Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew review – Bush Theatre, London ★★★★☆
Review by Carla Rudgyard As the theatre industry narrows its focus onto playwrights who are more likely to guarantee commercial success,…
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Jessica Lazar on Outlying Islands
Jessica Lazar brings her production of David Greig’s 2002 play Outlying Islands to Jermyn Street Theatre. Set on a remote…
David Colvin on Macbeth at the Lyric Hammersmith
After a national and international tour Richard Twyman’s stylish, contemporary and gut-wrenching production for English Touring Theatre (ETT) comes to…
The Gap Year review – Lyric Theatre, Belfast ★★★★☆
Review by Mark Quinn After a successful run in 2022, The Gap Year is back in the Lyric Theatre for a…
Looking for Giants review – King’s Head Theatre, London ★★★★☆
Review by Katie Shaw Cesca Echlin’s debut one-woman show is an entertaining, fast-paced, emotionally unhinged monologue delivered in three parts, that…
Sean Gandini on Heka / MimeLondon 2025
Gandini Juggling is an ever-evolving ensemble made up of a virtuosic core group of jugglers, they regularly expand to include…
Julie Tenret, Sicaire Durieux and Sandrine Heyraud on Dimanche / MimeLondon 2025
MimeLondon’s 2025 programme concludes with the London premiere of Dimanche by Belgian companies Focus & Chaliwaté at Sadler’s Wells Peacock…
La Manékine review – The Pit, Barbican, London ★★★☆☆
This striking blend of theatrical mediums from the French theatre company La Pendue, created by Estelle Charlier and Romuald Collinet, sees puppetry, visual…
Oliver! review – Gielgud Theatre, London ★★★☆☆
Review by Katie Shaw Lionel Bart’s Oliver! took centre stage at the Gielgud Theatre on Saturday night. Having only ever watched…
Matteo Frau and Mina Trapp on Five Lines / MimeLondon 2025
Led by Matteo Frau and Mina Trapp, Frau Trapp brings their show Five Lines to this year’s MimeLondon festival in…