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Featured shows
New post-show Q&A: Join Terri Paddock for tense & absorbing drama The End of the Night at the Park Theatre
24th May 2022What role does theatre play in exploring historical and political themes? Mates founder Terri Paddock will explore that very question with an expert panel following a performance at the Park Theatre of The End of the Night, the new World War… .. Read more
NEWS: Female Ukrainian artists versus male dictatorship in the topical Love & Destruction at the Playground Theatre
24th May 2022In association with The Ukrainian Cultural Association in the UK (UCA-UK) London’s Playground Theatre is presenting Love & Destruction, celebrating the work of female Ukrainian artists through piano music and poetry and questioning the role of authoritarian male dictatorship through drama, running from 25 to 29… .. Read more
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‘A memorably murderous evening out’: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS – Chichester ★★★★★
24th May 2022Chichester Festival Theatre – until 4 June 2022 Guest reviewer: Gill Gardiner A hugely entertaining adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novel for theatre by Ken Ludwig; a masterly performance by Henry Goodman as Poirot with a superb supporting cast including Patrick… .. Read more
‘Laced with subtle morals, themes & messages’: NOW IS GOOD – Chester ★★★
24th May 2022Storyhouse Theatre, Chester – until 28 May 2022 Guest reviewer: Jennifer Hughes Directed by Joyce Branagh, Chester Storyhouse Theatre hosts the word premiere of Tim Firth’s brand new musical Now Is Good. Jeff Rawle’s much loved Ray opens the show… .. Read more
‘An unmissable piece of theatre’: PRIMA FACIE – Harold Pinter Theatre ★★★★★
23rd May 2022Harold Pinter Theatre, London – until 18 June 2022 Anyone who has seen Jodie Comer in her multifaceted performance in Killing Eve understands why she is such a well loved and in demand actor. In her one-woman West End debut in… .. Read more
‘Full of fun but also astringently bracing & darkly sexy’: OKLAHOMA! – Young Vic Theatre ★★★★
23rd May 2022Young Vic Theatre, London – until 25 June 2022 Traditionally, audiences don’t go to Oklahoma! to be unsettled. On the other hand you don’t go to the Young Vic to have your expectations cosily met by a singalong, with the… .. Read more
‘This complicated murder mystery unravels before us’: THE DA VINCI CODE – Touring ★★★★★
22nd May 2022Touring – reviewed at Mayflower Theatre, Southampton From The Louvre to Westminster Abbey with a host of stops in between The Da Vinci Code covers much ground in the quest to break the codes and uncover the mystery surrounding the… .. Read more
INTERVIEW: Connor Delves reprises the role of Mercutio in Starcrossed at Wilton’s Music Hall
22nd May 2022Emma Clarendon chatted to Connor Delves about starring in Rachel Garnet’s Starcrossed at Wilton’s Music Hall. Can you explain for those who don’t know what Starcrossed is about? Love. Life. Living. Starcrossed explores the untold story of Tybalt and Mercutio, in the world of… .. Read more
‘Presents a diversity of believable working-class people’: HOXTON STREET – Hoxton Hall
22nd May 2022On the surface, there should be nothing radical about Hoxton Street. It is, essentially, a soap opera set in Hoxton Street in north-east London. 'It's Eastenders on stage' would be the elevator pitch. Only it isn't - and what appears… .. Read more
FROM DOWN UNDER: Lohengrin in Melbourne
21st May 2022State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne – until 24 May 2022 In a mighty coup for Melbourne, world-conquering tenor Jonas Kaufmann graces the ranks of Opera Australia for a fully-staged production of Wagner gem Lohengrin. While Kaufmann’s appearance is the chief… .. Read more
‘It is refreshing to see a play like this’: THE MINISTRY OF LESBIAN AFFAIRS – Soho Theatre ★★★★★
21st May 2022Soho Theatre, London – until 11 June 2022 The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs is one of those plays that unashamedly bursts off the stage, much like the lesbian choir around which the story revolves. Fed up with being invisible, Connie… .. Read more
REVIEW ROUND-UP: A Strange Loop in New York
20th May 2022Broadway’s latest musical by Michael R Jackson has been nominated for an impressive 11 Tony Awards. But what have critics had to say about it? Variety: “A Strange Loop is heady and wordy; Jackson’s score is more linguistically than musically inventive,… .. Read more