Kiki and Herb are Trying. Soho Theatre Walthamstow.
Iconic New York cabaret legends Justin Vivian Bond and Kenny Mellman bring their acclaimed characters, Kiki and Herb, back to London [...]
Never Get to Heaven in an Empty Shell. The Glitch.
Claudia Fielding’s thoughtful and cleverly penned urban ghost story, Never Get to Heaven in an Empty Shell, is mainly set in [...]
Jimmy. Park Theatre.
Adam Riches’ wildly energetic one-man take on the life of brash, combative, and uber-competitive tennis player Jimmy Connors was a sell-out [...]
This Bitter Earth. Soho Theatre.
Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award-winning singer, actor, and all-around icon Billy Porter is having a busy 2025. Fresh from four months [...]
The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs. Kiln Theatre.
Iman Qureshi’s feel-good, ensemble celebration of found family, The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs, makes a welcome return, three years after its [...]
Let Me Be The Cool Aunt. Etcetera Theatre.
Sophie Banister’s kind, engaging hour of original songs and gently whimsical stand-up Let Me Be The Cool Aunt showcases the performer's [...]
The Arms. Lion and Unicorn Theatre.
Korean surrealist theatre-maker Moon Kim’s modern Gothic horror fairy tale, The Arms, impresses with its visual panache and sophisticated physical theatre. [...]
Solitary Things. Courtyard Theatre.
Writer and director Sam Taylor’s delightful ensemble comedy-drama, Phone, impressed immensely last year with its fresh, finely drawn characters and witty [...]
Why is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt? Finborough Theatre.
Hugely influential in the 1980s and 1990s, queer icon Claire Dowie arguably gave “stand-up theatre” its name, shape, and political identity. [...]
The Ticking. Drayton Arms Theatre.
George Bernard Shaw famously said, “It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate [...]
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 [...]
Ordinary Days. Upstairs At The Gatehouse.
Adam Gwon’s shortish, sung-through musical Ordinary Days first appeared in London at the Finborough Theatre in 2008. Since then, it has [...]
Dick. Drayton Arms Theatre.
Dick, Writer and Director Adam Kinneen’s ensemble take on alienated, nihilistic, sexually ambiguous twenty-somethings covers familiar territory. The lineage goes back [...]
James Rowland: Learning to Fly & Piece of Work. Stratford East.
Writer-performer and fringe favourite James Rowland’s nationwide tour of his Songs of the Heart trilogy of storytelling pieces concludes next month. [...]
What Fresh Hell Is It? – The Libra Theatre Cafe
In Glenn T. Griffin’s engaging and insightful one-woman bioplay What Fresh Hell Is It?, the poet, short story writer, critic, and [...]
Playfight. Soho Theatre.
Writer Julia Grogan’s breathtakingly assured debut play arrives at Soho Theatre following stellar reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe and a detour [...]