A cult hit: Anoushka Warden’s debut monologue is bold, brash and baggy.
West End & Central
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
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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
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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.
11 December 2017
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Review: How to Win Against History at the Young Vic
November 30 - December 30
By William Drew
Disarmingly virtuosic: Seiriol Davies’ Edinburgh musical sensation transfers to London.
7 December 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic
Until 20 January 2018
By Francesca Peschier
“Like those Christmas selections that come in an actual tin with some of the biscuits so posh they warrant their own silver foil.”
7 December 2017
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Review: Barnum at the Menier Chocolate Factory
Until 3 March 2018
By Francesca Peschier
Bigger isn’t always better: Francesca Peschier is underwhelmed by the humbug prince.
1 December 2017
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Review: Goats at the Royal Court
November 24 - December 30
By Francesca Peschier
Just kidding: Liwaa Yazji’s exploration of the Syrian Civil War is compelling, confusing and, well, full of goats.
29 November 2017
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Review: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre
Until 21 April 2018
By Alice Saville
It takes a village to raise a child… Alice Saville reviews the West End transfer of Tom MacRae and Dan Gillespie Sells’ new musical.
29 November 2017
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Review: Roller at the Barbican
23 November - 2 December 2017
By Maddy Costa
Evolving or revolving: Maddy Costa reviews Rachel Mars and nat tarrab’s new roller derby inspired work.
24 November 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Secret Theatre at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
16 November - 16 December 2017
By Rosemary Waugh
You’re being watched: Rosemary Waugh reviews Anders Lustgarten’s new play about Elizabethan intrigue.