

Shooting Fish in a Barrel
✮✮ Mike Bartlett's Game Almeida Theatre | London directed by Sacha Wares “This is going to be the best, show, ever,” says one of the...


A Human Drama in the Shadow of Frankenstein
✮✮✮ 1/2 Russell Labey's Gods and Monsters Southwark Playhouse | London directed by Russell Labey In Bill Condon's 1998 film of the same...


Before the Führer
✮✮✮✮ Mark Hayhurst's Taken At Midnight Theatre Royal Haymarket | London directed by Jonathan Church “There’s no better way of forgetting...


Down the Rabbit Hole
✮✮✮✮ Stan Sakai's Usage Yojimbo Southwark Playhouse | London adapted for the stage by Stewart Melton directed by Amy Draper As the old...


Depression Era
✮✮ Jack Thorne's Hope The Royal Court Theatre | London directed by John Tiffany “We live in the age of cutting cunts,” deputy Council...


A Stitched-Up Sashay Through Industrial Unrest
✮✮✮✮ Made in Dagenham Adelphi Theatre | London music David Arnold lyrics Richard Thomas book Richard Bean directed by Rupert Goold...


Playing to an Audience
✮✮✮ AllthePigs' The Piano Man New Diorama Theatre | London directed by Sam Carrack Ziggy Stardust and his “Spiders from Mars” blare out...


A Dispiriting Slump into Well-Upholstered Seats
✮ 1/2 Duncan Macmillan & Chris Rapley's 2071 The Royal Court Theatre | London directed by Katie Mitchell Artistic director Vicky...


A Little Bird Told Me
✮✮✮✮ 1/2 Ibsen's The Wild Duck in a version by Simon Stone & Chris Ryan Barbican Theatre | London directed by Simon Stone At the heart of...


You Really Got Me - You Really Did
✮✮✮✮✮ Ray Davies' Sunny Afternoon Harold Pinter Theatre | London book Joe Penhall directed by Edward Hall Even if musicals aren’t your...