THE LION & UNICORN THEATRE

by Franco Milazzo - March 22, 2025

Nick Hyde’s tragicomic Double Act uses clowning and comedy to tell the story of a young man (played by Hyde and Oliver Maynard in white face paint) who wakes up and sets off to kill himself somewhere on the South Coast. He has a few things, though, to tick off his list before he throws himself off a...

by Alexander Cohen - March 20, 2025

Ryan Calais Cameron’s tight knit three-hander cuts deeper than a meditation on money or morality....

by Michael Higgs - March 20, 2025

With plenty of colour, masks, and a mystical ambience, Andrei Șerban’s 1984 production of Turandot feels just as fresh as ever. Paired with a stellar cast on top form, it represents a great success, all around....

by Matthew Paluch - March 20, 2025

The Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival continues across venues in London with the Lyon Opera Ballet presenting Merce Cunningham Forever. Cunningham needs no introduction…yet somehow we see very little of his work performed in the UK. It comes down to the Europeans (again) giving us an...

by Franco Milazzo - March 19, 2025

One thought rattled around my head all night while watching this radical take on Paradise Lost: how would God react to all of this? Would Jehovah, The Almighty, Him Up There be more or less angry than he was at the original text? Would He raise a solitary finger and cast lightning down on the venue?...

by Kat Mokrynski - March 21, 2025

Dulcé Sloan, a former senior correspondent for The Daily Show, is bringing her stand-up show to London at the Soho Theatre. Unlike most comedy shows at the venue, there really is no description for her show on the site, giving it a bit of an air of mystery as audience members head downstairs to the ...

by Abbie Grundy - March 19, 2025

Dear England dives deep into England's football culture and the pressures of success....

by Franco Milazzo - March 18, 2025

Quite where The Tindersticks fit into the modern era is a bit of a mystery. The latest tour brings this band to the Royal Albert Hall for a show that celebrates their recent successes and their mellifluous back catalogue....

by Kat Mokrynski - March 18, 2025

After two sold-out runs at The Crypt in 2023, Sleepwalk Immersive’s Bacchanalia and the world of Thebes has returned to London, this time at Hoxton Hall. The show, directed by Sebastian Huang (Artistic Director for Sleepwalk Immersive), takes the story of The Bacchae by Euripedes and places it in th...

by Amber-Rae Stobbs - March 17, 2025

Horrendous events in Guyana, now almost 50 years ago, provides the subject matter that this extraordinary company carry forward by harnessing every element of the power of theatre...