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Reviews
2 hours ago
Review: When We Were Us, Jack Studio Theatre
A well-intentioned exploration of abuse and friendship is undermined by an overcrowded script that muddles its message.
Reviews
4 hours ago
Review: Kish Kush: Traces of an Encounter, Polka Theatre
Playful, thoughtful and visually striking. A show that proves children’s theatre can tackle big ideas with grace and simplicity.
Reviews
6 hours ago
Review: Ancient Grease, The Vaults
A Grease‑in‑Greece parody with committed performances, but uneven comedy and execution that never fully realises its potential.
Reviews
9 hours ago
Review: Yentl, Marylebone Theatre
Part rom com, part fairytale, part theological rumination, part social critique, Yentl is a compelling, sometimes stressful watch
Reviews
9 hours ago
Review: Hung Dance: Push and Pull, Coronet Theatre
A sometimes playful, sometimes sinister exploration of a binary construct, through tai chi inspired dance.
Reviews
24 hours ago
Review: Nosebleeds, The Glitch
A clever and quietly devastating exploration of identity and distance during conflict. Small theatre with a surprisingly strong pulse.
Reviews
1 day ago
Review: Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Gracie Fields Story, Museum of Comedy
The story of a working-class girl from Rochdale: spanning a global career and reminding us us of her fame, her…
Reviews
1 day ago
Review: Art, Etcetera Theatre
A complex look into friendship that is both funny and heart wrenching.
Interviews
1 day ago
Interview: A little look at a hugely impressive show
Peter Morton takes us on a tour of Tiny Planet, currently touring the UK
Reviews
2 days ago
Review: Landscapes, Sadler’s Wells East
Less is more in a show which unites dance, light and music to create potent explorations of illusion and space.
Reviews
2 days ago
Review: Witch Girl Summer, Lion and Unicorn Theatre
A play with truly magnificent production, let down by a fun script that merely teases, with the promise of so…
Reviews
3 days ago
Review: Manic Street Creature, Kiln Theatre
This virtuoso performance of gig theatre impresses technically, but the amplification of trauma on such a broad canvas becomes tiring.
Reviews
3 days ago
Review: Measure For Measure & Julius Caesar – Dirty Politics Double Bill, Golden Goose Theatre
An intriguing historical experiment that struggles to translate into compelling theatre.
Interviews
4 days ago
Interview: Glass Skin and Human Limbs: The Horrific Catharsis of Witch Girl Summer
Margarita Valderrama and Kay Brattan talk about Witch Girl Summer, playing at Lion and Unicorn Theatre
Reviews
6 days ago
Review: The Comfort Woman, Omnibus Theatre
A devastating solo performance with a beautiful score, exposing the truth behind wartime “comfort stations”.
Features
6 days ago
The Etties: And The Winners Are…
We had an amazing time presenting this year’s Etties Awards. Our first year doing this as a livestream, but we…
Reviews
7 days ago
Review: Pews At Ten, The Space
A lovingly constructed comedy that celebrates Wales, intergenerational friendship, and Tom Jones.
Fringe and OffWestEnd
2 hours ago
Review: When We Were Us, Jack Studio Theatre
A well-intentioned exploration of abuse and friendship is undermined by an overcrowded script that muddles its message.
6 hours ago
Review: Ancient Grease, The Vaults
A Grease‑in‑Greece parody with committed performances, but uneven comedy and execution that never fully realises its potential.
9 hours ago
Review: Yentl, Marylebone Theatre
Part rom com, part fairytale, part theological rumination, part social critique, Yentl is a compelling, sometimes stressful watch
9 hours ago
Review: Hung Dance: Push and Pull, Coronet Theatre
A sometimes playful, sometimes sinister exploration of a binary construct, through tai chi inspired dance.
24 hours ago
Review: Nosebleeds, The Glitch
A clever and quietly devastating exploration of identity and distance during conflict. Small theatre with a surprisingly strong pulse.
1 day ago
Review: Keep Your Sunny Side Up: The Gracie Fields Story, Museum of Comedy
The story of a working-class girl from Rochdale: spanning a global career and reminding us us of her fame, her talent and her generosity.
1 day ago
Review: Art, Etcetera Theatre
A complex look into friendship that is both funny and heart wrenching.
2 days ago
Review: Witch Girl Summer, Lion and Unicorn Theatre
A play with truly magnificent production, let down by a fun script that merely teases, with the promise of so much more.
