A Doll’s House
“Strikingly resonant and exquisitely executed, beg, borrow, steal to get your hands on a ticket.” Allana reviews A Doll’s House at the Duke of York’s Theatre.
Browsing: Theatre
The Pride
“Playwright Alexi Kaye Campbell’s debut, The Pride, is as bold an example of modern theatre as you are likely to find. Collecting several awards, including a coveted Olivier, the landmark play about gay equality is making a welcome return to London.”
The Same Deep Water as Me
‘It’s definitely not Shakespeare’. That was how one audience member summed up Nick Payne’s new play during the interval on Wednesday night. But what did they mean?
Noël Coward’s Private Lives
“Private Lives is the funniest play I have ever seen. Period…I’m not urging you, I’m telling you: go and see Toby Stevens and Anna Chancellor right now.”
The American Plan: Readers’ Night Review
“Director David Grindley well deserves the acclaim he received on its first outing in New York and more recently at the Theatre Royal Bath. It’s a real treat to see the play now making its presence felt here in London.”
Twelfth Night at Hampstead Theatre
“For some, the “comedy” in Shakespeare’s comedies often seems arcane. Either it’s wrapped up in linguistic mystery or it relies too heavily on puerility.”
Rutherford & Son
This Northern Broadsides revival of Githa Soweby’s 1912 play, Rutherford & Son, appears at the St…
David Mamet’s Race
The UK premiere of David Mamet’s Race at Hampstead Theatre is compelling, funny, and shocking. The design is…
To Kill a Mockingbird
“This production is a gem, making the absolute most of its venue and pouring imagination into the tale, to charming and thought-provoking effect.”
Relatively Speaking
“It is a masterfully constructed play that is both sharply funny and acerbically astute in its depiction of the flawed relationships of the British middle classes.”
London Wall at The St. James Theatre
“Dividing the audience, from many grimacing to others laughing enthusiastically, London Wall charts the affairs of the staff at the bustling London solicitor’s office Walker and Windermere…”
Pinter’s Patients: The Hothouse
“Set in an ‘institution’ of some description with ‘patients’ referred to only by a series of numbers, The Hothouse is certainly not one of Pinter’s best known plays…”