BANG! and Whaam! Rosemary Waugh reviews the opening production in the Globe’s Summer of Love.
West End & Central
26 April 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Obsession at the Barbican
19 April - 20 May
By Fergus Morgan
What I’m suppose to think vs What I actually think: Fergus Morgan reviews the world premiere of Ivo van Hove’s Obsession.
24 April 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Nuclear War at the Royal Court
19 April - 6 May 2017
By Holly Williams
It’s just one interpretation: Holly Williams on Imogen Knight’s “sensuously rich” production of Simon Stephens’ new play.
23 April 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: All The Things I Lied About at Soho Theatre
18 April - 6 May 2017
By Emma Smith
Cognitive dissonance: Emma Smith reviews Katie Bonna’s one-woman show about lying.
18 April 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Legend of Mulan at the Royal Festival Hall
15 April 2017
By Ka Bradley
Ka Bradley reviews the Hong Kong Dance Company’s underwhelming staging of an ancient folktale.
16 April 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Shit-faced Shakespeare at Leicester Square Theatre
21 April - 16 September 2017
By Eleanor Turney
Eleanor Turney gets into the spirit of things with a shit-faced review of Shit-faced Shakespeare.
16 April 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Velveteen Rabbit at the Unicorn Theatre
17 March - 15 April
By B. L. Sherrington
“Once you are real, you can never be ugly except to those who don’t understand.” B. L. Sherrington reviews the Unicorn Theatre’s staging of The Velveteen Rabbit.
13 April 2017
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: 46 Beacon at Trafalgar Studios
Trafalgar Studios ⋄ April 5 - April 29
By Holly O'Mahony
A much more exciting party: Holly O’Mahony swims in the undercurrents of Bill Rosenfield’s transferred two-hander.
10 April 2017
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Winter’s Tale at the Barbican
Barbican Silk Street Theatre ⋄ April 5 - April 22
By Sally Hales
David Hare might hate it, but he’d be wrong: Sally Hales exalts in Declan Donnellan’s directorial vision for this problematic play.
7 April 2017
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: 42nd Street at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Theatre Royal Drury Lane ⋄ 20th March - July 22nd
By Holly O'Mahony
Sunny side up: Holly O’Mahony contemplates 42nd Street’s escapism amid 2017’s political turbulence.
5 April 2017
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Lucy McCormick: Triple Threat at Soho Theatre
Soho Theatre ⋄ 28 March - 22 April 2017
By Brendan Macdonald
A divine and dirty awakening: Brendan Macdonald reviews the gospel according to Lucy McCormick
5 April 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Consent at the National Theatre
National Theatre ⋄ 28 March - 17 May, 2017
By Corrie Tan
The yes-no of it: Corrie Tan reviews Nina Raine’s “exquisitely devastating” new play.
31 March 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere at the Young Vic
Young Vic ⋄ 28 - 30 March 2017
By Fergus Morgan
Fergus Morgan attends Paul Mason’s attempt to explain the state of the world in 2011-2017, but leaves with as many questions as answers.
29 March 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Wipers Times at the Arts Theatre
Arts Theatre ⋄ 21 March - 13 May 2017
By Laura Gilbert
Familiar territory revisited with humour and pathos: Laura Gilbert reviews Ian Hislop and Nick Newman’s play about a satirical newspaper in WWI.
28 March 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Don Juan in Soho at Wyndham’s Theatre
Wyndham's Theatre ⋄ Until 10 June 2017
By Eleanor Turney
An absolute bastard, but a charming one: Eleanor Turney reviews David Tennant in Patrick Marber’s update of Molière.