Six
The six wives of Henry VIII hold a singing competition in this West End musical they should have called The Ex-Factor. Or The Tudorvision Song Contest. Or The Reformation Eras […]
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Romeo & Juliet at the Duke of York’s Theatre
From West Side Story to Gnomeo & Juliet, Shakespeare’s tragedy has been pulled in so many directions it almost seems invincible. Here to disprove that theory is director Jamie Lloyd, […]
An Enemy of the People at the Duke of York’s Theatre
Matt Smith returns to playing a doctor in this updated version of Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 play, now running at London’s Duke of York’s Theatre – not to be confused with […]
Oklahoma!
The original Rodgers and Hammerstein musical is revamped at the Young Vic in all its bucking glory. But this is no corny production or cowboy operation; Daniel Fish and Jordan Fein have […]
Return of the Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show, Live!
Seattle’s smartest seasonal drag queens are back on the road with their festive extravaganza, relegated to the studio last year due to the apocalypse. Now into the North American leg […]
The Shark is Broken
Now playing at London’s Ambassadors Theatre, The Shark is Broken finds the cast of Jaws (Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss) stuck on a boat while the notoriously defective […]
Heathers the Musical
Lately it seems as though musical producers are working their way through the alphabet for films to ruin, starting with Amélie and Back to the Future before moving on to […]
Frankenstein at the National Theatre
Mad scientist Victor Frankenstein (Johnny Lee Miller) faces the consequences of the maddest experiment since they made that reality TV host US President, in this production from the National Theatre. […]
National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night
On the twelfth night of lockdown the NT gave to me… a screening of Twelfth Night for freeee. Currently available for free on YouTube, Shakespeare’s gender-bending romcom is well-suited to […]
Ian McKellan On Stage
Ian McKellen shares readings from his most popular works and anecdotes from his long career in this show to mark his 80th birthday. McKellen begins with a reading from The […]
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