Lear’s Shadow. Jack Studio Theatre.
At the centre of Shakespeare’s King Lear sit the issues of identity and self-knowledge. Can you remain a monarch if you [...]
The Frogs. Kiln Theatre.
“What a queer bird the frog is” performers Toby Park and Aitor Basauri chant at the outset of The Frogs, the [...]
Two Rounds. Jermyn Street Theatre.
If there is a central theme to the work of the hugely successful Italian director, screenwriter, and novelist Cristina Comencini it [...]
The Good John Proctor. Jermyn Street Theatre.
Towards the end of The Crucible, Arthur Miller’s master work about the 1690s Salam Witch trials, his protagonist asks rhetorically of [...]
One Year Itch. Barons Court Theatre.
Tania is horny as hell but has still just bailed from a blind date on the pretence that her father is [...]
Drop Dead. Drayton Arms Theatre.
Will Bebach is stinking rich, the fortuitous result of some dodgy “pump-and-dump” stock market shenanigans. He has an “ego big enough [...]
The Motive And The Cue. Noël Coward Theatre.
“The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King” says the Price Of Denmark early in act two [...]
Christmas Is Cancelled. Etcetera Theatre.
Kate Ghotti is one of the most successful TV personalities in the UK. She is also one of the most odious [...]
Pandemonium. Soho Theatre.
Forged and blessed by the immortals Zeus, Achilles, and Jehovah, Orbis Rex declares, as the “lifeforce” that is his blond wig [...]
Puss In Boots. Wonderville.
Above The Stag, the UK’s only exclusively LGBT+ theatre production company, is still without a permanent home more than a year [...]
A They in the Manger. Camden People’s Theatre.
Trans performance artist and playwright Danielle James writes in the show blurb “I want audiences to come away from A They [...]
The Time Machine. Park Theatre.
Dave, the self-satisfied, pompous, and misogynistic creator of The Time Machine: A Comedy, currently at the Park Theatre, promises the show [...]
The Moonwalkers. Lightroom.
The Lightroom, the cube-like, subterranean, four-storey show-space in King’s Cross designed by award-winning production company 59 Productions, had a hit with [...]
Dreaming and Drowning. Bush Theatre.
Every night for the last 4 weeks first-year English Lit student and supernatural fiction fan Malachi has had the same terrible [...]
A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story. Alexandra Palace Theatre.
Mark Gatiss’s faithful, indeed reverential adaptation of Dicken’s classic, first seen in 2021, gets a welcome revival at the gloriously gothic [...]
Tinderella – Two Balls One Happy Ending. Union Theatre.
For some the thought of pantomime with no children in the audience has manifest attractions. It is certainly an idea that [...]
KLAZO. Theatre Deli.
Klazo in ancient Greek means ‘to scream’. Klazomania describes a compulsion towards repetitive shouting, grunting, and barking, a mental state with [...]
Ghosts. Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
In his diaries pre-war socialite, politician, and serial philanderer Duff Cooper describes a difficult evening visiting a 1920s production of Henrik [...]
Havisham. Upstairs At The Gatehouse.
Does Miss Havisham really need more of a backstory than Dickens gives her in Great Expectations? The crazy, revenge-seeking, one-shoed, harridan [...]
Venom. Golden Goose Theatre.
“Whatever happened to Medusa?” introspects the central character in Emma Burnell’s underworked modern take on Greek myth. In the original version [...]
Tiger. Omnibus Theatre.
Joe Eyre’s slice of comic magical realism Tiger, currently at Clapham’s Omnibus theatre, sees a fluffy wise-cracking tiger with a talent [...]
Breaking The Castle. The Old Red Lion Theatre.
Peter Cook’s one-man comedy-drama about addiction and rehabilitation, Breaking The Castle, covers much familiar territory. Think Trainspotting set down-under. The protagonist [...]
Nail Polish. Lion and Unicorn Theatre.
Composed of current and recent University Of Greenwich drama undergraduates, collaborative theatre company Fruity Theatre aims to devise shows that “celebrate [...]
We Are Monsters x Glass. Barons Court Theatre.
Writers and performers Joseph Ryan-Hughes and Connor McCrory seem to have a taste for works imbued with murderous intent and haunting [...]