Stage
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Southwark Playhouse, stage review: ‘A pleasant if not particularly original experience’
Despite leaning on a few tired tropes, this reimagining of a popular German fairytale offers ‘old theatre magic aplenty’
Read MoreChildren’s puppet theatre celebrates 60-year anniversary
Little Angel to show special performances of ‘Where the Bugaboo Lives’, ‘The Smartest Giant in Town’ and ‘The Wishing Tree’
Read MoreHymn, Almeida Theatre – review: ‘Writing at its most perceptive’
Adrian Lester and Danny Sapani shine in Lolita Chakrabarti’s play, which was live-streamed over a four-day run
Read MoreFalling In Love Again, King’s Head Theatre, stage review: ‘Thank goodness it is short’
Ron Elisha’s new play imagining the night before Edward VIII’s abdication is not a patch on the royal family’s real-life drama
Read MoreThe Time Of Our Lies, Park Theatre: ‘Compelling – if you’re of the right mindset’
Bianca Bagatourian’s play about the life and work of American intellectual Howard Zinn is a ‘history lesson with sonorous contemporary relevance’
Read MoreSouthern Belles, King’s Head Theatre: ‘A raw, more personal side to Tennessee Williams’
This combination of two lesser-known plays by the celebrated writer, about queer life in the 40s and 50s, ‘highlights his genius’
Read MoreThe Hunt, Almeida Theatre: ‘This show has it all’
This stage adaptation of the iconic Danish film is ‘slick, clever and near faultless’
Read MoreThree Sisters, Almeida Theatre, review: ‘Captivating display of human suffering’
Sharp choreography and bursts of humour lift this terrifying glimpse over the abyss
Read MoreShipwreck, Almeida Theatre, review: ‘Full of a fantasmagoric energy’
Fisayo Akinade shines in this ‘compelling exploration of the American moral landscape in Trump time’
Read MoreMachinal, Almeida – review: an expressionist masterpiece on marital life and motherhood
Natalie Abrahami’s production of this 1928 play has a current resonance about the social confinement many women face
Read MoreThe Writer, Almeida Theatre, review: young playwright Ella Hickson offers ‘a subtle reflection on power hierarchies’ in meta triumph
Post-modern but thrillingly ‘warts and all’, Hickson’s take on the sexism and patriarchy found in pursuit of creative freedom is complex and rewarding
Read MoreVincent River, Park Theatre, theatre review: ‘solace in the catharsis of story-telling’
Robert Chevara’s emotional single-act play portrays East End lives that become ‘unexpectedly intertwined’ by an act of homophobic violence
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