Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, in a leafy dell with an evening soundtrack of birds roosting, is the loveliest setting for the American cornfield musical comedy Shucked.
The Comedy About Spies – Mischief at the Noel Coward
Delightful new espionage farce with non-stop laughs Muppet-style chickens shot from the sky with an umbrella gun, hairdryers wielded as weapons, a giant vintage radio being wrestled over; The Comedy of Spies has non-stop visual gags fired off as fast as the jokes. The Comedy About Spies is the latest production from Mischief, the company […]
Plied and Prejudice, The Vaults, Waterloo
2025 is the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth and fans can expect all manner of celebratory activities this year. First up in London is ‘Plied and Prejudice’ a panto-type production of Pride and Prejudice.
RSC A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Barbican
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, often associated with high summer, fits comfortably into the Christmas pantomime’s shoes. Whimsical costumes, many jokes, lovable personalities, and buffoonery; much like panto, there’s a wedding at the end. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most familiar plays, transferring from a recent run at Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Amusements by Ikechukwu Ufomadu at the Soho Theatre
Clever, silly, delightful comic alchemy in Soho Fresh from a successful Edinburgh run, Ikechukwu Ufomadu’s solo hour is funny, bizarre and thoroughly entertaining. Clever and silly in equal measure, Amusements is a tightly written set that demonstrates a strange and delightful kind of comic alchemy: one that turns bemusement into amusement. There is a moment […]