3 days ago
Review: Manic Street Creature, Kiln Theatre
This virtuoso performance of gig theatre impresses technically, but the amplification of trauma on such a broad canvas becomes tiring.
3 days ago
Review: Measure For Measure & Julius Caesar – Dirty Politics Double Bill, Golden Goose Theatre
An intriguing historical experiment that struggles to translate into compelling theatre.
6 days ago
Review: The Comfort Woman, Omnibus Theatre
A devastating solo performance with a beautiful score, exposing the truth behind wartime “comfort stations”.
7 days ago
Review: Pews At Ten, The Space
A lovingly constructed comedy that celebrates Wales, intergenerational friendship, and Tom Jones.
1 week ago
Review: Age Is A Feeling, Soho Theatre Walthamstow
Hayley McGee is one of those special solo voices that can make you smile about human life and aging whilst wanting to cry your heart out
1 week ago
Review: The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret, Jack Studio Theatre
Hidden secrets threaten the harmony of a student household. As first-years try to fit in and get along, can they overcome the baggage of their previous lives?
1 week ago
Review: 16 Postcodes, King’s Head Theatre
Charming vignettes of modern London discovered in a life formed around postcodes
1 week ago
Review: While We Wait, Arches Lane Theatre
As a high-concept romcom this two-hander is often engaging and amusing, but both the beginning and ending don't quite work.
1 week ago
Review: The Last Days of Liz Truss, The Other Palace
A frantic farce that charts the last days of the UK’s shortest reigning Prime Minister, this show hints at political tyranny but is overpowered by cheap laughs.
1 week ago
Review: The Uncontainable Nausea of Alec Baldwin, New Diorama Theatre
A spectacle that cleverly blends clowning and digital drama, The Uncontainable Nausea of Alec Baldwin is a timely commentary delivered with immense care.
Theatre for Young Audiences
4 hours ago
Review: Kish Kush: Traces of an Encounter, Polka Theatre
Playful, thoughtful and visually striking. A show that proves children’s theatre can tackle big ideas with grace and simplicity.
1 day ago
Interview: A little look at a hugely impressive show
Peter Morton takes us on a tour of Tiny Planet, currently touring the UK
1 week ago
Review: Playing Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare’s Globe
A wheely contemporary 90-minutes that may be designed for young people, but cuts just as deep with Noble Houses divided…
2 weeks ago
Review: The Great Big Bug Show, Half Moon Theatre
Verse and invertebrates combine in a fun-filled hour of music and musings on mini beasts.
3 weeks ago
Interview: A Date with the Deities
Maz Evans talks about adapting her book for the stage at Wimbledon's Polka Theatre.
3 weeks ago
Review: Jack and the Beanstalk (Sort Of), Half Moon Theatre
Panto meets children’s party meets Harry Hill in this brilliantly bonkers family show.
Regional and Touring
1 week ago
Review: The Ladies Football Club, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
A fascinating piece of football history told with plenty of humour and excellent set pieces of movement.
1 week ago
Review: Legally Blonde, Lyceum Theatre
A frothy, fun musical which doesn't take itself too seriously.
1 week ago
Review: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Assembly Roxy Upstairs
An engaging debut take on an absurdist classic from new Edinburgh collective GUTTER.Theatre.
2 weeks ago
Review: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Oxford Playhouse
An emotionally devastating depiction of lives staged, stories written and coping with truth that is too hard to bear.
3 weeks ago
Review: Horrible Histories Live (and Dead)!: The Concert, Southbank Centre
Party time! All of your favourite Horrible Histories songs and characters in one place, providing fun-filled and family-friendly entertainment.
4 weeks ago
Review: The Bodyguard, New Wimbledon Theatre
A dramatic show with musical fireworks, dampened by some fundamental structural defects.
West End/ SOLT venue reviews
2 days ago
Review: Landscapes, Sadler’s Wells East
Less is more in a show which unites dance, light and music to create potent explorations of illusion and space.
1 week ago
Review: Marie & Rosetta, Soho Place
A powerhouse performance from Beverley Knight makes Marie & Rosetta sing, even when the script holds it back.
1 week ago
Review: Playing Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare’s Globe
A wheely contemporary 90-minutes that may be designed for young people, but cuts just as deep with Noble Houses divided down streetgang lines as BMX’s circle a graffiti-splattered Globe.
1 week ago
Review: Ballet de Lorraine: Acid Gems and a Folia, Queen Elizabeth Hall
A company with international distinction delivers a contemporary physical display of high-octane dance that incorporates moves and shapes from both the street and the classical world. A must see!
