Ian Hislop and Nick Newman's The Wipers Times is a witty, fast-paced and well-performed frolic through Flanders Fields. “There’s nothing funny about the war”: so says one austere general of the …
For all its intended 'eccentricity' and message of acceptance, Eugenius! is as formulaic and problematic as musicals come. If this is the 'Zoella' generation's equivalent of Rocky Horror, I'm sorry but they …
Hamilton meets Spice Girls meets Madame Jojo's - in Lucy Moss and Toby Marlow's electric gig-theatre piece about refusing to be reduced, or erased, to a mnemonic. Six starts with an unequivocal …
Garry Hyne's Waiting for Godot is an unusually comforting and optimistic interpretation of Beckett's best-known play, due to its focus on friendship, unforced humour and beautiful aesthetic. A high-profile staple of this …
I'd envisaged a lavish production littered with theatrical 'in-jokes' with Kiss Me Kate, Cole Porter’s 1948 musical depicting the on and offstage antics of a production of The Taming of the …
Set against a backdrop of contemporary LA's susceptibility to rapacious belief systems, Gérald Garutti's reimagining of Tartuffe is let down by distressingly substandard execution - in a frequently baffling, bilingual production …
Whilst Strictly Ballroom the Musical harnesses much of Baz Luhrmann’s extravagance, the magic is dispelled by the erratic pace of its storytelling. When adapting a film for the stage, comparisons from …
From the minute Julian Clary descends from the rafters clad in a pink tutu, flanked by angels in crinolines and crooning Anita Ward’s ‘Ring my Bell’, the tone of the …
A parody with potential, but a misjudged focus and missed opportunities mean Young Frankenstein fails to deliver. I came to Young Frankenstein expecting nothing less than schtick to the nth degree. …
Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle at the Wyndham’s Theatre is Simon Stephens' curious fusion of romantic comedy with science, exploring what happens when two unlikely worlds collide. Georgie (Anne-Marie Duff) is free-spirited to …
A collaboration between David Greig and former Noah and the Whale’s front man Charlie Fink, Cover My Tracks fuses music and storytelling in an enjoyable late night show at the Old …
Simplicity, honesty and depth: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is an astonishing show of female talent in a welcome spin on the Jukebox musical. Beautiful is billed as ‘the untold story’ of …
A wafer-thin plot and repetitive, unremarkable score is the downfall of this horror story with songs. Whisper House features musical theatre royalty in bucket-loads, but bafflingly affords less than half an …
Two parts farce, one part relatively devastating portrait of a failing marriage. An interesting combination - which it pulls off - but you do leave feeling Dead Funny is a play …