Raw and new and believable: Rafaella Marcus and David Ralf team up to produce a long-form review of Ivo van Hove’s six-hour Roman Tragedies.
Venues: Barbican Theatre
21 February 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Richard III at the Barbican
Barbican Theatre ⋄ 16 - 19 February 2017
By Brendan Macdonald
All about Richard: Brendan Macdonald reviews Thomas Ostermeier’s “confrontational, direct, and raw” version of Richard III
13 February 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Beware of Pity at the Barbican
Barbican Theatre ⋄ 9 - 12 February 2017
By Brendan Macdonald
Viewed through glass: Brendan McDonald reviews Complicite and Schaubühne Berlin’s staging of Stefan Zweig’s novel.
6 February 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Kiss & Cry at the Barbican
Barbican Theatre ⋄ 1 - 4 February 2017
By Ka Bradley
Set by set, scene by scene, love by love: Ka Bradley reviews Charleroi Danses’s “transporting and joyously original work.”
17 January 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Blak Whyte Gray at the Barbican
Barbican Theatre ⋄ 12 - 21 January 2017
By Amelia Forsbrook
An elegant riot against control: Amelia Forsbrook reviews Boy Blue Entertainment at the Barbican.
21 November 2016
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: King Lear at the Barbican
Barbican Theatre ⋄ 10th November - 23rd December 2016
By Brendan Macdonald
Making something out of nothing: Brendan Macdonald reviews Gregory Doran’s production of King Lear for the RSC.
7 November 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: Cymbeline at the Barbican
Barbican Theatre ⋄ 31st October - 17th December 2016
By Sally Hales
In a post-Brexit world, we will all wear patchwork denim: Sally Hales reviews the RSC’s Cymbeline at the Barbican.
16 September 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: The Alchemist at the Barbican
Barbican Theatre ⋄ 2nd September - 1st October 2016
By Neil Dowden
Comedy gold: Neil Dowden reviews the Polly Findlay’s production of The Alchemist.
15 September 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: Doctor Faustus at the Barbican
Barbican Theatre ⋄ 7th September - 1st October 2016
By Maddy Costa
Mid-life crisis: Maddy Costa reviews the RSC’s Doctor Faustus at the Barbican.
14 July 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: Needles and Opium at the Barbican
Barbican Theatre ⋄ 7th-16th July 2016
By Tim Bano
Drows’d with the fume of poppies: Tim Bano reviews Robert LePage’s interweaving narratives of Miles Davis and Jean Cocteau.
24 June 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: The Shadow King at the Barbican
Barbican Theatre ⋄ 22nd June - 2nd July 2016
By David Ralf
“The land was never any man’s to sell”: David Ralf reviews Malthouse Theatre’s adaptation of King Lear.
13 June 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: Phaedra(s) at the Barbican
Barbican Theatre ⋄ 9th - 18th June 2016
By Andrew Haydon
“Challengingly “internationalâ€, but perhaps not in quite the way LIFT hopes.” Andrew Haydon reviews Krzysztof Warlikowski’s revisiting of Phaedra.
30 May 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: The Forbidden Zone at Barbican
Barbican Theatre ⋄ 26th - 29th May 2016
By Maddy Costa
it is a cry fully a century long colon a review by Maddy Costa comma at the Barbican stop
29 April 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: Kings of War at the Barbican
Barbican Theatre ⋄ 22nd April - 1st May 2016
By Tim Bano
Updating the Shakespearian operating system: Tim Bano reviews Ivo van Hove’s reprogramming of Shakespeare.
4 April 2016
Reviews • Opera
Review: The Importance of Being Earnest at the Barbican
Barbican Theatre ⋄ 29th March - 3rd April 2016
By Maddy Costa
“There is a violence at the heart of this opera,” Maddy Costa reviews The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Ramin Gray.