London theatre reviews

In 1968, George A Romero’s ‘Night of the Living Dead’ was released upon an unsuspecting public…

Just over a year ago, the then-obscure director Rebecca Frecknall made a massive splash with her debut show for the Almeida, a revival of the Tennessee Williams obscurity ‘Summer and Smoke’…

Twelve years after she retired from the stage, Dame Maggie Smith, 84, has returned…

Sometimes, in a grand museum, you’ll see a whole room, contents and all, uprooted and carefully preserved - as a specimen of a certain era of interior design, or a record of a renowned artist’s working methods…

Consider this ‘Nigel Slater: The Origin Story’. Reaching The Other Palace via Manchester’s The Lowry – where it premiered in 2018 – and the Edinburgh Fringe, ‘Toast’ is playwright Henry Filloux-Bennett’s loving adaptation of the food writer’s acclaimed memoir of the same name…

Circus is tricky to get right, and not just on a practical, technical level…

‘Pah-La’ was announced in an unusual way: by its writer, Abhishek Majumdar, kicking off on social media when the Royal Court failed to programme it in its 2017 season…

Any piece of theatre that includes an impersonation of exceptionally bad theatricals has its work cut out…

What responsibility does an artist have to the people whose stories they tell? 

Last week, the National Theatre sparked a furious backlash when its latest season announcement included no new plays by women…