Review: LOOK BACK IN ANGER, Almeida Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - October 02, 2024
If Roots is the demure first part of the Almeida’s “Angry and Young” season, Look Back in Anger is the explosive finale. How could it not be when the human flamethrower Jimmy Porter is the burning star at the centre of its orbit?...
Review: ROOTS, Almeida Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - October 02, 2024
The Almeida’s ”Angry and Young” season is a stroke of curatorial brilliance. Arnold Wesker’s 1958 Roots and John Osborne’s 1956 Look back in Anger face off, a roaring lion in one corner, a growling tiger in the other....
Review: REDLANDS, Chichester Festival Theatre
by Debbie Gilpin - October 01, 2024
'The quality of mercy is not strained; it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath.' Charlotte Jones’ new play delves into a curious pocket of showbiz history, with Michael Havers QC at the centre of it all. Fresh from a momentous victory, he is personally selected by The Rolli...
Review: ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND, Royal Ballet And Opera
by Matthew Paluch - September 30, 2024
The Royal Ballet 24/25 season opened on September 28 with Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. When first created in 2011 the ballet was made up of two acts, by 2012 Wheeldon had reworked things into three and this is what we find in the 2024 revival.
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Review: NEVER LET ME GO, Rose Theatre
by Josh Maughan - September 30, 2024
In two unsettling and sensationally conceptualised acts, the play starkly reminds us of what we stand to lose when progress overshadows our most vital connections....
Review: SUOR ANGELICA, London Coliseum
by Michael Higgs - September 30, 2024
Annilese Miskimmon reimagines the tragic tale against the backdrop of a convent in 1960s Ireland in an unsettling production with some outstanding performers that combine with Puccini's haunting score in a compelling production....
Review: THE BLACK SAINT AND THE SINNER LADY, Barbican Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - September 27, 2024
Charles Mingus originally intended for his iconic 1963 jazz album The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady to be accompanied by dancers and, thanks to performance company Clod Ensemble and the Nu Civilisation Orchestra, it becomes the inspiration for a vibrant and inclusive show....