Ellen Terry with Eileen Atkins
“Atkins captivates the theatre from start to finish with a robust, intelligent and occasionally impish performance…”
Browsing: Theatre
Emilia Fox in Rapture, Blister, Burn
Wearing skin-tight jeans and swigging beer from the bottle, Fox plays Catherine as a sultry yet uptight woman…
The Duchess of Malfi
It’s always exciting to visit a new theatre in London, and the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse is one of the most ambitious that the capital’s seen in years – quite probably since the opening of its stablemate, the Globe.
Wendy and Peter Pan at the RSC
“Following on from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s huge success with the musical Matilda, their flair for bringing the world of childhood imagination and wonder to life does not disappoint.”
The Duck House
“From the writers behind Have I Got News For You, this play was never going to pull any punches, and it doesn’t disappoint.” Rachel Fellows has a giggle at our MPs’ expenses…
Coriolanus
“Whatever way you manage to see this powerful production of a much-misunderstood play, with a genuine star performance at its dark heart, it will be worth it.”
Fortune’s Fool at The Old Vic
“I was delighted when I read that Lucy Bailey would be directing Fortune’s Fool; her production of The Beggar’s Opera in 2011 was one of the most side-splitting revivals I’ve ever seen…”
RSC’s Richard II
Alex Larman witnesses the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Richard II, “…in a headline-grabbing piece of news, it features David Tennant, and his wig.”
Spymonkey’s Cooped
It was 10.25 on a Wednesday evening in the Leicester Square theatre, when three men…
In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play
“Sex sells – which is presumably why Channel 4 commissioners and London theatre producers are serving up countless salacious offerings for our wanton delectation.”
Strangers on a Train
Laurence Fox and Jack Huston star in this on-stage adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel and Hitchcock’s cinematic masterpiece…Strangers on a Train…
Twelve Angry Men
“Reginald Rose’s 1955 play has been something of a standby in the half-century since it was first performed, going through several different versions and interpretations. “