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An Ambitious One-Woman Show That Doesn’t Quite Land Sit or Kneel (Written, Directed, and Performed by Mimi Nation-Dixon) is an ambitious one-woman show that attempts to blend sharp, modern confessional comedy with the gentle absurdity of rural British life. Drawing heavily on the comfort food of the ’90s and ’00s rom-com canon—you can spot shades […]

By Philip Ridley, Directed by Max Harrison Max Harrison’s revival of Philip Ridley’s The Pitchfork Disney at the new King’s Head Theatre (four floors underground) is a gripping plunge into the surreal and the unsettling. Harrison’s direction is razor-sharp, creating an atmosphere that is both suffocatingly intimate and explosively theatrical. From the first moment, the […]

Following its sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Fringe and VAULT Festival, Nick Dawkins’ hit one-man show A Manchester Anthem arrives at Riverside Studios this August. We caught up with Tom Claxton, who returns to the role of Tommy – and 12 other characters – in this funny, moving, and rave-fuelled coming-of-age story. What drew you […]

Fresh from its award-winning run at the Edinburgh Festival, Outpatient arrives at Park Theatre courtesy of Crowded Room and writer-performer Harriet Madeley. Billed as an explosive, solo autobiographical comedy, the show is part blistering satire, part unflinching self-examination—and while it doesn’t always land its emotional blows, it’s undeniably bold and sharply drawn. The story follows […]

Written and directed by Alexander Raptotasios, Antigone [on strike] is a bold and timely reimagining of the classic Antigone, bringing this age-old tragedy into our fast-paced, interconnected world of social media and global politics. It runs from 30 January – 22 February at Park Theatre in London. Raptotasios was inspired to write the play after […]

John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga, running at the Park Theatre until 7th December, offers a masterful exploration of the complexities of love, property, and social change from the 1870s to 1920s. Adapted by Shaun McKenna and Lin Coghlan and directed by Josh Roche, the play is split into two parts. The first part tells the […]

This performance ran at the Barbican in London from Thu 26—Sat 28 Sep 2024, Barbican Theatre. La Colline – théâtre national in Paris presents a large-scale, international ensemble theatre production based on a documentary film trilogy by Amos Gitai Amos, an artist and an Israeli filmmaker. House tells the story of a West Jerusalem home through […]

The Ice at the End of the World is inspired by Katy Schutte recent real-life journey to the Arctic. It is directed by Madelaine Moore and produced by The Omnibus Theatre. The Ice at the End of the World takes us on an expedition to coldest place on earth. We are taken on a treacherous […]

Created and performed by Jules Chan, English Ako, a solo play, tells the story of a young working-class migrant who struggles to find his identity between his British upbringing and Asian heritage. It recently ran at the Omnibus Theatre in Clapham. It is a part of their celebration of East and South East Asian work. […]

I attended the premiere of /And Her at 8th August at 19:30 at The Golden Goose Theatre in London. This is before its two-week run at EdFringe (with C Arts).  /And Her is the debut play by director and PhD researcher Jenny Grober. It is a fictionalised dramatisation of two young girls in history, Jane Grey and […]

Police Cops in Space starring Zachary Hunt, Nathan Parkinson and Tom Roe, is currently showing at Underbelly Festival Cavendish Square, London. It set in the most dangerous place on Earth…Space. Sammy Johnson’s father is killed by an evil robot with an Australian accent. Johnson is now the last Police Cop in the universe. He blasts […]

Crime Scene Improvisation has arrived at Wilton’s Music Hall in London and does not disappoint in it’s ten-year anniversary. This hilarious crime comedy is entirely made up with suggestions from the enthusiastic audience. We first find out that a murder has taken place. We are asked for suggestions on the name of the victim which […]

Shake It Up, the improvised Shakespeare Show, is currently showing at The Other Palace in London from 10 July – 13 July. This hilarious and quick-witted improv show will have you in hysterics throughout the two hours. Imagine if the great Bard himself considered Southend on Sea pier or Glasgow as locations for one of […]

The Marilyn Conspiracy was co-written by Vicki McKellar and Guy Masterson. Directed by Guy Masterson, it was first staged at the Edinburgh Festival in 2018 and is now at the Park Theatre in London. It runs from Thursday 20th June to Saturday 27 July. This play is based on conspiracy theories about Marilyn Monroe ‘s […]

