For Black Boys Who Have. Royal Court Theatre.
For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy Ryan Calais Cameron’s engaging confection of poetry, prose, [...]
Clybourne Park. Park Theatre.
The Park Theatre’s welcome revival of Clybourne Park does full justice to a modern classic and boasts tremendous performances all round. [...]
Straight Line Crazy. Bridge Theatre.
David Hare and Ralph Fiennes are near the top of their game in this riveting drama about New York city planning. [...]
Our Generation. National Theatre.
Alecky Blythe’s ‘Our Generation’ never quite matches up to ‘London Road’, but it is still a fine play with a talented [...]
Private Peaceful. Beck Theatre.
A briskly directed and emotionally engaging production of Michael Morpugo’s much loved novel, set before and during the First World War. [...]
Tempest. Pleasance Theatre.
Jazzed-up Shakespeare with audience participation, better jokes, a drag queen, and great original music to boot. What is not to like? [...]
Daddy. Almeida Theatre.
‘Jeremy O’Harris’ excellent tragicomedy, ‘Daddy’, is an ambitiously audacious, extraordinary, and thoroughly enjoyable look at the infantilising effects of malevolent parenthood. [...]
The Fever Syndrome. Hampstead Theatre.
Despite a strong cast and fantastic staging, Alexis Zegerman’s saga of a brutally dysfunctional extended New York family only periodically impresses. [...]
Letters. Network Theatre.
Kashyap Raja’s tale of a long-distance romance has great writing, even if the central conceit does not quite come off. 24 [...]
Proud. Kings Head Theatre.
This tale of a fledgling gay relationship treads familiar ground but has enough charm to keep a thinnish plot interesting. 16 [...]