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Into The Woods
17 Aug 2010
Into The Woods – a fairytale musical in which the action takes place amid woodland – staged among the trees of Regent’s Park; it couldn’t fail to be a magical production… Read more
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Earthquakes In London
05 Aug 2010
I will be very honest; I have been looking forward to Earthquakes In London since it was first announced. The combination of rising playwright Mike Bartlett, the ever talent-nurturing National Theatre and the innovative, exciting Rupert Goold and his company Headlong, had my mouth watering. Read more
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La Bohème
03 Aug 2010
Last night’s press night at the Soho theatre ended with a rousing ovation and the unfamiliar sound of men in the first two rows boasting that they had sobbed their way through the final scene... Read more
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Carlos Acosta: Premieres
30 Jul 2010
It is clear from the moment the curtain rises at the London Coliseum that the great Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta has created a starkly contemporary, surreal show that leans as much on digital imagery as dance. Read more
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The Prince Of Homburg
28 Jul 2010
Jonathan Munby, who directed Dominic West in Life Is A Dream, returns to the Donmar Warehouse with a play that conjures a similar dream-like atmosphere, Heinrich Von Kleist’s The Prince Of Homburg. Read more
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The House Of Bilquis Bibi
27 Jul 2010
Theatre company Tamasha marks its 21st birthday with a powerful drama where class, complicated matters of the heart and the role of women take centre stage as Hampstead theatre is transported to stiflingly hot Pakistan. Read more
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Burn The Floor
27 Jul 2010
From its opening, featuring a stage flooded with dry ice, a mirror ball and neon-coloured lights filtering through the haze, you know where you stand with ballroom show Burn The Floor. Read more
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Danton’s Death
23 Jul 2010
Michael Grandage, the director who has spent the last two years turning all he touches to gold at the Donmar Warehouse, has crossed the river to the National Theatre to attempt to create the same magic with the revolutionary epic Danton’s Death. Read more
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The Beauty Queen Of Leenane
22 Jul 2010
Set in a small town in County Galway, Martin McDonagh’s play is dark, beautiful and dangerous, like a starlit whirlpool. Read more
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Spur Of The Moment
21 Jul 2010
Delilah is a 12-year-old girl whose main preoccupations are High School Musical, keeping up with her friends and forming a crush on her family’s 21-year-old lodger, Daniel. So far, so normal. But Reiss shows how a normal situation can swiftly turn into something altogether more disturbing. Read more
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