Review: GHOSTS, starring Victoria Smurfit and Callum Scott Howells
by Cindy Marcolina - Apr 17, 2025
Victoria Smurfit and Callum Scott Howells are the tragic mother-son duo in an exciting, tense, suspenseful adaptation. Owen shifts the script and makes this classic all about domestic abuse and the power of upper-class disdain. Rachel O’Riordan’s production is a masterclass in distilling tension and concentrating it without frills or games. It’s an emotionally challenging experience, pure theatre.
BroadwayWorld UK's Olivier Awards 2025 Predictions
by BWW UK Critics - Apr 4, 2025
Established in 1976, the Olivier Awards celebrate the world-class status of London theatre, and are Britain’s most prestigious stage honours. Leading the way this year is Tom Scutt's Fiddler on the Roof which matches Hamilton's record-breaking 13 nominations, represented in every acting and creative category.
Photos: BEEGU From Unicorn Productions
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 24, 2025
Unicorn Theatre has released brand-new production photos for Beegu, a new adaptation of Alexis Deacon’s beloved children’s book. Check out the new images from the show.
Review: EDWARD II, Swan Theatre
by Debbie Gilpin - Mar 6, 2025
'I'll bandy with the barons and the earls, and either die or live with Gaveston.' There has been much conjecture over the centuries as to the true nature of Edward II’s relationship with Piers Gaveston; were they friends, committed partners, or something in between? It’s not something for which we can ever have conclusive proof, thanks to the passing of time and the fact that sexuality wasn’t as rigidly defined in medieval times as it is now. Christopher Marlowe had his own thoughts about the pair, and that is what we see brought to life in his history play.
Review: MORE LIFE, The Royal Court
by Alexander Cohen - Feb 13, 2025
Botox and Ozempic can make anyone beautiful and AI will outthink us all. What is left for the human race? That’s the question that’s unravelled in More Life
Review Roundup: THE YEARS Makes Its West End Transfer
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Feb 10, 2025
The five-star sold out production of The Years has transferred to the West End for 12 weeks only. Based on Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux’s fearless masterpiece, five actors create an unapologetic portrait of a woman shaped by her rapidly-changing world.
Review: THE YEARS, Harold Pinter Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - Feb 10, 2025
Critics raved about its initial run at the Almedia last year. Can it make the leap from intimate space to grand West End playhouse?
Review Roundup: ELEKTRA, Starring Brie Larson
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Feb 6, 2025
Starring Brie Larson, Daniel Fish directs the first major revival in over a decade of Sophokles’ electrifying and timeless play, Elektra, with a translation by poet Anne Carson, at the Duke Of York’s Theatre.
Photos: THE YEARS at the Harold Pinter Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jan 30, 2025
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam’s new Artistic Director Eline Arbo returns to direct her five-star, sold out adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux’s critically acclaimed semi-autobiographical novel The Years. Check out all new photos here!
Photos: RSC's EDWARD II in Rehearsals
by Stephi Wild - Jan 27, 2025
All new rehearsal photos have been released for the RSC’s production of Christopher Marlowe’s rarely performed tragedy, Edward II, which runs in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon beginning next month.
Review: THE INVENTION OF LOVE, Hampstead Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - Dec 17, 2024
Don’t be fooled. It’s midwinter and a rotund man with a big white beard is centre stage. But this is no schmultz-fest panto. It’s Simon Russell Beale as A.E Housman in Blanche Mcintyre’s sober new production of Tom Stoppard’s portrait of the artist as an old man, The Invention Of Love.
Review: ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Brixton House
by Franco Milazzo - Nov 27, 2024
Alice In Wonderland? More like Alice Goes Underground as Poltergeist Productions’ take on the Lewis Carroll classic sees our heroine trapped on a tube.