Based on the autobiographical memoir Right from Wrong by Jacob Dunne, Punch is a new play by the acclaimed playwright James Graham. It was commissioned by the Artistic Director of Nottingham Playhouse, Adam Penford, after Penford heard the story of how, in 2011 in Nottingham, a teenager (Dunne) threw a punch that resulted in the unintended death of a young man, James Hodgkinson.
Clarkston – Samuel D Hunter – Trafalgar Theatre
Solid performances all round in this minimalist, intimate 3-hander play which explores universal themes of acceptance, love, loss, reinvention and hope against the backdrop of small-town America. Clarkston (named for the small town on the border of Idaho and Washington states where the play is set) is a rare opportunity to see the work of […]
Till the Stars Come Down, Theatre Royal, Haymarket
Till the Stars Come Down is the hot ticket for a heatwave, but maybe one to avoid if you’ve got a family wedding coming up! Now settled into the Theatre Royal Haymarket with quiet confidence, Beth Steel’s bitingly humorous, unsettling and profoundly moving wedding-day drama blazes just as fiercely in its West End home.
Wilko: Love and Death and Rock and Roll
The Canvey Island Mozart is Reborn Just over a week ago I was reviewing Pete Townshend of The Who’s Quadrophenia, a Mod Ballet, at Sadler’s Wells. Tonight is the press night for Wilko: Love and Death and Rock and Roll, which is having its latest run at the Leicester Square Theatre. It’s a biographic play […]
Clueless: The Musical, Trafalgar Theatre Review
Whether you’re revisiting Cher’s world or discovering it for the first time, this production of Clueless is a fun, smart, and thoroughly entertaining ride
The Score at The Theatre Royal, Haymarket
It was a big night in theatreland with the press launch for Oliver Cotton’s new play, THE SCORE at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Directed by Trevor Nunn and with Hollywood and TV megastar Brian Cox (Logan Roy in the HBO hit series Succession) in the lead role playing composer Johann Sebastian Bach, it is clearly a big deal for producing house the Theatre Royal Bath where the show originated.
Jamie Lloyd’s Much Ado About Nothing
With a company that combines big names with a strong core of returning actors, Jamie Lloyd has a house style that isn’t going to work for every production. But after his triumphant Sunset Boulevard and now this high-octane and zeitgeisty Much Ado, hopes will be high for his upcoming reworking of Evita at The London Palladium.
Review: Kyoto from RSC @SohoPlace
As the LA fires continue to rage, the effects of climate change are only too evident on our screens this week. Kyoto, opening @sohoplace theatre, feels especially prescient. Referencing the international protocol signed in Kyoto in December 1997 to commit states to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the play is a timely reminder of a dramatic part of climate negotiation history.