John Cutler’s London Theatre Reviews.
John Cutler’s London Theatre Reviews.
Recent Reviews
Miss Myrtle’s Garden. Bush Theatre.
The Bush Theatre’s new artistic director, Taio Lawson, launches the venue's latest season of productions with a confident, warm-hearted, slow-burning reflection [...]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Bridge Theatre.
Nicholas Hytner’s much-anticipated immersive revival of his hit 2019 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream makes a deliriously witty return to [...]
Red Peppers / Aged in Wood. Tabard Theatre.
Director Jason Moore’s double bill at the Tabard Theatre pairs Noel Coward's 30-minute theatrical amuse-bouche, Red Peppers, more a sketch than [...]
Pop Off, Michelangelo! Underbelly Boulevard Soho.
Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci, the two towering figures of the Italian Renaissance, certainly met. Sources record at least one verbal [...]
Faygele. Marylebone Theatre.
Shimmy Braun’s bleak drama, Faygele – the word means ‘faggot’ in Yiddish – covers familiar territory: teenage suicide in the face [...]
Mermaids Have No Tears. Barons Court Theatre.
“Mermaids have no tears, and therefore they suffer more”, Hans Christian Anderson says in The Little Mermaid. The sea creature’s invisible [...]
Swing! Swing! Admiral Byng! Playground Theatre.
The notorious trial of Admiral John Byng in 1757 promises rich source material for a bioplay. It blends personal tragedy, political [...]
We Aren’t Kids Anymore. Savoy Theatre.
“We should get all our dirty laundry out and see how far it goes”, the ensemble croons in the penultimate song [...]
Ben and Imo. Orange Tree Theatre.
Mark Ravenhill’s character-driven two-hander Ben and Imo, subtly directed by Erica Whyman, garnered solid praise in its Royal Shakespeare Company production [...]
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