A fictitious, dreamlike vision of Ireland: Michael Grandage’s Martin McDonagh revival loses its way amid all the blood.
West End & Central
7 July 2018
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Review: The Jungle at the Playhouse Theatre
16 June - 3 November
By Frey Kwa Hawking
Immersive doesn’t begin to cover it: the West End transfer of Good Chance’s refugee drama is electrifying in its intimacy and honesty.
6 July 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The King and I at Palladium Theatre
Until 29th September
By Francesca Peschier
Francesca Peschier writes on the swooshing skirts and sumptuous spectacle of this “commendably self-aware” revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic.
2 July 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Taylor Mac – A 24-Decade History of Popular Music: The First Act at the Barbican
28 - 30 June 2018
By Duska Radosavljevic
‘Theatre as a kind of utopia’: Duška Radosavljević reviews Taylor Mac as part of LIFT 2018.
29 June 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Town Hall Affair at Barbican
21—24 Jun 2018
By Maddy Costa
“Be a lady”: Maddy Costa reviews the Wooster Group’s staging of when Normal Mailer met with 1970s feminists.
28 June 2018
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Review: One For Sorrow at the Royal Court
June 20 - August 11
By Hannah Greenstreet
Edges, borders, barbed wire: Cordelia Lynn’s bomb attack drama explores the ethics of keeping safe.
23 June 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Lady Eats Apple at the Barbican
14 - 16 June 2018
By Maddy Costa
Power zaps like an electric current… Maddy Costa reviews Back to Back Theatre, as part of LIFT 2018.
19 June 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Notes from the Field at Royal Court Theatre
13 - 23 June 2018
By Duska Radosavljevic
‘The broken among us teach us to be human’: Duška Radosavljević reviews Anna Deavere Smith’s verbatim show as part of LIFT 2018.
18 June 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: An Octoroon at National Theatre
7 June - 18 July 2018
By J N Benjamin
Defiance is at the heart of its genius: J.N. Benjamin reviews the National Theatre transfer of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s play.
16 June 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Smack That (a conversation) at Barbican
12 - 16 June 2018
By Ka Bradley
‘We’re all Beverlys here’: Ka Bradley reviews Rhiannon Faith’s dance-based work about domestic abuse.
9 June 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Julie at the National Theatre
31 May - 8 September 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Kristina’s play: Rosemary Waugh reviews Polly Stenham’s adaptation of August Strindberg
8 June 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Creation (Pictures for Dorian) at the Southbank Centre
By Maddy Costa
Residue as runes: Maddy Costa reviews Gob Squad, as part of LIFT 2018.
6 June 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Trojan Women at Southbank Centre
2 - 3 June 2018
By Nabilah Said
‘An epic display of female emotion’: Nabilah Said reviews a contemporary opera of Euripides’ tragedy, as part of LIFT 2018.
3 June 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Dead Centre’s Hamnet at the Southbank Centre
16 - 28 May 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Reminder: you’re going to die. Rosemary Waugh reviews Dead Centre’s work about Shakespeare’s son
1 June 2018
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Review: Translations at the National Theatre
May 22 - August 11
By Sally Hales
Words, words, words: Brian Friel’s masterful meditation on language is magnificently revived by Ian Rickson.