Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? stars Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup as a warring, alcohol-fuelled married couple
The Standard of Living
The Cost of Happiness Last night saw the world premiere of James Graham’s new play The Standard of Living at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. It tells the story of superstar economist John Maynard Keynes, a man whose achievements in his field would be extraordinary enough, but whose personal life was intertwined with that of the radical […]
Table 17 – Kiln Theatre
A sassy, date-night rom-com, but does it have the bite? Table 17 comes to London after successful runs in New York and L.A. It is now served up to UK audiences at the Kiln Theatre, which is transformed via a versatile set into Bianca’s restaurant, the centrepiece of which is the eponymous Table 17. Before […]
Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists – Dorfman Theatre
Portuguese play presents urgent political and moral dilemmas Part drama, part philosophical debate, and full-scale politics, Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists, playing at the Dorfman, National Theatre for one week, is a Portuguese play with English surtitles, that has been causing a storm since it was first performed in 2020. Written and directed […]
Man to Man – Royal Court Theatre
Tilda Swinton delivers a powerhouse character study Tilda Swinton was in her mid-twenties when she first performed Manfred Karge’s one-act monologue Man to Man. The play landed in a very different cultural moment: the Cold War hung over Europe; the Berlin Wall still cut the German capital in two. Almost 40 years after the original […]
Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy, Stratford East
Ava Pickett’s latest play starring Michelle Dockery Although Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy is billed as a conflict between two female friends, there is much more to rising playwright Ava Pickett’s dynamic follow up to her award-winning 1536. With feisty dialogue in a domestic Essex sitting room, it’s like a modern Abigail’s Party except there’s […]
The Children — Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
A tender study of nuclear fallout Lucy Kirkwood’s The Children is about energy. The emotional core of the play is a charged love triangle between ex-engineers; its literal core is a broken nuclear reactor that explodes the drama into life. The Children explores the repercussions of an environmental catastrophe as they play out in the […]
Tartuffe (Remixed) – Marylebone Theatre
Mark Rylance stars in a farce for our times When Molière’s farce Tartuffe was first performed for the King of France in 1664, it is thought that it met with royal approval, with King Louis XIV finding it amusing. Shortly afterwards, the play was banned after pressure was brought to bear on the king by […]
Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie (Underbelly Boulevard Soho)
American folk music icon Woody Guthrie’s songs of social injustice, resilience and hope sparkle in the hands of the multitalented Woody Sez cast led by David Lutken
The Story National Theatre
Clint Dyer Brings Kinetic Energy to a Newsroom Battle The newsroom has always struck a chord with storytellers, both on the screen and on the stage, depicting everything from world politics in the 1976 film “All the President’s Men” to comic satire in the 90s TV series “Drop the Dead Donkey”. Drama fuelled by journalistic […]