Pros: A brilliant cast and a magnificently scripted story provide the perfect combination. Cons: The musical interludes are all too brief, and annoyingly clipped to make way for more detail in the script. The Rise and Fall of Little Voice was released as a film in 1997 and featured a starry cast including Michael Caine and Brenda Blethyn, with Jane Horrocks in the title role. There’s always a dilemma seeing the stage version after you’ve seen the film: you naturally miss the  expansive ...

A powerful true story about the importance of weather in wartime.

Jubilate! This show was splendidly capital! Witty, pretty and a big hit(ty?), Daisy Pulls It Off is a light hearted and jolly story told by an incredible cast.

An undeniably funny exploration of individual ‘spiritualism’, although The Retreat is more than just a meditation on meditation.

An uplifting and moving play about grief, hope, kindness – and lipstick.  

Simon Evans' cinematographic cut is imprinted in this fast-paced and strongly visual Hamlet.

Side holdingly, eye wipingly funny, gloriously uncut production of a rarely staged masterpiece of humour and language.

One of the funniest and freshest plays you’ll see all year, led by a feisty cast with perfect comedic timing. Alex Ferns, in particular, is a riot.

This show will transport you to China and make you fall in love with every single character.

Pros: An incredible Hamlet, internally desperate and silently anguished, and a claustrophobic and unnerving atmosphere Cons: Heavy abridgement, and slightly hammed up Ophelia and Gertrude. Back to the Park Theatre, and back to Hamlet, this time abridged and renamed Hamlet, Who’s There? Fresh productions of this most over-performed tragedy do beg the question ‘what’s new about it?’ Too often the answer is not enough. Putting on Hamlet is always tricky, admittedly, and to truly do it justice the audience has to ...