Mark Bell  directs this wacky musical Fun at The Beach Romp-Bomp-A-Lomp!! that is written by Martin Landry with music and lyrics by Brandon Lambert. I knew walking into the theatre that I was in for an entertaining 85 mins at Southwark Playhouse Borough. The staging is this cool 60’s beach scene that has a “Happy […]

Translated into English by Pauline Wick, Black Swans is written by Christina Kettering and directed by Ria Samartzi. Currently showing at Omnibus Theatre in Clapham, London, Black Swans tells the story of two sisters who are trying to figure out how to care for their elderly mother as her health declines. From the outset we […]

Jeanne du Barry (15A) tells the story of Jeanne Bécu, the illegitimate child of a friar, who became a courtesan in the highest circles of Parisian society, including the aristocracy. The film stars Maïwen as Jeanne Bécu. Maïwen co-wrote and directed this brilliantly crafted period drama. The story follows Jeanne Bécu, who marries Comte du Barry […]

Based on real-life events and interviews with children in care, Cassie and the Lights tells the poignant story of 16 year old Cassie forced to look after her young siblings when their mother abandons them at a bowling alley when she is supposedly off buying them slushies. Written and directed by Alex Howarth, it is […]

I am in a packed auditorium in Leicester square theatre in London on the final day of Reginald D. Hunter’s tour. Irish gay comedian, Al Porter is the first comedian to grace the stage. He is on his come back tour after being cancelled during the Me-too movement because of alleged in-appropriate behaviour towards other […]

Directed by Evie Ayres-Townshend, KAREN is written and performed by Sarah Cameron-West. It just finished its run at The Other Palace in London. This one-woman show is a hilarious and absurd take on the internal torment endured by the Protagonist as she goes through a breakup at 30. KAREN is a story about heartbreak. We […]

Written by James Alston and directed by Imy Wyatt Corner, Scarlet Sunday is a two-hander play about obsession, dark secrets and the cult of celebrity. The play starts on a scorching hot day. Art curator and blogger Yasmin (Sorcha Kennedy) meets Ava (Camilla Aiko) in a popular busy cafe for an interview. After a bit […]

Gambling is in the palm of your hand. All day. All night. Every second. Right. Now. The UK gambling industry is worth £14.3 billion. It’s estimated that there are around 24 million people in the UK who participate in online Gambling. That is 44% of the entire adult population. Gambling addiction has the highest rate […]

Written and performed by Chris Thorpe and directed by Claire O’Reilly, A Family Business is show about “how not to blow up the planet” presented in a Ted talk way by Chris himself and three other actors who provide the dramatisation of events. It was developed with Rachel Chavkin and Lekan Lawal. The play is […]

Georgie Rankom directs this musical that promises the kind of boy meets girl format of romcoms from the eighties and nineties but in a musical format. Ami (Grace Mouat) meets Ben (Jacob Fowler) by a tree on a “beautiful hillside”. Recognising him instantly as the man she was in love with three years ago, when […]

Written by Jonathan Hogue, Stranger Sings! is a parody of the hit netflix sci-fi series Stranger things. It is set in the 1980s in Hawkins, a fictitious town in Indiana. The story is centred around missing kid, Will Byers. Hawkins is a rural town apparently that has a local human experimentation facility that opens a […]

A Pissedmas Carol, part of the Sh!t-faced Showtime, is back at the Leicester Square Theatre and is a hilarious performance throughout. It runs from 28th of November until 6th January 2024. The two-hour show (which includes an intermission) has sexual references and innuendo throughout. This is not for children or for easily offended adults. The show […]

BATSU!, the hit underground show that was created in New York and Chicago, makes it’s London debut at Underbelly Boulevard, Soho. In this wacky show we see comedians competing to avoid electric shocks, paintballs, a giant chicken, and many more hilarious, jaw-dropping punishments. One of the competitions was where the four improv comedians must create narratives […]

Written by Joe Eyre and directed by Myles O’Gorman, Tiger is a bittersweet story about grief and feeling utterly lost and heart-broken, told in a beautifully unique way. A year on from Alice (played by Poppy Allen-Quarmby) losing her father, she is still processing it. She doesn’t leave the house and her doctor boyfriend Oli […]

