The Motive and the Cue Review
Mark Bibby Jackson reviews The Motive and the Cue at the Noel Coward Theatre. Motive and the Cue is a play about contrast. Jack Thorne’s play directed by Sam Mendes…
Mary Said What She Said, Barbican Centre
Isabelle Huppert returns to the Barbican Theatre for the UK premier of Robert Wilson’s Mary Said What She Said for a limited run in May 2024. A Théâtre de la Ville’s production…
Ghosts, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Ghosts will be the first performance of an Ibsen play at the Globe Theatre’s Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in its 10-year history. Director Joe Hill-Gibbins breathes new life into the 150-year-old…
As You Like It, Globe Theatre
Ellen McDougall’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s classic comedy As You Like It runs at the Globe Theatre until 29 October. This performance, which stars Isabel Adomakoh Young as Orlando…
Macbeth, Globe Theatre
Macbeth sees Director Abigail Graham’s directorial debut at the Globe theatre following her 2022 interpretation of Merchant of Venice at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in 2022. Macbeth Plot If you…
Portia Coughlan, Almeida Theatre
At the interval of Portia Coughlan now showing at Almeida Theatre, I find myself wondering where the play will go. To my great satisfaction I discover that it develops into…
Cold War Review, Almeida Theatre
Cold War is a beautiful love story. Echoes of Dr Zhivago and Romeo and Juliet permeate throughout this wonderful performance directed by Rupert Goold based on the book by Conor…
A Mirror Review : Almeida Theatre
Mark Bibby Jackson reviews A Mirror by Sam Holcroft at the Almeida Theatre. I must admit to having something of a pathological aversion to weddings. So, when I am invited…
A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Globe Theatre
Mark Bibby Jackson reviews a challenging performance of A Midsummer’s Night Dream at the Globe Theatre which manages to stay true to its roots. Of all Shakespeare’s plays, A Midsummer…
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Review
Mark Bibby Jackson reviews Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead at the Barbican Theatre part of its UK and Europe tour. Somehow I have never seen a…
A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction
A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction by Miranda Rose Hall will have its UK debut at the Barbican Theatre in April thanks to a collaboration between…
Romeo and Julie, Dorfman Theatre
Romeo and Julie is a new play by Gary Owen that will be performed at the National Theatre’s Dorfman Theatre from 14 February to 1 April. A co-production with the…
Standing at the Sky’s Edge
Standing at the Sky’s Edge will be performed at the National Theatre’s Olivier Theatre from 9 February to 25 March. With music and lyrics by Richard Hawley, based on a…
The Winter’s Tale, Globe Theatre
Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale will make history this February and March as it is performed on both the stage of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and the Globe Theatre. The Plot…
Phaedra, Lyttelton Theatre
Phaedra, a new play by Simon Stone after Euripides, Seneca and Racine, will be performed at the Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre from 1 February to 8 April. Writer-Director Simon Stone…
Dancing at Lughnasa, Olivier Theatre
The Olivier Theatre will host Brian Friel’s Tony Award-winning drama Dancing at Lughnasa in April. Siobhan McSweeney (Derry Girls), Ardal O’Hanlon (Father Ted) and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor are among the cast…
The Motive and the Cue, Noel Coward Theatre
Jack Thorne’s new play The Motive and the Cue, starring Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton, and directed by Sam Mendes will run at the Noel Coward Theatre from 9 December…
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Complicité/Simon McBurney – Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead The acclaimed company Complicité makes its Barbican stage debut with this fresh production of Drive Your Plow Over the…
The Comedy of Errors, Globe Theatre
This summer, catch The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare’s comedy about misplaced siblings and confused identities, at the Globe Theatre. See a performance of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous comedies…
Black Superhero, Royal Court Theatre
Black Superhero, a play by Danny Lee Wynter, will be performed at the Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square from 14 March to 29 April, 2023. Cast for Black Superhero The…
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Globe Theatre
Join the fun as Mother Nature envelops Shakespeare’s glorious comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre this summer. The Story of A Midsummer Night’s Dream Four disobedient…
Guys & Dolls The Musical, Bridge Theatre
One of the finest musicals ever Guys & Dolls will be performed at the Bridge Theatre this spring and summer. The immersive show directed by Nicholas Hytner…
Jack Absolute Flies Again Review
Julia Bright reviews Jack Absolute Flies Again at the National Theatre, a rollicking update on Sheridan’s The Rivals. There is no doubt, Jack Absolute Flies Again is a hit. It’s a…
ABBA Voyage to the The Stratford Hotel
Eileen Wise goes back to a fantastic future with ABBA Voyage and a luxurious stay at modern The Stratford Hotel. What a journey! It’s taken more than five years to…
