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West End & Central


Review: The Glow, Royal Court Theatre
29 January 2022
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: The Glow, Royal Court Theatre

By Hannah Greenstreet

Let there be light: Hannah Greenstreet reviews Alistair McDowall’s dazzling new play.


Review: Rockets and Blue Lights, National Theatre
6 September 2021
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Rockets and Blue Lights, National Theatre

25 August - 9 October
By Hannah Greenstreet

Ripples from the past: Hannah Greenstreet writes on Winsome Pinnock’s epic new play exploring the legacies of Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade.


Review: Paradise at National Theatre
15 August 2021
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Paradise at National Theatre

By Hannah Greenstreet

A festering wound: Hannah Greenstreet writes on Kae Tempest’s ‘savagely poetic’ adaptation of Philoctetes by Sophocles.


Review: The Seven Streams of the River Ota at National Theatre
18 March 2020
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: The Seven Streams of the River Ota at National Theatre

By Ava Wong Davies

A starting gun: Ava Wong Davies on Robert LePage’s epic but flattening narrative of suffering and resilience.


Review: Shoe Lady at the Royal Court
12 March 2020
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Shoe Lady at the Royal Court

4th March - 21st March
By Hannah Greenstreet

‘An odyssey in miniature’: Hannah Greenstreet writes on E.V. Crowe’s new play about a woman whose life spirals out of control when she loses a shoe.


Review: Prince of Egypt at Dominion Theatre
27 February 2020
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Prince of Egypt at Dominion Theatre

By Hailey Bachrach

Hailey Bachrach gets swept up in the Biblical storytelling and daffy design choices of an epic new West End musical.


Review: The Visit at National Theatre
17 February 2020
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: The Visit at National Theatre

By Rosemary Waugh

Elegantly wasted: Rosemary Waugh writes on Tony Kushner’s elaborate, infuriating rewrite of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s play.


Review: Nora at the Young Vic
13 February 2020
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Nora at the Young Vic

By Hannah Greenstreet

Nora, in triplicate: Hannah Greenstreet writes on the historical and economic themes of Stef Smith’s reimagined ‘A Doll’s House’.


Review: Endgame at Old Vic
8 February 2020
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Endgame at Old Vic

By Sally Hales

“Existential crisis averted, for now”: Sally Hales writes on the welcome humour of Richard Jones’s take on Beckett.


Review: The Sugar Syndrome at Orange Tree Theatre
1 February 2020
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: The Sugar Syndrome at Orange Tree Theatre

24th January - 22nd February
By Ava Wong Davies

‘A sugary surface with an achingly bitter aftertaste’: Ava Wong Davies writes on Oscar Toeman’s revival of Lucy Prebble’s play about chatrooms and an unlikely friendship.


Review: Fairview at Young Vic
27 January 2020
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Fairview at Young Vic

By Naomi Obeng

As Fairview’s UK run ends, Naomi Obeng charts her conflicting reactions to Jackie Sibblies Drury’s play. [contains spoilers]


Review: My Brilliant Friend at National Theatre
27 November 2019
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: My Brilliant Friend at National Theatre

By Hailey Bachrach

An incoherent world: Hailey Bachrach writes on an episodic staging of Elena Ferrante’s wildly successful bestsellers.


Review: & Juliet at Shaftesbury Theatre
26 November 2019
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: & Juliet at Shaftesbury Theatre

By Alice Saville and Rose Johnstone

Living in a teenage dream: in this dialogue review, Rose Johnstone and Alice Saville chat about 90s nostalgia, commercialised wokeness, and the weird world of the 21st century jukebox musical.


Review: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at Bridge Theatre
26 November 2019
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at Bridge Theatre

By Ava Wong Davies

A glorious vision: Ava Wong Davies writes on the wintry magic of Sally Cookson’s Narnia story.


Review: Henry IV/ Richard III at the Globe
23 November 2019
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Henry IV/ Richard III at the Globe

23rd November - 26th January
By Lily Levinson

‘Shakespearean civil war as Tarantino-esque entertainment’: Lily Levinson writes on Sean Holmes and Ilinca Radulian’s action-packed double-bill of history plays.


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