Review: THE SNOWMAN, Peacock Theatre
by Alice Cope - November 25, 2024
Now in its 27th year in London, The Snowman returns to Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre, offering a festive treat for families....
Review: THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH, Southwark Playhouse
by Cindy Marcolina - November 26, 2024
Mark St Germain adapts Jaku’s life story into a 90-minute one-man show that overflows with empathy and hope. Directed by Ron Lagomarsino, the piece transcends the limits of theatre. ...
Review: ROOM ON THE BROOM, Lyric Theatre
by Christiana Rose - November 25, 2024
It’s the show that London children’s theatre goers have been waiting for this festive season, Room on the Broom by theatre company Tall Stories. Well known in their field for physical storytelling, Tall Stories promise to retell the classic Donaldson and Scheffler spooky and sweet special with glee....
Review: OR WHAT'S LEFT OF US, Soho Theatre
by Katie Kirkpatrick - November 24, 2024
There’s no shortage of shows about death in the London theatre scene. None, however, reach the same level of raw vulnerability, honesty, and heart as Sh!t Theatre, Or What’s Left Of Us. Laying themselves bare, amid a rousing repertoire of folk songs, duo Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole deliver...
Review: THE PURISTS, Kiln Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - November 26, 2024
“This ain’t NWA, it’s NW6.” The preshow warm up rapper unironically proclaims down a booming mic. What a line....
Review: ZAINAB JOHNSON: LIVE, Soho Theatre
by Kat Mokrynski - November 26, 2024
Zainab Johnson: Live starts with a metaphorical bang, with Johnson getting on stage and declaring that she has a gun. And just like that, the audience is hooked. Why does Johnson have a gun? Well, that’s what we’re here to find out.
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Review: ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, Shakespeare's Globe
by Alexander Cohen - November 22, 2024
If, like me, you shrug bah humbug to Panto season and its saccharine cavalcade of festive frivolous fluff then you would do well to seek refuge at the Globe and its intelligently calibrated Winter offering of All's Well That Ends Well....