CHARLTON HOUSE GARDENS

by Josh Maughan - March 13, 2025

Both a quiet act of defiance against the current theatre landscape and a show of solidarity with those striving to create within it. It also stands as a testament to the talent behind it—Rachel Lemon’s direction, in particular, is exceptional....

by Katie Kirkpatrick - March 12, 2025

It would be fair to say Weather Girl was the talk of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe. With a Scotsman Fringe First, a Lustrum Award, and a queue stretching back into the Summerhall courtyard, it was only a matter of time until this sweltering success got a much-anticipated London transfer. Now fully so...

by Matthew Paluch - March 12, 2025

Oh Drum TAO…what to say? There's many good things about their show The Dream - but then there's some undeniable, less positive realities. The troop are from Oita, Japan. Formed 31 years ago, and has been on the road since. Bizarrely the current shows at the Peacock Theatre are their long-awaited Lon...

by Kat Mokrynski - March 13, 2025

Derek Mitchell: Double Dutch begins in quite a Dutch way, with Mitchell emerging from behind the curtains in clogs and a Dutch bonnet, greetig everyone with a strong Dutch accent before launching into his show which, surprisingly, isn’t all about being Dutch (even though it does have a pretty Dutch ...

by Tsitsi Tsopotsa - March 10, 2025

The intimate Studio A at Dalston's Arcola Theatre provides the perfect backdrop for Dear Martin a psychological drama exploring mental health, manipulation and reversed gender dynamics. The converted textile factory, with its exposed brick walls and wooden floors, creates an atmospheric setting that...

by Cindy Marcolina - March 11, 2025

Each Thursday night, the most unlikely of groups meet to play Dungeons and Dragons. A struggling teenager, an overworked trainee solicitor, and an unemployed twenty-something become a Dungeon Master, a Wizard, and a Warrior Princess. Instead of fighting the system that lets them down head on, they w...

by Kat Mokrynski - March 13, 2025

A Whole New World of Alan Menken, a concert written and performed by Alan Menken (with additional material by Jennifer Lucy Cook and Richard Kraft), is an evening of stories and songs for fans of Menken’s work, whether they’ve heard it in Disney films or on stage on Broadway. Directed by Kraft, the ...

by Franco Milazzo - March 09, 2025

It may have lacked the star power seen in previous shows but the Royal Albert Hall’s latest entry in their Films In Concert events was a night punctuated by laughter, tears and raw emotion. ...

by Kat Mokrynski - March 10, 2025

Rachel Fairburn: Side Eye is, as one might expect from the title, a bit of a judgmental show. Walking into the Leicester Square Theatre, audience members are greeted by a table that is filled with seven brightly-painted mannequin heads, each with their own expression of judgment on their faces....

by Vikki Jane Vile - March 08, 2025

Natalia Osipova is not a dancer who likes to play by the rules. A dancer who never felt she fitted the mould of a perfect ballerina growing up in Russia where being long-limbed and tall was the expectation. These days, she’s a much loved Principal of the Royal Ballet, she only does the things she wa...