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'Benjamin Button' Review: The West End's Newest Musical Hits Home Deeply But Doesn't Travel Far
There is much to enjoy about this folk-infused, upbeat musical, but they come at odds with the flatness of the musical itself.
Arianna Muñoz
Nov 18, 20244 min read


'Matilda' to Welcome Another School Year at Crunchem Hall with Discounted Tickets
The Royal Shakespeare Company is releasing special £10 tickets for all Matilda performances.
Angelika Etherington-Smith
Nov 12, 20242 min read


'Barcelona' at the Duke of York's Review: It Doesn’t Just Sightsee, But Leaves A Permanent Mark
This is an evocative play about the past, present, and future; one word for Collins and Morte’s performances: brilliant.
Gillian Choy
Oct 31, 20245 min read


An Ageing Tale, Finally Interrogated: 'The Taming of the Shrew' at the Globe, Explained
So hysterical was the acting that it was easy to forget that the thematic undercurrents driving this story are less than comedic.
Sophie-May Ward-Marchbank
Oct 22, 20244 min read


Performance and History Collide at the Southwark Playhouse: 'Land of the Free' Review
The cast must be applauded for breathing life into the best elements of this play.
Gillian Choy
Oct 21, 20243 min read


It's What Really Happened To Him: Reviewing 'The Fear of 13' at the Donmar
An emotive and narratively-driven account of a wrongful convict's life story, told with extraordinary candour and humanity.
Ashley New
Oct 15, 20244 min read


“DON’T LOOK AT ME”: ‘The Other Place’, A Play That Begs You to Avert Your Eyes, Explained
This play is a twisted and singular success, with echoes of Antigone's tragedy in its melodrama.
Amy Calladine
Oct 12, 20245 min read


The Brothers Fall, But The Epic Play Rises Triumphantly: Reviewing The Lehman Trilogy's West End Return
This sweeping, if somewhat flawed, epic tells a grand tale of change and a corrupting American dream.
Arianna Muñoz
Oct 11, 20244 min read


A True Risk Worth Taking: ‘Nancy’ Becomes A Five-Star Review
To take a page out of the show's book, "I'd Do Anything" to watch this get all the awards and transfers it deserves.
Rowan McDonnell
Oct 10, 20244 min read


Reviewing The National's 'Coriolanus': Lay The Play and The Man to Rest
While everyone has been itching to stage this play in the last decade, it takes work to make an exceptional adaptation.
Gillian Choy
Oct 7, 20243 min read
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