Theatre

Woolf Works ballet review: Just sit back and enjoy the spectacle

Do not go along expecting to follow a distinct story – McGregor is seeking to distil the essence of Woolf’s writings in dance form

By Joy Sable

1 min read

Woolf Works ballet review: Just sit back and enjoy the spectacle

Theatre

Shirley Valentine theatre review: Shirley sets herself free

By John Nathan

2 min read

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 08: The Bernard B. Jacobs Theater closed during the coronavirus pandemic on April 08, 2020 in New York City. The Broadway League announced today that theaters will remain closed until June 7, effectively ending the 2019-2020 season. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

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Neo-Nazis rally outside play about an antisemitic murder

By Philissa Cramer

2 min read

Theatre

Medea theatre review: A mother takes her bloody revenge

By John Nathan

2 min read

Theatre

How Arlene Phillips danced from poverty to fame

By John Nathan

4 min read

STANDING ON THE SKYS EDGE by Bush, , Writer - Chris Bush, Music and Lyrics - Richard Hawley, Director - Robert Hastie, Designer - Ben Stones, Choreographer - Lynne Page, Lighting - Mark Henderson, A Sheffield Theatres Production, 2022, Credit: Johan Persson/

Theatre

Theatre review: Standing at the Sky’s Edge - 'It aspires to be a state of the nation musical'

By John Nathan

2 min read

Theatre

Theatre review: Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons, Lemons - 'What if words were limited?'

By John Nathan

2 min read

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Theatre review: Winner’s Curse - The most that can be said about the show is that there is nothing else like it.

This tale of diplomacy is a mixture of play and interactive stand up

By John Nathan

1 min read

February 16, 2023 11:02

Linck & Mülhahn Theatre review: Two women in love? Or something more trendy?

Historical play about a married couple in 18th-century Prussia who were tried when it was discovered that the husband was born a woman is dulled by its messaging

By John Nathan

2 min read

February 9, 2023 14:12

Linck & Mulhahn by Ruby Thomas ; Production ; Cast: Maggie Bain, Helena Wilson, Lucy Black, Daniel Abbott, David Carr, Marty Cruikshank, Kammy Darweish, Qasim Mahmood, Leigh Quinn and Timothy Speyer ; Directed by Owen Horsley ; Set Design by Simon Wells ; Lighting Design by Matt Daw ; Sound Design and composition by Max Pappenheim ; Movement by Natasha Harrison ; Flight and intimacy co-ordinator: Rachel Brown-Williams and Ruth Cooper Brown of RC ANNIE LTD ; Casting by Helena Palmer CDG ; Assistant Director: Dewi Johnson ; Hampstead Theatre ; London, UK ; 28th January 2023 ; Credit and copyright: Helen Murray www.helenmurrayphotos.com

A diplomat and a TV producer plot a comic end to conflict

Daniel Taub and Dan Patterson discuss their new play, Winner's Curse

By John Nathan

4 min read

February 9, 2023 14:01

A diplomat and a TV producer plot a comic end to conflict

Shylock as you've never seen her

Get ready for the Shakespeare character based on outspoken East End boobas, says Tracy-Ann Oberman

By John Nathan

6 min read

February 2, 2023 14:42

The young playwright who wants to show people what it’s like to be a Jewish teen

As her play Life Before the Line comes to London, Amy Lever explains why she is putting the lives of Manchester Jewish teenagers in the spotlight

By Ben Bloch

2 min read

January 26, 2023 15:27

The young playwright who wants to show people what it’s like to be a Jewish teen

The Unfriend Theatre review: Killer on a cruise

Steven Moffat's farce is the perfect antidote to our winter of discontent

By John Nathan

1 min read

January 26, 2023 11:11

The Unfriend Theatre review: Killer on a cruise

In the Net Theatre review: Eruv in a criss-cross crisis

Misha Levkov’s debut has an interesting conceit but it needs believable characters who live in a convincing period and place to turn it into an evening of drama

By John Nathan

1 min read

January 19, 2023 15:53