June 07, 2022 13:44

Legally Blonde Theatre review: Entirely predictable and utterly enjoyable

Director Lucy Moss has given her energetic and hugely entertaining revival a modern-day feel with a smattering of mobile usage

May 26, 2022 15:19

Grease, the musical theatre review: 'A dereliction of artistic duty'

Nikolai Foster’s Leicester Curve production of Grease is awful mostly because it conforms to every expectation

May 19, 2022 15:41

Theatre review: Oklahoma

I just can’t say no to this darkly psychological revival of the classic musical

May 12, 2022 14:52

Middle theatre review: Occupying the centre ground in more ways than one

The second instalment of David Eldridge’s trilogy isn’t quite as compelling as Beginning but it’s good enough to look forward to End

May 12, 2022 11:15

How playing Poirot has cured Henry Goodman's pandemic blues

The veteran actor feared his career was over when theatres closed

May 06, 2022 11:38

Jerusalem theatre review: Rooster's return is monumental

Mark Rylance is back in the latest revival of Jez Butterworth's groundbreaking play alongside the equally wonderful Mackenzie Crook as his hanger-on mate Ginger

April 29, 2022 05:39

Marys Seacole theatre review: 'Promising themes are subsumed by a dog’s dinner of a shouty final act.'

A pioneer nurse meets a noisy end

April 20, 2022 19:28

Daddy, theatre review: 'This is a play that confounds the regular theatregoer’s every possible expectation'

Five stars for this challenging play about art

April 14, 2022 12:48

To Kill a Mockingbird theatre review: 'Aaron Sorkin drags Harper Lee’s classic into this century.'

Rafe Spall shines in this excellent adaptation

April 07, 2022 14:19

The Fever Syndrome theatre review: 'Feverpitch speed spoils this family’s drama '

Last seen on stage as an actor in Leopoldstadt, Alexis Zegerman takes on the genre of the great American family play

March 31, 2022 16:43

The Human Voice theatre review: “She’s hanging on the telephone… but we’re not engaged”

John Nathan reviews Jean Cocteau’s experimental telephone monologue

March 25, 2022 10:28

10 time Tony-winning musical The Band’s Visit is to make its European première at the Donmar Warehouse

In anticipation of... an upbeat musical in which stranded band members promote Middle Eastern harmony

March 25, 2022 10:13

New play The Fever Syndrome explores why dysfunction is a family affair

Playwright Alexis Zegerman is walking in the shadow of giants like Arthur Miller with this vivid drama

March 24, 2022 11:36

Award-winning film describes how the US smuggled high-ranking Nazis into the country during WW2

Camp confidential reveals the story of Jewish guards ordered to look after Nazis

March 18, 2022 13:03

A heroic Mamet revival: The Woods theatre review

If you love the verbal combat of a Mamet play, you will find something to like about this two-hander

March 18, 2022 11:14

The man who kept British theatre alive during the pandemic

As he directs Ralph Fiennes in David Hare’s latest play, Sir Nicholas Hytner meets John Nathan