2 weeks ago
Review: YLLANA The Opera Locos, Sadler’s Wells
Musical mayhem with mime and melancholic nuances
3 weeks ago
Review: Deep Azure, Shakespeare’s Globe
World-making at its finest, in a thrilling tale of murder, betrayal and revenge that blends exceptional hip hop theatre with classic Shakespeare.
4 weeks ago
Review: Shadowlands, Aldwych Theatre
A compelling, engaging examination of love, loss, hope, and grief, with emotion-filled and detailed performances. A fantastic and powerful production!
4 weeks ago
Review: Sweet Mambo, Sadler’s Wells
Playful, passionate and poignant, Sweet Mambo soulfully celebrates the enduring legacy of Pina Bausch.
12 February 2026
Review: Chicos Mambo: TUTU, Sadler’s Wells
A joyous romp across dance landscapes, brimming with humour and elegance.
8 February 2026
Review: Ballet Nights 010: Decadance, Cadogan Hall
A well-curated menu of established and emerging ballet talent, artfully served up by its compère
2 February 2026
Review: American Psycho, Almeida Theatre
This sleek revival is undeniably chic, but its satire lacks bite and its score struggles to amaze.
31 January 2026
Review: The Tempest, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Full of dangerous gambits and forays into farce, Tim Crouch's The Tempest is a daring exercise in meta-theatrical theory.
Interviews, Features and Podcasts
Interviews
1 day ago
Interview: A little look at a hugely impressive show
Peter Morton takes us on a tour of Tiny Planet, currently touring the UK
Interviews
4 days ago
Interview: Glass Skin and Human Limbs: The Horrific Catharsis of Witch Girl Summer
Margarita Valderrama and Kay Brattan talk about Witch Girl Summer, playing at Lion and Unicorn Theatre
Features
6 days ago
The Etties: And The Winners Are…
We had an amazing time presenting this year’s Etties Awards. Our first year doing this as a livestream, but we reckon it went well. Of course the whole point of our awards is to celebrate the heart of fringe theatre and Theate for Young Audiences, and we reckon we achieved that. We’re always talking about next year’s awards, and whether it’s time to take them out to an actual venue and do them in person. We absolutely love the idea but as a fully volunteer run website, it’s very much about funding such ambitious plans. So watch this space for future announcements on those plans. If you want to watch the awards, you can do so via our YouTube channel below. You’ll just need to scroll through the first ten minutes or so to the start. Or if you just want to know who our winners on the night were, then read on. Drama Review: Overshare, Greenwich Theatre Comedy Review: Doughnut Drive, Drayton Arms Theatre Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) Review: Hopeful Monsters, The Well Walk Theatre Musical Review: Black Power Desk, Brixton House Regional Review: A Christmas Carol, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield Camden Fringe (joint winners) Review: Hot Mess, The Lion…
Interviews
2 weeks ago
Interview: A show sizzling with (Northern) soul
Martha Godber on bringing Do I Love You? south to the capital Following the success of its UK tour earlier this year, Do I Love You? now comes to London for its inaugural performance in the capital. Packed with Northern Soul music, John Godber’s hilarious comedy is being performed by its original cast, including actor Martha Godber, whose parents founded the John Godber Company. We were excited to get the chance to talk with Martha about the show and finally bringing it down south. Hi Martha. Thanks very much for taking the time to talk to us about Do I Love You? Can you tell us a bit about what the show is about? Martha Godber My pleasure! Do I Love You? is a complete celebration of Northern Soul music and culture. It follows three young people in the North of England working in a chicken shop, looking for purpose – and that purpose is Northern soul. The play really takes you on a journey, one of belonging and finding yourself through a movement. If you know about Northern Soul you’ll love it and if you don’t it will certainly educate you! John Godber is renowned for writing classic plays…
Reviews
2 weeks ago
Interview: A Playground Where Women Are Heard
Naomi Sorkin talks about Women’s Voices: A Celebration
Interviews
3 weeks ago
Interview: A Date with the Deities
Maz Evans talks about adapting her book for the stage at Wimbledon's Polka Theatre.
Interviews
3 weeks ago
Interview: One Man, One Tent, One Full Moon
What happens when a romantic camping trip in Wales turns lycanthropic?
Interviews
3 weeks ago
Interview: Navigating the Silence
An intimate interview on the fusion of live piano and storytelling in The Sound of Absence at Omnibus Theatre.