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FEATURED SHOW: Arabian Nights at Hoxton Hall, first ★★★★ reviews are in!
23rd September 2018Iris Theatre has made its first family show foray outside Covent Garden in years and, judging by initial critical reactions to its adaptation of Arabian Nights and transformation of historic Hoxton Hall, the risk has paid off. We've collected some of our… .. Read more
FEATURED SHOW: More ★★★★★ raves & a brand-new West End trailer for Dust
21st September 2018It got rave reviews at Edinburgh. It got rave reviews at Soho Theatre. And now Milly Thomas' award-winning, one-woman, post-suicide play Dust has got a fresh round of rave reviews in its West End transfer. We've rounded up some of the most… .. Read more
NEWS: Gillian Anderson & Lily James will star in Ivo van Hove’s All About Eve at the Noël Coward Theatre
21st September 2018Gillian Anderson and Lily James will star in a strictly limited run of Joseph L Mankiewicz’s All About Eve at the Noël Coward Theatre, adapted from the 1950 classic movie and directed for the stage by Olivier and Tony Award winner Ivo van Hove, playing from… .. Read more
NEWS: Almeida Theatre’s new season will feature the return of Simon Russell Beale, Patsy Ferran & Anne Washburn
20th September 2018Artistic director Rupert Goold has announced the Almeida Theatre’s new season. Highlights include: Simon Russell Beale takes the title role in Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins For the first time, the Almeida collaborates with… .. Read more
Do you know why Square Rounds were invented? WATCH post-show Q&A + show trailer
20th September 2018The pub beneath the Finborough Theatre, where Proud Haddock’s revival of Tony Harrison’s Square Rounds, is currently closed for refurbishment. So what does Proud Haddock artistic director Jimmy Walters do on the night of our post-show Q&A? Bring in drinks from… .. Read more
PHOTOS: Sneak a peek inside The Sweet Science of Bruising’s boxing ring rehearsals
20th September 2018These rehearsal photos are a knockout! Step into the Victorian boxing ring with the female challengers in the world premiere of Joy Wilkinson's The Sweet Science of Bruising, coming to London's Southwark Playhouse next month care of Troupe. Time to get booking! The… .. Read more
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FEATURED SHOW: Arabian Nights at Hoxton Hall, first ★★★★ reviews are in!
23rd September 2018Iris Theatre has made its first family show foray outside Covent Garden in years and, judging by initial critical reactions to its adaptation of Arabian Nights and transformation of historic Hoxton Hall, the risk has paid off. We've collected some of our… .. Read more
‘Toxic masculinity drowns the tension’: THE SWORD OF ALEX – White Bear Theatre ★★★
23rd September 2018White Bear Theatre, London – until 6 October 2018 A confrontation between leader Antonio (Patrick Regis) and Karl (DK Ugonna), one of his ministers who is trying to get independence for the region of Nikal, interweaves with scenes of their… .. Read more
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‘There is an awareness in Rynne’s writing’: Hear Me Howl – Old Red Lion Theatre ★★★★
23rd September 2018Written by Lydia Rynne and directed by Kay Michael, Hear Me Howl looks at Jess (Alice Pitt-Carter) a young professional whose life mirrors many women in Britain. Old Red Lion Theatre, London – until 29 September 2018 Throughout history, women have had to navigate between… .. Read more
‘Hauntingly beautiful’: 4.48 PSYCHOSIS – New Diorama Theatre
23rd September 2018New Diorama Theatre, London – until 13 October 2018 It’s all about the casting. The paradox of playwright Sarah Kane’s short career is that while her writing was exceptionally radical in form and content, many British productions of her work… .. Read more
‘The evening is full of invention’: ARABIAN NIGHTS – Hoxton Hall
23rd September 2018Hoxton Hall, London – until 13 October 2018 The gorgeous interior of Hoxton Hall is a perfect setting for a show about the exotic East. Not nearly as well known as it should be, the hall is a Victorian music… .. Read more
Sizing up the casting issues
22nd September 2018You are not supposed in 2018 – George Orwell’s Thought Police have certainly arrived – to notice or comment on the body shapes of actors. Critic Philip Fisher offended actor Nicola Coughlan and many other people this summer for referring… .. Read more
‘Informative, fascinating & barmy’: AN EVENING WITH BRIAN BLESSED – Birmingham ★★★★★
22nd September 2018Town Hall, Birmingham My first experience of the ginormous, booming personality that is Brian Blessed involved him dressed as a rotund, fluffy cat! Old Deuteronomy in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats was the show he was appearing in and I don’t think… .. Read more
‘A grim tale of human endurance & sacrifice’: EYAM – Shakespeare’s Globe ★★★
22nd September 2018Shakespeare’s Globe – until 13 October 2018 Eyam, the final production of The Globe’s summer season, drags in the autumn with a grim tale of human endurance and sacrifice, reimagining for the stage the true story of a plague-ridden parish… .. Read more
REVIEW ROUND-UP: Foxfinder at the Ambassadors Theatre
22nd September 2018Iwan Rheon and Heida Reed star in the West End premiere of Dawn King’s thriller now playing at the Ambassadors Theatre. Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews… The Telegraph: ★★ “King’s play – being developed into a film – must… .. Read more
‘A visual, aural, emotional & intellectual invigoration’: MISTY – Trafalgar Studios
22nd September 2018Trafalgar Studios, London – 20 October 2018 Guest reviewer: Pearl Esfahani Arinzé Kene’s visceral writing places us from the offset within the throbbing organ that is London; packed night buses in its veins, we are its cells colliding against each other with… .. Read more