Haruki Murakami’s Sputnik Sweetheart is currently showing at the Arcola Theatre in London. Adapted by Bryony Lavery and Directed by Melly Still, the play is set in 1999 in the pre-smartphone era. Mobile phones were around but people still used phone boxes and landlines. Sputnik Sweetheart is a hopeless story of a love triangle that […]

Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett is a sensational 90 minute show that runs from 25th October to 6th January 2024 at Underbelly Boulevard. In the newly re-opened Boulevard in the heart of Soho in London, Dieter brings her troupe of “misfits, miscreants and fantastic freaks” to entertain us for the evening.  The award winning Queen of Weimar […]

Award winning director Kalungi Ssebandeke directs the 21st century UK revival of Mustapha Matura’s 1981 dark satire Meetings. It is running from October 14th to November 11th 2023 at Orange Tree Theatre. The play runs for 2 hours with a 15 minute interval. Set in a post-colonial Trinidad house, the stage is a modern kitchen […]

Directed by Sinead Rushe, Shakespeare’s Othello is re-imagined in Riverside Studio’s production to have three Iagos. With three actors playing lago (Michael C. Fox, Orlando James, Jeromy Neumark Jones), the soliloquies from the original script become a back and forth conspiratorial plot to take revenge on their General Othello, the Moor of Venice, who they […]

Emanuele Aldrovandi‘s absurd satirical play Scusate Se Non Siamo Morti in Mare is translated into English by Marco Young for its UK run. The play is currently showing at Park Theatre, London and runs until 30th of September. Directed by Daniel Emery, this play looks at if the shoe was on the other foot, so […]

Written and directed by Kate Duhamel, Fray is a fusion of Hip Hop dance, music, and digital visuals in which two brothers relationship is tested in both real and virtual game worlds. Fray tells a story about two brothers who have a shared passion for gaming and Hip Hop dancing. At some point, the relationship […]

Directed by Hannah Hauer-King The Swell which was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Playwriting in 2020 is currently showing at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, London from 24 June 2023 – 29 July 2023. In a story of love and betrayal, writer Isley Lynn’s The Swell gives us a poignant love triangle between three women. […]

Written by Christopher J Orton and Jon Robyns, Then, Now & Next is a musical that tells the heartbreaking story of Alex (played by Alice Fearn) and the two loves of her life. The first she meets in a unisex work bathroom. The second is her baby daddy who she meets later in a restaurant. The musical runs […]

Neil LaBute’s two hour four-hander dark comedy is just as relevant today as it was 20 years ago. LaBute’s play was written for the stage but then adapted for film starring Rachel Weisz and Paul Rudd. Nicky Allpress’s slick production at Park Theatre does not disappoint. The minimal staging works well as it transforms from […]

Fishamble presents MUSTARD. It is written and performed by Eva O’Connor and directed by Hildegard Ryan. It is playing at the Arcola theatre and is a delight to watch from start to finish. Mustard is a one-woman show about heartbreak and the resulting madness that occurs and how condiments are the ultimate coping mechanism. E […]

Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s 1635 Baroque verse play is modernised by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod. The lines of dream versus reality are blurred in this two hour production with no interval. It is fascinating that the 17th century play’s central themes of conflict between free will and fate, as well as restoring one’s […]

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical Oklahoma! which is currently showing at the Wyndham Theatre in the West End in London, is given a 21st century sexier and darker twist in Daniel Fish’s bold production with all the actors in modern dress. The staging is minimalistic with a community centre like feel with the bright lighting. The […]

She comprises of seven duologues by Anthony Clark loosely inspired by “The Seven Ages of Man” speech in Shakespeare’s As you like it. Performed over two hours by Safeena Ladha and Chenise Lynette where the actors take on several different characters. In the first short named She, a smartly dressed Coralie (Safeena) calls to the […]

Kim Davies’ SMOKE  is a provocative modern adaptation of August Strindberg’s 1888 naturalistic play, Miss Julie. Directed by Polina Kalinina and Júlia Levai, It is currently showing at Southwark Playhouse in London from 1st to 25th of February 2023. The 70-minute production stars Meaghan Martin (Never Not Once, Park Theatre; Camp Rock; 10 Things I Hate About You) and Oli Higginson (Netflix’s Bridgerton; The […]

