The High Table – from London to Lagos It’s Valentine’s Day at the Bush Theatre and a celebration of love with the joyous opening of Temi Wilkey’s heart-warming and highly accomplished debut play The High Table. A touching and at times very funny exploration of homosexuality, marriage, cultural values and traditions, and intergenerational family dynamics. […]
The Visit – National Theatre review
Tony Kushner’s new adaptation of The Visit. Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s classic 1956 play The Visit (or The Old Lady Comes to Call) has been adapted by acclaimed North American playwright Tony Kushner, best known for writing the celebrated 1992 play ‘Angels in America’. Here Kushner has transported the story from central Europe to mid-20th-century America in a […]
Death of England – Dorfman, National Theatre – Review
Visceral Theatre in Death of England at the National Theatre. It’s always a stimulating experience going to The Dorfman Theatre. It’s the National’s version of the Young Vic or The Royal Court – a place to find experimental writing and productions; director Clint Dyer and his co-writer Roy Williams are both working-class and black and […]
Review – Kunene and the King – Ambassadors Theatre
John Kani and Anthony Sher – Kunene and the King. Kunene and the King, playing at The Ambassadors Theatre, brings together on stage two of the finest actors South Africa has ever produced. John Kani (actor, director, playwright and cultural activist) and Anthony Sher (who studied drama in the UK and rose to become one […]
Faustus: That Damned Woman – Lyric Hammersmith – Review
A legendary myth transforms into a vivid feminist tale. Headlong and the Lyric Hammersmith’s powerful co-production of Faustus: That Damned Woman turns the legendary myth into a vivid feminist tale. Chris Bush’s cleverly written retelling of Christopher Marlowe’s renaissance play gender swaps the iconic role of Faustus to dramatic effect. It takes you on a […]
Endgame at the Old Vic – Preview
Samuel Beckett’s End Game. Opening at The Old Vic, London on 4 February 2020, the much-anticipated Endgame is creating a flurry of excitement amongst theatre lovers. Not only is this production a Samuel Beckett double-bill, but it also brings to the stage four acclaimed actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Jane Horrocks, Karl Johnson and Alan Cummings. Directed […]
The Sunset Limited – Boulevard Theatre – Review
Enter the mind of Pulitzer Prize winner Cormac McCarthy through Terry Johnson’s new production. If you’re looking for a play to challenge both your intellect and your soul, step away from the musical fantasies of Shaftesbury Avenue and, take a seat at the fabulous new Boulevard Theatre in Walker’s Court Soho for The Sunset Limited. […]
Uncle Vanya – Review
Uncle Vanya at the Harold Pinter Theatre, Soho. For those who know and hold Uncle Vanya close to their hearts, this production at The Harold Pinter Theatre will delight. For those who are seeing the play for the first time, it is a masterful introduction to one of Chekhov’s finest works. Even for those with […]
The Welkin – Lyttelton at the National Theatre – Review
Twelve Angry Women – The Welkin. Lucy Kirkwood’s latest new play The Welkin, (derived from the Old English word wolcen, or cloud is the vault of the sky) is set in 1759 in rural Suffolk. It tells the story of one woman’s fate after committing a heinous murder of an eleven-year-old girl, daughter to a […]
Four Play – Above the Stag – Review
The Perils of Monogamy Above the Stag specialises in telling LGBTQIA+ stories and has revived Jake Brunger’s highly amusing Four Play, which successfully combines comedy and a serious look at issues like commitment and monogamy among young gay men in 21st century London. One of the great joys of living in London is its thriving […]