Theatre Reviews & More

Dinosaur parody is a roaring good time It’s not often that a limited budget works in a show’s favour. Usually, if you are putting on a

An all-too-real Orwellian hell: George Orwell’s 1949 novel about a dystopian society is the favourite reference point of every...

Feathered fun with a crazy swan: You probably know that Swan Lake is a story that can be told in many different ways. Some versions have...

Nicole Cooper shines as Hedda: Nothing proves a point about women’s “infinite variety” like opening your season with Jane Eyre and...

Brontë in the park fails to leave a mark: Next to me, three women in fold-out chairs are trying to discreetly open a bottle of bubbly...

How do you create an ocean on stage, my boyfriend questions as we queue outside Theatre Royal? As countless Tempest...

Frenzied performances and a slow death: Urgh another adaptation of an old film that does nothing with the source material…but what is this?

Surprising portrait of an 80s childhood: It is easy for a young person, especially a young queer person, especially a young queer theatre...

A lip-smackingly supurb musical adaptation: Whenever there is discussion about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory adaptations there is...

A ghost of Christmas past revisits the Rep: Many theatres across the UK are haunted by unfinished work brought to a sudden end by COVID-19