CYRANO DE BERGERAC★★★★★Noël Coward Theatre
CYRANO DE BERGERAC Noël Coward Theatre ★★★★★ “Inevitably all eyes will be on Adrian Lester, who delivers a faultless and fearless performance” Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play, “Cyrano de Bergerac”, has had many stage adaptations – as well as film, television, radio, opera and musical – but none so layered and
MONARCHS ANONYMOUS★★★★The Other Palace
MONARCHS ANONYMOUS The Other Palace ★★★★ “the silliness of this play delights a willing house” Monarchs Anonymous started as a YouTube sketch about history’s crowned heads dragged into group therapy. It’s a family production that has since grown into a fully staged comedy at The Other Palace. The premise alone
WHY I STUCK A FLARE UP MY AR*E FOR ENGLAND★★★★Garrick Theatre
WHY I STUCK A FLARE UP MY AR*E FOR ENGLAND Garrick Theatre ★★★★ “an hour of pure theatre comedy gold” Just once in a while a piece of writing and a solo performance comes along that leaves you tingling as you leave the theatre. Jodie Comer’s Prima Facie was one.
NEXT GENERATION★★★★Sadler’s Wells East
NEXT GENERATION Sadler’s Wells East ★★★★ “The dancers show their beauty and abundance of talent throughout” One of the thrilling experiences in theatre and performance is to see the stars of tomorrow start to emerge. Not yet fully formed, but with many of the jigsaw pieces in place. Who, might
MRS DALLOWAY★★★★UK Tour
MRS DALLOWAY Wilton’s Music Hall ★★★★ “Cleverly constructed, this show certainly makes us think” Virginia Woolf’s “Mrs Dalloway” is best known for its ‘stream-of-consciousness’ narrative, breaking away from the conventional style of popular literature at the time it was published in 1925. A risk perhaps, but one that Woolf pulled
RAT RAT RAT★★★Old Operating Theatre
RAT RAT RAT Old Operating Theatre ★★★ “visually compelling, often funny, and full of promise” Presented by EggGen and Selene Mingyue Hu, RAT RAT RAT is a site-specific movement and puppetry work staged at the Old Operating Theatre Museum, one of Europe’s oldest surviving surgical theatres. The venue is not
RETURN OF THE GODZ★★★★Peacock Theatre
RETURN OF THE GODZ Peacock Theatre ★★★★ “impressive acts, edgy comedy and a whole lot of joy” After a sell out 2025 season, ‘Return of the GODZ’ is back and bigger than ever. This camp, high octane feast of acrobatic delights will have you gagged – sometimes literally! Though the
HOW TO MAKE A MESS★★★Upstairs at the Gatehouse
HOW TO MAKE A MESS Upstairs at the Gatehouse ★★★ “the show is full of joy” Some may argue that no subject nowadays escapes the ‘musical’ treatment. Consequently, few eyebrows are raised at the prospect of a new musical based around a cookbook. Nigella Lawson prefaced her critically acclaimed “How
ALLEGRA★★★★UK Tour
ALLEGRA Richmond Theatre ★★★★ “The chemistry between them is comedy-duo gold dust” ‘Unhappiness is the new normal’ quips Ronen midway through Peter Quilter’s bittersweet comedy. ‘Then why am I the one taking the pills?’ replies Allegra, the title character. A simple retort, almost childlike in its innocence, but it encapsulates
WE HAD A WORLD★★★★★Hampstead Theatre
WE HAD A WORLD Hampstead Theatre ★★★★★ “complex and compelling” Award winning playwright Joshua Harmon’s UK debut of ‘We Had A World’ resonates with bite and balance, cutting straight to the heart of tangled family dynamics. Harmon’s witty, disarming script skilfully melds fearless honesty with telling hesitations, and backed by
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE★★★★Southwark Playhouse Borough
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE Southwark Playhouse Borough ★★★★ “There is an awful lot to absorb, but the company delivers the punches with refreshing jabs of comedy” When Kurt Vonnegut’s novel, ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ was published at the end of the 1960s, it quickly caught the imagination of the young generation and turned Vonnegut into an
F*CKING FUTURE★★★★Sadler’s Wells East
F*CKING FUTURE Sadler’s Wells East ★★★★ “a triumphant return to Sadler’s Wells” The performance space, a square, reflective floor surrounded on all four sides by close seating, falls into complete darkness. A single beat begins, somewhere between a metronome, a sonar and slow pulse of electronic music. As the light
THE MARQUISE★★★★UK Tour
THE MARQUISE Theatre Royal Windsor ★★★★ “this production places Coward’s inherent humour, intelligence and wit fully under the spotlight” Noël Coward’s romantic comedy play, “The Marquise”, was already his thirteenth full-length play – written at the tender age of twenty-eight. Up to that point, his work always had a contemporary
BLACK COMEDY★★★★Orange Tree Theatre
BLACK COMEDY Orange Tree Theatre ★★★★ “farcically over the top – but that’s what it’s all about” There is something intrinsically satisfying about watching somebody dig themselves deeper and deeper into a hole. Witnessing others’ misfortunes – especially in a theatre environment – isn’t driven by cruelty. Psychologists and philosophers
ALBATROSS★★★Omnibus Theatre
ALBATROSS Omnibus Theatre ★★★ “deftly captures the cracks radiating through a fractured relationship” Martha Loader’s award winning writing returns with ‘Albatross’, a sharp look at intergenerational strain within the escalating climate crisis. Like the ice sheets Alice studies, the piece has some cracks despite solid foundations. Glaciologist and single mum
DARK OF THE MOON★★★Charing Cross Theatre
DARK OF THE MOON Charing Cross Theatre ★★★ “a neat little fable, with a good deal of darkness within” The source material for the new musical, “Dark of the Moon”, goes back a long way. Originally billed as a ‘legend with music’ it opened on Broadway in 1945. That, in
