A Portrait of the Artist… The charismatic Phelim McDermott is the central figure in The Tao of Glass, a work that originated from a unique theatrical collaboration with the American minimalist composer Philip Glass. First staged as part of the 2019 Manchester International Festival, it tracks Phelim’s life from a young theatre-obsessed boy, to a […]
Trainspotting: The Musical (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
Much-loved 90s Scottish cult classic movie about heroin addiction gets a slightly baffling musical makeover Thirty years ago back in my provincial hometown, I sat down in the local movie theatre to watch Trainspotting. The subject matter (heroin addiction) did not sound like something that I would ordinarily be interested in, but everyone was talking […]
Cyrano de Bergerac – Noel Coward Theatre
A moving Cyrano with words that fly Getting an entire audience onto its feet is no mean feat in the London theatre. Yet this is how we found ourselves early in the RSC production of Cyrano de Bergerac, which has opened at the Noel Coward Theatre. In fact, the opening scenes had me wondering quite […]
The Truth – Apollo Theatre
Sex, lies and tennis scores Do you tell your best friend that his wife is having an affair? What if you are the man she is having an affair with? Would you tell your wife? Would your wife want to be told? These are just some of the difficult questions that The Truth explores, to […]
West End Theatre Previews
What’s hot at the theatre from summer through to winter 2026 There are so many great West End Theatre productions to see over the summer months, you may want to consider a staycation. London Unattached has previewed what’s on and what we are looking forward to. Over the next few months, London’s West End stages […]
Grace Pervades at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
The Play’s The Thing The Theatre Royal Bath is one of the country’s great theatrical producing houses and has a mutually beneficial informal relationship with its namesake theatre in the West End’s Haymarket, placing many of its productions there. Last year, Ralph Fiennes had his own season in Bath, which featured the sell-out premiere of […]
INTER ALIA
I Fought The Law, But The Law Won After its successful run at the Lyttleton, National Theatre, Olivier Award-winning writer Suzie Miller’s legal drama Inter Alia is back for a new run, this time at Wyndham’s Theatre in the West End and with Rosamund Pike reprising her role as London Crown Court Judge Jessica Parks. Miller made a […]
Dead Man Walking, ENO at the London Coliseum
Dead Man Walking, a contemporary opera composed by Jake Heggie with a libretto by Terrence McNally and first performed in 2000, is based on the 1993 memoir by Louisiana nun Sister Helen Prejean. The book was followed two years later by the Oscar-winning film adaptation starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn. The opera’s harrowing story follows the execution of murderer Joseph De Rocher, charting Sister Helen’s journey as she becomes his spiritual adviser.
Every Brilliant Thing with Minnie Driver @sohoplace theatre
Minnie Driver Brings Warmth to Every Brilliant Thing There’s a lovely intimacy to Every Brilliant Thing at @sohoplace, a play that’s as much about the performer as it is about the story. The West End season has seen a star-studded rotating cast including Lenny Henry, Jonny Donahoe, Ambika Mod and Sue Perkins, each bringing their […]
Albert Herring – ENO at the Coliseum
A Fishy Tale… I’ve had a ‘Benjamin Britten’ couple of days. Last night’s revival at Glyndebourne of Sir Peter Hall’s classic 1981 Festival production of Benjamin Britten’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ was dreamlike and fantastical. Tonight I’m at the Coliseum for English National Opera’s new semi-staged ‘Albert Herring’, Britten’s lacerating chamber opera satirising English small-town […]