London theatre reviews
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‘The Tempest’ review
William Shakespeare’s final – and possibly weirdest – play is set mainly on a far-flung island…
‘One Jewish Boy’ review
There’s been a feeling of doom in the air for months now. It’s hard not to do anything but think about the coronavirus headlines…
‘Afterplay’ review
A man enters a Moscow café after a hard day’s rehearsal at the city’s opera house…
‘N89’ review
It is a well-known fact that south London is the capital of London…
‘On Blueberry Hill’ review
We never actually see the two men speak to each other – but they overlap, in time, in space, and in each other’s tragedies. Christy and PJ spend 20 years together sharing a prison cell in Dublin’s Mountjoy Prison…
‘Love, Love, Love’ review
A satire on baby boomers in the era of ‘OK boomer’? Bit on the nose, surely? Well yes.
‘Blithe Spirit’ review
If you’re going to bring another revival of Noël Coward’s ‘Blithe Spirit’ to the West End just a few years after Dame Angela Lansbury, World Treasure, took on the scene-stealing role of Madame Arcati, you’re going to need some canny casting…
‘United Queendom’ review
Of course grungy immersive theatre types Les Enfants Terribles weren’t going to turn down a chance to do a show at Kensington Palace. And of course the show isn’t very good…
‘Pretty Woman: The Musical’ review
Yes, it is a big mistake. Yes, it is a huge mistake…
‘Love, Loss & Chianti’ review
There’s a plaintive poshness to Robert Bathurst’s stage and screen presence – a crumple of tailored linen and regret that has served him well when distilled into TV comedy-drama series like ‘Cold Feet’…
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Critics' choice theatre shows in London
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