Frantic Assembly’s explosive and often violent two-hour production of Othello at the Lyric Hammersmith is exhilarating throughout. Directed by Scott Graham, most of the scenes are depicted in a grubby working class pub with a pool table, fruit machine and grim looking toilet room. A lot of the Shakespearean dialogue is replaced by stunning choreographed movements […]

The Christmas season is starting with a bang at the Lyric Hammersmith with this years production of Jack and the Beanstalk. Written by Jude Christian & Sonia Jalaly and directed by Nicholai La Barrie, it runs at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith until 07 Jan 2023. ‘Fee-fi-fo-fum’, Fleshcreep wants money from Jack and her mum. […]

Written by Irish Playwright in 1894, George Bernard Shaw’s Arms and the Man is currently running at The Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond. It runs from 24 Nov 2022 to 6 Dec 2022. Director Paul Miller’s revival of Arms and the Man is a thrilling and hilarious two hour production. This is a timely piece to show […]

Directed by Peter Kavanagh, Cyanide at 5 is a gripping revenge drama by award-winning Czechoslovakian novelist and playwright, Pavel Kohout. This is the first time it has been performed in the UK but it has been performed across Europe for years. The stage is set up as a sitting room with old fashioned furniture. It is […]

I stroll into Leicester Square, a place I have been many times and usually avoid due to swarming tourists. To my delight it is transformed into a winter wonderland.   On entering the spectacular Spiegeltent which has been set up for the multi-award-winning, La Clique, I am immediately impressed by the staging. I sit in the […]

Directed by Denzel Westley-Sanderson, Oscar Wilde’s famous 1895 comedy is delivered with an entirely black cast. There have been so many versions of this play in film and theatre over the decades, some good and some seriously dull. Westley-Sanderson’s direction delivers an energetic two hour production of slapstick comedy combined with the exceptional timeless wit of […]

Irvine Welsh’s 1993 novel Trainspotting, is brought to life in this immersive live performance that includes nudity, a lot of use of the “F”word and of course the “worst toilet in Scotland”. It is currently running at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith London. As I am handed my glow-stick bracelet and ear plugs, I am given a […]

This touching story of love and loss by Jack Thorne runs at Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond from 15th of October until 12th of November. The character Alice is deaf and played by actor Katie Erich who is deaf herself. Writer Jack Thorne stipulated Alice be played by a deaf actor. After seeing the play […]

Kim Noble’s provocative, powerful multi-media production gives a deep dive into his psyche. Is it performance Art? Is it theatre? As a one hour production, it has been put together very well. Maggots feasting on a dead fox, a graphic taxidermy of a dead squirrel. There are parts to this play that are so disgusting […]

I recently attended Blippi the musical at the Apollo theatre in London with my 22 month old son and my husband. He has just starting watching Blippi youtube videos and is very responsive to them, so I was delighted to see he made the connection to what he was seeing in a live setting. He […]

Written by Bertie Watkins, and set in the Wild West, The West is an immersive and interactive theatre event that takes place in COLAB Tavern, a converted pub that is just a 10 minute walk from Elephant and Castle tube station. This disused pub is the set for COLAB’s bespoke venue. It is meticulously transformed […]

On Sunday I headed to Kings Theatre in Islington London to see a preview of Queen of Fishtown. This is ahead of a month long run at Edinburgh Fringe Festival. This after rocking the WORLD PREMIERE at the 2022 HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL. Written and performed by Katierose Donohue Enriquez, Queen of Fishtown is a character comedy […]

Much a do about Nothing has been running all Summer at the Globe Theatre, London from 22nd of April and runs until 23 of October. What better time in this hot weather to get yourself to this splendid outside theatre. It’s April 1945, Northern Italy. Following years of war, Leonata (Katy Stephens) and her daughters […]

Performed at Iris Theatre’s Summer Festival at the Actors’ Church in the heart of Covent Garden, the production of Midsummer Night’s Dream opened on 5th July, with previews from 29 June, and runs until 13 August.  Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream which first premiered 1 January 1605 is adapted by Sara Aniqah Malik to a 1996 […]

