On Stage

By Tom Bolton

Theatre Review: Moth @ Bush Theatre

Hilarious stupidity mixed with sinister fantasy.
By Londonist

Like A John Hughes High School Movie, With Robots

Finger-breakingly titled play Nothing is the End of the World (Except for the End of the World).
By Londonist

Thrills But Mostly Spills In Chimerica

A clunky collision of stereotypes at the Almeida Theatre.
By helenbabbs

(Rhyming) Theatre Review: The Trench @ The Pleasance

Visual theatre for grown-ups in a storybook style that tackles trench warfare using puppets, animation, music and verse
By Londonist

A Stunning Script And Biting Deliverance In Disgraced

The 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner stuns its audience.
By Rachel Holdsworth

London Stand Up And Sketch Comedy: 26 May-1 June

Brendon Burns, Chastity Butterworth, Sean Hughes and more.
By Ruth Hargreaves

Magic Gets Shooty With Bullet Catch

Illusions, philosophy and a stunt, with Bullet Catch at The Shed.

By Londonist

Tiny Puppet Play Is Captivating And Charming

In Something Very Far Away, a man travels the universe to understand his wife's death.
By Londonist

It's Phantom - In A Pub

Musical melodrama, not Lloyd-Webber's histrionic pop-opera.
By Tiffany Pritchard

Cloud Dance Sundays At Lion And Unicorn Theatre

High quality dance in a Kentish Town pub.
By BelindaL

A Human Being Died That Night @ Hampstead Downstairs

Behind the prison cell bars of real life killer and Apartheid assassin Eugene de Kock.
By Tim Macavoy

The Myths of Scottish Culture Explored Through Italian Opera

Rossini's opera La Donna del Lago at the Royal Opera House.
By Lise Smith

Dance Review: Sylvie Guillem, 6,000 Miles Away @ Sadler's Wells

One of the world's greatest dancers makes a triumphant return to Sadler's Wells with this provocative triple bill.
By Franco Milazzo

Spaced Meets Dogme For Victorian In The Wall

What would you do in the name of love?
By Rachel Holdsworth

Fallen In Love Is The King Of Site-Specific Theatre

The story of Anne and George Boleyn at the Tower of London.
By Rachel Holdsworth

London Stand Up And Sketch Comedy: 19-25 May

Austentatious, Sketchfest, Mark Thomas and more.

By Tom Bolton

Connections Across Generations: 4000 Miles At The Print Room

The beautifully observed set is the quiet star.

By Laura Dodge

The Great Gatsby Ballet: Heartache, Beautiful Choreography And 1920s Glamour

A difficult-to-follow storyline but gorgeous dancing, music and designs.
By Zoe Craig

What’s On In London Theatre 14 – 20 May

London's best theatre, opera, and dance opening this week
By M@

Beyond Barbican: Arts Centre Reaches Out Across Town

Acrobatics in a church, a Dalston house made of mirrors, and a festival in the Olympic Park.
By Johnny Fox

Brotherly Love In A Cold Climate: Gutted @ Theatre Royal Stratford East

Fierce in language and fearless in subject matter, Rikki Beadle-Blair's shocking and courageous comedy Gutted is a landmark in his writing.
By Tim Macavoy

Vodka, Angst, Vodka: "Sons Without Fathers" Tears The Arcola To Bits

Why are angst-ridden guys so hot? Chekhov knows, and he wrote a play about it.
By Sam Smith

Bleak, But Effective, Updating Of Berg's Wozzeck From English National Opera

Director Carrie Cracknell makes this early 20th century masterpiece feel as relevant as ever.

By Rachel Holdsworth

The Hothouse: You Don't Have To Be Crazy To Work Here, But It Helps

Simon Russell Beale and John Simm take on Pinter.