Review: Frog’s Legs – ‘light-hearted façade with a dark core’
Shepherd-Cross' new play treads a fine line between offensiveness and good taste - is it all the better for it?
The Pitchfork Disney Preview – ‘a play of delight and disgust’
The Pitchfork Disney shows at the BT Studio this week
Enron Preview – ‘financial collapse made tangible’
A preview of the Theatre Goose and Sour Peach Productions' play at the Oxford Playhouse this week.
Review: Antony and Cleopatra – a star-studded Shakespeare
Lawrence Li is impressed by the National Theatre’s opulent imagining of a Shakespearean classic
The Dark Review – ‘calls our attention to the othering of...
Poet Nick Makoha's new play uncovers the stark realities of a refugee's journey.
Review: Hadestown – from myth to musical
The National Theatre's musical work-in-progress proves to be a charming retelling of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice
The Lady’s Mad Review – ‘a triumph’
Paul Nash is captivated by Thistledown Theatre's production of Rebekah King's new play.
The Tragedy of King Richard the Second – ‘stripped-down Shakespeare’
The timing of many lines elicits genuine laughter from the audience; in these interesting times we live in, such a take feels intensely necessary.
Jersey Boys Review – ‘the drama falls flat’
The lead actors march around on stage like four dads thrown together on a charity tour of the YMCA.
Silent Night Review – ‘a story very relevant to our time’
The multilingual reimagining of the Christmas Truce at Leeds Town Hall feels particularly timely