“Duels, bitter rivalry and war to win the heart of his lady!” Was delighted to be back at Putney Arts Theatre to see a performance of Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac. The play has been adapted many times for film and theatre. This version is adapted by Glyn Maxwell a British poet, playwright, […]

Pierre Marivaux’s 18th Century comedy drama, The False Servant is running at The Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond from 9th June to 23rd July. The play is translated by Martin Crimp. Directed by Paul Miller and set in the 1920’s, the comedy explores the complexities of gender, sexuality and money. In the plot of The False Servant, […]

Written by Mark C. Hewitt, music composed by Thomas Strønen the Norwegian percussionist and with videographic interventions by film artist Matt Parsons, we are presented with a trilogy Songs of the Chambermaids that are drawn from Sigmund Freud’s 1930 essay, Civilization and its Discontents. Revisiting Freud’s work is very poignant at this time. If you consider […]

Eliane Morel is ‘Madame d’Aulnoy’ speaking to us from her 19th century Parisian salon. This very timely one woman show, gives reimagined narratives to the well known children’s fables of our childhood. Written and performed by Morel, in a witty, musical and contemporaneous way, the play brings these fables into the 21st century reality that we […]

After the cancellation of Vault Festival, The Studio in the Other Palace lends itself very well to this one-woman cabaret performance. Cabaret performer Anna Lou Larkin plays a french sommelier with bright red lipstick and delivers a performance Edith Piaf and Toulouse-Lautrec would be impressed by. Bringing together humour, merlot, accordion-based musical comedy and a murder […]

White Witch is written by pioneering Jamaican playwright Barry Reckord, who was the first Black Briton to have a play staged at the Royal Court. Directed by Joseph Charles, White Witch runs at Bloomsbury Theatre from 7 – 18 September. Based in Haiti the play is based on the real-life Annie Palmer (played by Georgina […]

by Nod At The Fox, part of Brighton Fringe 2021 Our narrator tells us, after a successful jamming session, a group of friends say their goodbyes at the train station. It could be Clapham junction, maybe Waterloo or somewhere else. As he leaves his friends he acknowledges a successful jam session of “improvised orchestra”. On leaving his friends he […]

Produced by Living Record Productions, Skye Hallam Heads or tails is a light-hearted look at the afterlife. Hallam gives us a humorous and yet thought provoking performance in her debut one-woman show. She plays Steph, a dead 25 year old woman who has been granted 40 minutes back on earth to let us know first […]

JUDAS by That One Guy Productions, part of Brighton Fringe 2021 comes to the festival after a successful run at Orlando Fringe, JUDAS is coming! Written by and Starring BeeJay Aubertin-Clinton, Judas brings us an alternative salacious interpretation and dramatisation of the relationship  between Judas and Jesus and that infamous kiss in the garden of Gethsemane that lead to Jesus […]

by Shipwreck Productions, part of Brighton Fringe 2021 runs from 28 May – 27 June. Directed by Theodore Gray, the play is based on ‘Always on my Mind’ by Liam Alexandru, originally performed as a part of the Worcestershire Theatre Festival, 2016. In the midst of the global pandemic, Stacey (played by Lucy Syed) agrees reluctantly to chat […]

Hello? Are you squished? Have I squelched you? Starring Sophie Thompson, Stuff is a 5 minute witty and surreal play that tells the story of how two neighbours meet for the first time, when a bath full of daily mail newspapers falls through the floor into the flat below. A conversation ensues as the woman […]

“We’ve lost more men since we got back than we did in the war” Written by Andy Walker and directed by Lesley Manning, Delivery is a tragic haunting comic story about conflict, PTSD and fatherhood running currently at the Chiswick Playhouse in London. Joe battles with the notion of becoming a father. Is he ready? Is […]

In an unusual twist, two women play the teenage boys in Lily Shahmoon’s delightful and witty Lipstick. This is deliberate casting by the writer. The audience must confront their preconceived notions of gender in society by watching the female actors try on makeup while they convincingly take on male roles exploring their femininity. ‘Sorry I don’t […]

A vessel trapped in the frozen Arctic ocean miles from the shore, takes on a stranger. The woman warns of an imminent attack from a creature of superhuman strength. The Captain, Ralf Wile (Francis Redfern) is determined to defend his cargo, as this horrifying tale emerges. In a Rose original production, Ciaran McConville’s gripping rewrite of […]

