A Christmas Carol at The Old Vic
Christmas is coming – it must be because the Old Vic has brought back its…
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Marvellous at Soho Place
The newest theatre in Soho chooses an exuberant and colourful revival for its first play.…
The Two Popes at Theatre Royal Bath
If, like me, you enjoyed the absorbing Netflix drama, The Two Popes, in which Anthony…
Eureka Day at The Old Vic
Helen Hunt’s London stage debut was always going to be a big event and, in…
Chasing Hares at the Young Vic
Sonali Bhattacharyya’s Chasing Hares is, make no bones about it, a political play. It won…
The Corn Is Green
It’s a familiar trope. The unconventional, do-good teacher arrives in a town set in its…
The 47th at The Old Vic
Mike Bartlett’s new play is, like his last, Charles III, written in blank verse. This…
The Collaboration
Anthony McCarten’s new play at the Young Vic is called The Collaboration but its premise…
Best of Enemies at The Young Vic
The past is, of course, another country. At times, though, it can seem chillingly familiar.…
A Christmas Carol at The Old Vic
By some extraordinary oversight, I have never made it to the Old Vic’s highly superior…
Camp Siegfried at The Old Vic
Bess Wohl’s new play at the Old Vic is essentially a coming-of-age love story. It…
Talking Shakespeare at the RSC
It’s been one of the enduring agonies of the lockdown; the closure of theatres, with…