‘We’re all Beverlys here’: Ka Bradley reviews Rhiannon Faith’s dance-based work about domestic abuse.
West End & Central
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:Â 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
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
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.
31 May 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Consent at the Harold Pinter Theatre
18 April - 11 August 2018
By Hailey Bachrach
It’s not rape if… Hailey Bachrach writes on Nina Raine’s clever, troubling exploration of assault and the justice system.
31 May 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Tartuffe at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
25 May - 28 July 2018
By Neil Dowden
‘Lacks any sense of jeu d’esprit’: Neil Dowden reviews Christopher Hampton’s relocation of Molière to Trump’s America.
21 May 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Unexploded Ordnances (UXO) at the Barbican
15 - 19 May 2018
By Brendan Macdonald
‘This is a show, and we are living through it together’: Brendan Macdonald reviews Split Britches’s Kubrick-inspired performance.
21 May 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: As You Like It and Hamlet at Shakespeare’s Globe
Until 26 August 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Shakespeare’s stories: Rosemary Waugh reviews the first productions by the new Globe Ensemble.
18 May 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Red at Wyndham’s Theatre
May 4 - May 28
By J N Benjamin
Apollo and Dionysus: Alfred Molina is exceptional as Mark Rothko in the London return of John Logan’s two-hander.
14 May 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Crave at the Barbican
10 - 13 May 2018
By Maria Iu
‘Teetering on the edge’: Maria Iu reviews the Julie Cunningham Company’s version of Sarah Kane’s Crave
14 May 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Lessons in Love and Violence at the Royal Opera House
10 - 26 May 2018
By Rosemary Waugh
Storybook kings and queens: Rosemary Waugh reviews George Benjamin and Martin Crimp’s new opera, directed by Katie Mitchell
13 May 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
From Kabul to Kunduz at the Tristan Bates Theatre
May 8 - May 19
By Nathan Lucky Wood
A murky moral world: Kali Theatre’s new writing festival boasts a well-researched work-in-progress from Rukhsana Ahmad.
13 May 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Rattle Snake at the Soho Theatre
May 8 - May 19
By Francesca Peschier
One very dangerous man: Catrina McHugh’s two-hander explores the issues of coercive control within relationships.