Lily Bevan brings her critically acclaimed two-hander Zoo to Vault Festival 2020. Zoo is a touching story of an enduring friendship between two women. Directed by Hamish MacDougall, the play takes us through tragedy, courage, bats, flamingoes and the need to escape. It brings together two unlikely friends that appear to have nothing in common other than their […]

Written by Sergio Blanco and directed by the award-winning Daniel Goldman, “The Rage of Narcissus” is a 90 minute riveting journey of intrigue, suspense and drama played exquisitely by Sam Crane.  Blanco employs a kind of autofiction in this play that brings the viewer in to this darkness in a very believable way. Sergio is […]

The first Gulf war took place over several months in 1991 after Saddam Husain’s army invaded Kuwait to gain control of their oil fields. The war appeared to have a surprisingly low casualty rate. During that time however the marines were exposed to multiple chemical toxins. The symptoms were said to have affected 1 in […]

Directed by Jesse Briton, Messiah, is an explosive new play that dramatises the night 21 year old revolutionary Fred Hampton was assassinated, with Shaq B. Grant giving an impressive performance as the BPP leader. Angelina Chudi gives a very relatable portrayal of his pregnant fiancee Deborah Johnson. The play was written by Jesse Briton and Paula B […]

Brought to us by Jump Spark theatre company and directed by Fay Lomas, Hunger is based on the novel by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun. It is currently running at The Arcola Theatre in Dalston, London. This timeless tale tells the story of a young man who struggles to make a career as a writer […]

Joshua Finan (Cain), Ivan Oyik (Riyad). Credit The Other Richard

Ayesha Dharker and Bally Gill in When the Crows Visit at Kiln Theatre, London. Photo: Mark Douet

Directed by Michael Fentiman, Stephen Jeffreys’ Valued Friends is at Kingston’s Rose Theatre until October 12th. The play stars Natalie Casey, Ralph Davis, Sam Frenchum, Michael Marcus, Catrin Stewart and Nicolas Tennant. It is the 1980’s London,Thatcher’s Britain, a time of upheaval socially, politically and culturally. The decade would see house prices double, and lay the foundations for unsustainable levels of home ownership, the effects of […]

Lisa D’Amour’s fantastical and surreal play is set in a trailer home in a deserted trailer park that is about to be demolished to make way for a highway. It leaves the audience guessing what is real and what is part of the imaginations of the main characters. The intimacy of the small theatre at Arcola […]

Written and performed by Jeannette Bayardelle, the UK première of the hit Off-Broadway musical SHIDA opened at The Vaults on 11 September. It runs until 13 October. Set to a soulfully contagious score of rock, jazz, R&B, and gospel music, this is an incredibly powerful 70-minute performance. It is based on a true story of Jeannette’s childhood best friend. […]

Directed by Michael Longhurst, Florian Zeller’s poignant play deals with adolescent depression after the breakdown of the marriage of the parents. It is a remarkable heartbreaking piece. The play first sees Anne (played by Amanda Abbington) trying to speak to her ex-husband Pierre (played by Laurie Kynaston) about their troubled son Nicolas (played by Laurie […]

I ventured out to see Sherlock Holmes and the invisible thing on the hottest day of the year at Rudolph Steiner theatre, which is just a short walk from The Sherlock Holmes Museum. Despite the heat, I found the play, which is written by Greg Freeman and directed by David Phipps-Davis, a thoroughly enjoyable experience. […]

Trevor Nunn directs the musical version of this timeless love story. In the movie version, Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood lit up the screen playing the lead characters in 1995 where Streep won an academy award for her portrayal of Italian war bride Francesca. This musical version at Menier Chocolate Factory does not disappoint. Set […]

Al Smith’s Radio at the Arcola Theatre in Dalston tells the story of Charlie Fairbanks Jr (played by Adam Gillen), a middle American who was born in the dead centre of the 20th century, at the geographical centre of the US. Adam Gillen gives us an energetic and compelling performance of Kansas born Charlie in […]

“Is it because I’m fat?” I think there is one Hollywood Mogul that will not be giving this play a high rating. This play was never going to disappoint with John Malkovich in a starring role. The guy is just an amazing actor. That coupled with writer and director David Mamet’s fantastic takedown of the former […]

