This one-person, interactive comedy-drama originates in the playwright-co-director Duncan Macmillan (with Jonny Donahoe) and co-direction also by Jeremy Herrin. The West End London production sees a rotating cast of Lenny Henry, Jonny Donahoe, Ambika Mod, Sue Perkins, and Minnie Driver (performing in turn across the season). A young child, burdened by a mother’s deep despair, […]
You don’t just watch I Wish My Life Were Like a Musical. You grin, you clap, and you recognise your own theatre-going habits reflected back at you with razor-sharp wit. It is, quite simply, the standout musical comedy of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Written and composed by Alexander S. Bermange, and directed and choreographed with […]
You’re watching a musical fantasy where two Second World War fighter pilots, Tommy Albright (Louis Gaunt) and Jeff Douglas (Cavan Clarke), crash into a Highland village that appears only once in a century. Directed and choreographed by Drew McOnie with a new adaptation by Rona Munro, this version sings Lerner and Loewe’s familiar songs – […]
The Other Palace’s latest offering, Saving Mozart, arrives with ambitious intentions and a stellar cast but ultimately delivers a superficial exploration of one of history’s greatest composers. While the production boasts incredible performances and impressive choreography within the venue’s notably tiny space, it struggles to create the emotional resonance that great musical theatre demands. The […]
Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel, revived by Lynette Linton, looks like a genteel turn-of-the-century chamber piece, yet within its silk and corsetry beats a contemporary heart. Set in 1905 New York, this tale of a lonely African American seamstress feels uncannily tuned to 2025’s hunger for unheard voices. Esther Mills, played with luminous understatement by Samira […]
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, at the open air Roman Theatre in Verulamium, is exactly what the title promises, a cheeky riot of mischief and melody served under the open sky. From the first blast of Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Comedy Tonight’, you feel the show’s intent, pure crowd‑pleasing escapism with just […]
Derren Brown has always blurred the line between magic, psychology and theatre. Only Human, now thrilling crowds on a national tour, pushes that hybrid to a fresh peak. You do not get a tidy play with characters and scenes; instead you witness a live investigation of free will and prediction, delivered with the snap of […]
Lovestuck transforms the infamous 2017 Tinder date involving an unflushable poo and a woman stuck in a bathroom window into an outrageously fun musical. It pours out romcom sparkle, unapologetic toilet humour and a surprisingly earnest plea for radical self-acceptance. The creative quartet behind the mayhem could hardly be less traditional. Jamie Morton and James […]
Evita is a sung-through musical that dramatises the rise of Argentinian First Lady Eva Perón. This 2025 West End revival at the London Palladium feels equal parts rock concert and political rally. Director Jamie Lloyd, never shy of provocation, has pared the 1978 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice classic to its bones and then […]
Nye is a flashback play that drags you head-first into the morphine cloudy mind of Aneurin Bevan, the Welsh Minister of Health who birthed the National Health Service. In the vast Olivier theatre you first see Michael Sheen propped in a hospital bed, striped pyjamas glowing under cold lamps. The year is 1960; Bevan is […]