If you are looking for high drama, The Weir is not for you. But in the absence of an elaborate plot, Conor McPherson creates tension from a subtle glance or a casual misspeak, intimacy from an extended silence or the brush of a hand. It does not shock, but it is full of intrigue, mystery and wit.
Harold keeps walking:- Preview of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Harold Fry strides into the Theatre Royal Haymarket for a limited run in 2026. When Harold Fry first set out on his unlikely journey in Rachel Joyce’s 2012 debut novel, few could have predicted just how far he would travel. The quiet, retired man from Devon has already walked across Britain in Joyce’s prose, made […]
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 […]
Evita the Musical – London West End 2025
Over four decades on, its exploration of celebrity, populism and power feels sharper than ever, especially in the hands of director Jamie Lloyd, who strips it back to its core and exposes its enduring, uneasy relevance.
The Deep Blue Sea – Theatre Royal Haymarket
Tamsin Greig stars in Terence Rattigan’s 1950’s study of obsession and the destructive power of love in a new production originally presented at the Theatre Royal Bath.
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 […]
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
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.
Mary, Queen of Scots – ENO
The rarely performed Mary, Queen of Scots (1973) made its London debut at ENO’s Coliseum. The Opera followed Mary’s short-lived reign as Scottish queen. Something of a synthesis between Shakespearean period drama and contemporary opera, betrayal, lust and schemes were centre stage.