Wilton’s Music Hall is the setting for Joy Wilkinson’s play, The Sweet Science of Bruising. This fabulous Grade 2 listed building brings an old worldly appeal that really suits the Victorian time this play is set in. The year is 1869. The place, London. Based on historical research into 19th-century women’s boxing the play examines the […]

Francis Beaumont’s The Knight of the Burning Pestle is currently running at the Barbican London. A co-production by Cheek by Jowl and the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre gives us a new hilarious modern twist (in Russian) complete with subtitles. When I read that I was going to see a play with subtitles, I wondered how this was going to […]

“I wanted to lead the eye into spaces that hid, revealed, transformed all at one and where there could be some never-before-seen-image” (Dorothea Tanning). Through Doorways, dreams and desires, Dorothea Tanning’s extraordinary career which spanned decades, asks us to look beyond the obvious. In her retrospective exhibition, Tate Modern celebrates the work of this great […]

Written by Simon Stephens and directed by Scott Le Crass, Country Music tells the story of troubled teenager Jamie (Cary Crankson). We first meet him with his school girlfriend Lynsey (Rebecca Stone)  who he has picked up in a stolen car. He needs to get out of town and fast. He plans for them to […]

Currently showing at the Kings Head Theatre, Maureen Sherlock’s Coral Browne, this f***ing lady is a very entertaining one-woman show. Writer/ director Sherlock brings this wonderful character back to life in this hilarious script. Coral Browne left Melbourne, Australia in 1934 with just 50 pounds in her pocket headed on a boat to London at […]

A mesmerising, breathtaking performance by circus company, Barely Methodical Troupe has come to Shoreditch Town hall running from Tuesday 7 May. The group is made up of the three men (Beren D’Amico, Louis Gift, Charlie Wheeller) and one woman (Swedish acrobat Esmeralda Nikolajeff). They use a variety of acrobatic and contemporary dance moves in this […]

Kelsey Grammer (star of beloved sitcoms Frasier and Cheers) gives a memorable performance as Cervantes in Dale Wasserman’s Man of La Mancha at the magnificent London Coliseum. This is the first time in 50 years that the show has come to the UK. The story is about Miguel de Cervantes (Kelsey Krammer) who sits in […]

This hilarious yet unsettling satirical political piece by Ben Alderton at Park Theatre, London, gives us a manic, messy and egotistical portrayal of what was allegedly happening in party politics left and right in Britain before the referendum was announced. This play can be seen as the prologue to the reality we are now in; […]

Just a short walk from the squabbling politicians at Westminster, Trafalgar Studios presents a play set around the time of the Brexit referendum, describing Brexit from a remainer and brexiteer points of view. Written and directed by John Godber, Scary bikers is a comedy about relationships, grief, bicycles and Brexit. The play is performed by […]

How often do you look at a label on food and see where it came from and really scrutinise the journey it took to be on a shelf in a supermarket? Would you still buy it if you knew it had been caught by slaves? I confess until I watched Ghost Fleet, I never gave […]

We’re Staying Right Here from debut writer Henry Devas is a immersive manic black comedy that explores some really dark issues that affect people in society. The play Stars Daniel Portman (Game of Thrones), Danny Kirrane (Pirates of the Caribbean), Tom Canton (Wasted), and Liam Smith (End of Love). This small theatre near Finsbury Park Tube Station is transformed into what looks to […]

Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stephen Adly Guirgis returns to London and is playing at the Young Vic from 14th of February to 30th of March. It is directed by Kate Hewitt with a fantastic cast and staging. Originally directed in 2000 by the late Philip Seymour Hoffmann, this visceral black […]

26 Leake Street Gallery at Waterloo’s Graffiti Tunnels is transformed into an interactive audiovisual space taking you on an immersive journey through the remarkable life of the former South African president Nelson Mandela. The global tour of this exhibition makes its debut in London. It opens to the public today the 8th of February and […]

I went along to Barons Court Theatre last night with my sister to watch The Ministry of Biscuits. This small theatre of only 57 cinema-style seats located in the basement of The Curtains Up pub in West London, is transformed into an Orwellian style London set in 1948, where biscuits are policed and fancy biscuits are […]