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Photos: In Rehearsal for ALTERATIONS At The National Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 30, 2025

The National Theatre has released first look rehearsal photos for Bush Theatre Artistic Director Lynette Linton’s (Blues for an Alabama Sky, Shifters) revival of award-winning Guyana-born British writer Michael Abbensetts’ (Sweet Talk, Empire Road) era-defining comedy Alterations.

Review: INSIDE NO.9 STAGE/FRIGHT, Wyndham's Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - Jan 30, 2025

At its worst Inside No.9 Stage/Fright plays out like a greatest hits album. Familiar rhythms rewired into a thank you for the fans, who no doubt will vibrate with delight at some of the references to old episodes. Not much of a criticism when the endlessly inventive original is so salute worthily brilliant.

Review: AIDA, Royal Ballet and Opera
by Gary Naylor - Jan 29, 2025

Robert Carsen's vision is as uncompromising as ever, but the world has changed in three short years

Photos: Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace in CABARET in London
by Stephi Wild - Jan 28, 2025

All new photos have been released of Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace in CABARET at the Kit Kat Club in London. The pair begin performances in the show tonight, Tuesday 28 January 2025. Check out photos here!

Review: AN INTERROGATION, Hampstead Theatre
by Katie Kirkpatrick - Jan 26, 2025

One room, two people. A murder case, as yet unsolved. Jamie Armitage’s An Interrogation takes a simple premise and layers it with questions of gender, class, and responsibility.

Review: CYMBELINE, Shakespeare's Globe
by Alexander Cohen - Jan 23, 2025

Shifting identities and hierarchies interweave like a spider’s web in Cymbeline. A pinch of added complication can’t hurt?

Review: MACBETH, In Cinemas
by Cheryl Markosky - Jan 22, 2025

David Tennant and Cush Jumbo lead a first-rate cast in a raw, visceral, brutal and ultimately hopeful show filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London.

Photos: Billy Porter and Marisha Wallce in Rehearsal For CABARET
by Stephi Wild - Jan 21, 2025

All new rehearsal photos have been released for CABARET at the Kit Kat Club starring Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace, ahead of their first performance. Check out the photos here!

Review: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE 1936, Trafalgar Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Jan 10, 2025

Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts are getting a foothold in London’s East End. Shylock, here a single parent, requests a pound of flesh from Antonio, part of Mosley’s aficionados, in order to clear his debts. The demands of the Jewish moneylender who’s endlessly abused in public by the same people who require her services immediately gain further nuance in Brigid Larmour and Tracy-Ann Oberman.

Critics' Choice: Franco Milazzo's Best Shows Of 2024
by Franco Milazzo - Dec 31, 2024

Writing stage reviews is an adventure I have yet to tire of. This year, I sat in the dark and scribbled hieroglyphics into my notebook in a dark room as I watched opera, cabaret, dance, circus, comedy, clowns, musicals, concert films, buckets of immersive shows (theatre, dining, even panto) and even some theatre.

Critics' Choice: Kat Mokrynski's Top Ten Shows of 2024
by Kat Mokrynski - Dec 31, 2024

Having seen over 320 shows in cities like London, New York, Edinburgh in 2024, it was certainly difficult to narrow it down to my top ten shows of the year, but I have done my best! This list is a mix of plays, musicals and stand-up comedy shows that I have seen as both a critic, as well as some that I went to as a punter.

Critics' Choice: Sarah O’Hara's Best Theatre of 2024
by Sarah OHara - Dec 30, 2024

Sarah O’Hara looks back on her theatre highlights of 2024, including Something About George, Twelfth Night and more.

Review Roundup: What Did the Critics Think of Sigourney Weaver in THE TEMPEST?
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Dec 20, 2024

The Jamie Lloyd Company presents The Tempest,  the first production in a season of Shakespeare in London’s iconic Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Review: THE TEMPEST, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
by Alexander Cohen - Dec 20, 2024

As achingly monotone as it is aggressively monochrome.

Critics' Choice: Aliya Al-Hassan's Women of the Year 2024
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Dec 19, 2024

Who run the world? Well in 2024, the women certainly showed what they could do.

Review: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, Almeida Theatre
by Gary Naylor - Dec 18, 2024

Daisy Edgar-Jones and Kingsley Ben-Adir lead a fine cast in an impressive, if gruelling, examination of the destructive power of mendacity

Interview: ‘It’s Like All My Birthdays Have Come At Once’: Actor Selina Cadell on Surrendering to Shakespeare in THE TEMPEST
by Sarah OHara - Dec 16, 2024

The Jamie Lloyd Company’s production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, starring Sigourney Weaver, opened at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 7 December 2024.

Photos: Sigourney Weaver and More in THE TEMPEST
by Stephi Wild - Dec 13, 2024

All new production photos have been released  for The Jamie Lloyd Company’s production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest starring Sigourney Weaver in her West End debut.

David Tennant’s MACBETH Interrupted by Disruptive Audience Member in London
by Joshua Wright - Dec 12, 2024

A West End performance of Macbeth, starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo, faced a 15-minute delay after an audience member disrupted the show at the Harold Pinter Theatre.

Critics' Choice: Cheryl Markosky's Best Shows of 2024
by Cheryl Markosky - Dec 12, 2024

Grand dame Sian Phillips stealing the show, Adam Cooper giving an unexpected twirl and smaller theatre spaces punching above their weight. These are some of BroadwayWorld reviewer Cheryl Markosky's favourite theatre moments of 2024.