Wendy and Peter Pan at the RSC
“Following on from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s huge success with the musical Matilda, their flair for bringing the world of childhood imagination and wonder to life does not disappoint.”
Browsing: The Culturist
The Duck House
“From the writers behind Have I Got News For You, this play was never going to pull any punches, and it doesn’t disappoint.” Rachel Fellows has a giggle at our MPs’ expenses…
Coriolanus
“Whatever way you manage to see this powerful production of a much-misunderstood play, with a genuine star performance at its dark heart, it will be worth it.”
House of Whipcord
Our resident obscure – the films, not the man – film man, Steve Thompson, stumbles…
Fortune’s Fool at The Old Vic
“I was delighted when I read that Lucy Bailey would be directing Fortune’s Fool; her production of The Beggar’s Opera in 2011 was one of the most side-splitting revivals I’ve ever seen…”
American Psycho: The Musical
“What on earth could a musical version of American Psycho be like, I wondered. Bret Easton Ellis’ 1991 satirical novel is perhaps one of the funniest and most disturbing works of fiction there is…”
Carmen at the ROH
Carmen still has something to offer, 138 years on. Nick Hammond watches Bizet’s classic opera comique at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden…
RSC’s Richard II
Alex Larman witnesses the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Richard II, “…in a headline-grabbing piece of news, it features David Tennant, and his wig.”
Nutcracker
It doesn’t get much more festive than a trip to see Nutcracker, but this English…
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Cumberbitches, rejoice! Just as 2012 was The Year of the Fassbender, so Benedict Cumberbatch has…
Spymonkey’s Cooped
It was 10.25 on a Wednesday evening in the Leicester Square theatre, when three men…
Seasonal Soirées
Our guide to wonderfully original ways of eating, drinking and making-merry in London this Christmas…