The loveliness, and ultimate uselessness, of wit: Tim Bano reviews Kathy Burke’s take on Oscar Wilde.
West End & Central
24 January 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Beginning at the Ambassadors Theatre
15 January - 24 March 2018
By Hailey Bachrach
A reminder that we’re all just people: Hailey Bachrach reviews the West End transfer of David Eldridge’s will-they-won’t-they drama.
23 January 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Birthday Party at The Harold Pinter Theatre
Until 14 April 2018
By Amelia Forsbrook
Power play: Amelia Forsbrook reviews Ian Rickson’s production of Pinter.
22 January 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: All’s Well That Ends Well at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
11 January – 3 March 2018
By Brendan Macdonald
A talent for unearthing character interiority: Brendan Macdonald reviews Caroline Byrne’s take on Bertram and Helena’s sort-of love story.
22 January 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Bêtes de foire at the Barbican
16 - 20 January 2018
By William Drew
Nostalgic cliché: William Drew reviews Petit théâtre de gestes as part of the London International Mime Festival 2018.
16 January 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Ovo at the Royal Albert Hall
7 January - 4 March 2018
By Amelia Forsbrook
A hyperactive primary-coloured tale: Amelia Forsbrook reviews Cirque du Soleil’s new show.
14 January 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Rita, Sue and Bob Too at the Royal Court
9 - 27 January 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Lots of knots: Rosemary Waugh reviews the arrival of Andrea Dunbar’s play at the Royal Court.
11 January 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: My Mum’s a Twat at the Royal Court
January 8 - January 20
By Rosemary Waugh
A cult hit: Anoushka Warden’s debut monologue is bold, brash and baggy.
23 December 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Grinning Man at Trafalgar Studios
18 December 2017 - 17 February 2018
By Brendan Macdonald
“A Victor Hugo musical? It’ll never work.” Brendan Macdonald reviews the London transfer of The Grinning Man.
21 December 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Hamilton at Victoria Palace Theatre
By Bridget Minamore
Who tells your story: the smash-hit revisionist historical musical comes to London.
20 December 2017
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Snow Mouse at the Barbican
December 13 - December 23
By Diana Damian Martin
Winter wonderland: the egg and Travelling Light Theatre Company create a sensory world of snow.
19 December 2017
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Titus Andronicus at the Barbican
December 7 - January 19
By Neil Dowden
The bizarreness takes over from the brutality: Blanche McIntyre’s production can’t balance the horror and the humour of Shakespeare’s bloodbath.
18 December 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Belleville at the Donmar Warehouse
7 December 2017 - 3 February 2018
By Sally Hales
Privileged, bored and probably lazy: Sally Hales reviews the UK premiere of Amy Herzog’s relationship psychodrama.
14 December 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Pinocchio at the National Theatre
Until 10 April 2018
By Miriam Gillinson
It’s mad. It’s ambitious. It’s silly and frightening and really annoying: Miriam Gillinson reviews the National Theatre’s stage version of Pinocchio.
11 December 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Grimly Handsome at the Royal Court
6 -23 December 2017
By Sally Hales
Bizarre, challenging and strangely compelling: Sally Hales reviews the Royal Court’s alternative take on Christmas theatre.