Ingrown. Barons Court Theatre.
"There's a battle inside me between mind, body, and soul" says the unnamed protagonist of Ingrown, young writer and performer Emre [...]
Hakawatis: Women of the Arabian Nights. Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
Four women are locked in a palace dungeon. The stone floor is strewn with pots and pans and there are only [...]
The Grotto. Drayton Arms Theatre.
Toby Hampton’s deliciously dark comedy The Grotto is a perfect antidote to the saccharin sweet Christmas tales that occupy many a [...]
Mr Charles Dickens Presents. Greenwich Theatre.
There is some debate as to how many adaptations of A Christmas Carol adorn the London stage this festive season. The [...]
Nice Jewish Boy. Hope Theatre.
The challenges faced by young LGBT people brought up in traditionally conservative cultural or faith communities is a rich seam for [...]
Thatcher-Rite. Camden People’s Theatre.
Jack Boal’s one-person show Thatcher-Rite is a very strange creature. Part political performance art, part slapstick drag show (Boal lip syncs [...]
Bugsy Malone. Alexandra Palace Theatre.
Theatre Royal Bath and Birmingham Rep’s much admired touring revival of 2015 Lyric Hammersmith hit Bugsy Malone finally arrives in London, [...]
Jack. Chickenshed Theatre.
The Chickenshed Theatre must be admired for sheer scale of ambition with Jack! its heart-warming festive take on panto favourite Jack [...]
Top Hat. Mill At Sonning.
In the end it is the songs that matter in the Mill at Sonning’s terrific revival of Top Hat. The performances, [...]
Wasted. Jack Studio Theatre.
Brockley-raised writer, poet, and performer Kae Tempest has certainly had an extraordinary decade since their debut play, Wasted, was first performed [...]
A Sherlock Carol. Marylebone Theatre.
Christmas Eve, 1894. “Moriarty is dead, to begin with,” Sherlock Holmes (Ben Caplan) tells us at the outset of Mark Shanahan’s [...]
The Grammar of Witchcraft. Etcetera Theatre.
The Grammar Of Witchcraft, penned by pastor, poet, and Christian anarchist David Parry and currently running the Etcetera Theatre, is a [...]
Surviving Strangers. The Space.
Inyoung Lee’s two-hander Surviving Strangers has an admirably simple set-up. Data analyst Adam (Fred Arnot) bumps into newly arrived Korean visitor [...]
From Here To Eternity. Charing Cross Theatre.
After a couple of duds in Zorro and The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, the Charing Cross Theatre finally has [...]
The Last Laugh. The Tabard Theatre.
There is certainly a timeliness to director Nick Bromley’s brilliantly funny revival of Richard Harris’ 2007 two-hander The Last Laugh. Adapted [...]
Auto-Engrain. King’s Head Theatre.
Writer and performer Helena Collins O'Connor describes her one-woman show Auto-Engrain, which explores in visceral detail the experience of being entrapped [...]
The Sex Party. The Menier Chocolate Factory.
Terry Johnson’s The Sexy Party does a solid job in exposing the reactionary nature of partygoers at a ghastly Islington gangbang. [...]
Cyanide at 5. King’s Head Theatre.
Peter Kavanagh’s production of Czech writer Pavel Kohout’s 1997 thriller Cyanide at 5, the first in the UK, is a treat. [...]
The Light Trail. Hope Theatre.
Lydia Sabatini’s The Light Trail was shortlisted for the 2021 Women’s Prize for Playwriting. In this moving and subtle production at [...]
Something Is Happening. Lion and Unicorn Theatre.
Joy, the creepy and hectoring protagonist of Dodie Finamore’s one-person show Something Is Happening is a self-help guru on a mission. [...]
Cheer Up Slug. Bread and Roses Theatre.
“We’re not kids anymore, are we” says stern and nerdy 16-year-old Will (Jamie Patterson) to his best female friend Bean (Charis [...]
Written In The Body. Sadlers Wells.
Choreographer and performer Charlotte Spencer’s most recent performance pieces have been outdoor immersive events. In Written In The Body she makes [...]
A Butcher Of Distinction. Barons Court Theatre.
Rob Hayes’ villainously dark modern fairy-tale, A Butcher of Distinction, had a well-reviewed outing at the King’s Head Theatre a decade [...]
Blues For An Alabama Sky. National Theatre.
A superb revival of Pearl Cleage's 1995 work brought to magical life by a scintillating performance from Samira Wiley as protagonist [...]