will you be running to see it? | By James FitzGerald ★★★☆☆