Week beginning 20 April 2026 (subject to change)
- The Waves @jstheatre.bsky.social
- Two Halves of Guinness @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social
- The Price - Marylebone Theatre
- Down to Chance @pleasance.co.uk
- Sorry (I Broke Your Arms and Legs) @pleasance.co.uk

Avenue Q - Shaftesbury Theatre | Review Very much a city show for city dwellers, there’s an entire musical number about the sights – and smells – of New York. Twenty years after the show opened

Avenue Q - Shaftesbury Theatre | Review

"At the end of the day, Avenue Q is a hilarious hoot, and I have no hesitation in recommending this delightful and hearty production."

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Oliver! - Gielgud Theatre | Review The apparent laissez-faire approach to theft and pickpocketing these days, including a case where a supermarket worker was dismissed from his job for physically

Oliver! - Gielgud Theatre | Review

"Overall, a delightful and heartwarming experience. Oliver Twist wasn’t the only one wanting some more by the end."

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Week beginning 13 April 2026
- Oliver! - Gielgud Theatre
- Avenue Q @shaftesburytheatre.bsky.social
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest @oldvictheatre.bsky.social

My Uncle Is Not Pablo Escobar - Brixton House | Review I knew something of the Latin American community in London – for a few years, I worked in Elephant & Castle, and when the World Cup rolled around, there w

My Uncle Is Not Pablo Escobar - Brixton House | Review

"The story progresses at a reasonably brisk pace and presents London’s Latin American community as dynamic and sophisticated. An uneven but energetic production."

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Dear Jack, Dear Louise - Arcola Theatre | Review This production has an aura of authenticity about it, in terms of the costumes, the mannerisms, and the choice of accompanying music. The play itself is also au

Dear Jack, Dear Louise - Arcola Theatre | Review

"this show is a quietly assertive reminder to live life to the full as best as we can, because love really does conquer all"

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Copenhagen - Hampstead Theatre | Review Not much is known for certain as to precisely what was said at a 1941 meeting in Copenhagen (hence the play’s title) between Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976) (Da

Copenhagen - Hampstead Theatre | Review

"Some complex scientific and political issues are addressed without requiring any prior reading to come to this show. But I wasn’t exactly gripped by this meandering and rather lukewarm production."

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Movies to Musicals - Cadogan Hall I wasn’t aware of the Glasgow Philharmonia before they took their flagship production, Movies to Musicals, to Cadogan Hall. Sunday nights in London these days are saturated with musical theatre concer...

Movies to Musicals - Cadogan Hall

One heck of a lot of musical theatre students from Scotland strutted their stuff in London last weekend...

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Eggs Aren't That Easy To Make - Riverside Studios | Review The thing about these characters embracing tolerance and understanding is that there’s so much of it in this play that it becomes less riveting than it otherw

Eggs Aren't That Easy To Make - Riverside Studios | Review

"Some engaging performances in an uneven script make for a bumpy ride."

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The Authenticator - National Theatre | Review Well, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary wasn’t very helpful. “The meaning of ‘authenticator’ is one that authenticates.” The technology company Lenovo wa

The Authenticator - National Theatre | Review

"It’s all very convincing, and a decent, wholesome, satisfying experience."

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Teeth 'N' Smiles - Duke of York's Theatre | Review Set in 1969, this play with songs is a surprisingly (at least to me) engrossing look at a part of the live entertainment industry that resonates decades after t

Teeth 'N' Smiles - Duke of York's Theatre | Review

"there are some intriguing insights into a chapter of modern British history delivered by an engaging and committed cast"

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Choir Boy - Stratford East | Review Prep school over in the United States takes on a different meaning to prep schools in Blighty – the American definition is a school largely designed to prepar

Choir Boy - Stratford East | Review

"Engaging performances by a committed cast make this production a lively and fascinating coming-of-age story."

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Kinky Boots the Musical - London Coliseum | Review Much thought and attention to detail have gone into this revival of Kinky Boots the Musical - the massive London Coliseum stage is used well, while some nifty s

Kinky Boots the Musical - London Coliseum | Review

"just the tonic in an increasingly divided and divisive world"

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THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME. - Soho Theatre Dean Street | Review Drama about drama, this is a play that examines the recent trend towards adapting true stories, usually involving at least an element of trauma, to the stage. I

THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME. - Soho Theatre Dean Street | Review

"a thoughtful, if discombobulating, experience"

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Week beginning 5 April 2026 (subject to change)
- Movies to Musicals @cadoganhall.bsky.social
- Copenhagen - Hampstead Theatre
- Dear Jack, Dear Louise @arcolatheatre.bsky.social
- My Uncle is Not Pablo Escobar - Brixton House

Next To Normal Original London Cast Recording - Review There’s something about sitting down and listening to a double CD cast recording, following along with the lyrics, and even taking the time to read the synops

Next to Normal Original London Cast Recording - Review

Better late than never...

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John Proctor is the Villain - Royal Court | Review At the performance I attended, there were walkouts. That in itself doesn’t condemn a show – an actor in a production I saw a few months ago punched the air

John Proctor is the Villain - Royal Court | Review

"A strong and sophisticated script with a committed and convincing cast is rather let down by a sluggish production, and patience is only somewhat rewarded by the time the curtain call finally comes round."

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Consumed - Park Theatre | Review As Yogi Berra may or may not have said, “It’s like déjà vu all over again”. This is an Irish play – technically, a Northern Irish play (and much is ma

Consumed - Park Theatre | Review

"In covering such a broad range of topics from mental health to body positivity to vegetarianism to unfaithful significant others, the storyline might have benefited from substantial trimming."

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - The Questors Theatre Yes, there’s an actual dog towards the end. The two hours and forty-minute running time that the National Theatre and West End productions had has been cut do

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - The Questors Theatre | Review

"A delightful couple of hours of vibrant and energetic theatre"

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Week beginning 29 March 2026 (subject to change)
- Kinky Boots - London Coliseum
- This Is Not About Me @sohotheatre.bsky.social
- In Pieces @theotherpalace.bsky.social
- Choir Boy @stratfordeast.com
- Teeth 'n' Smiles - Duke of York's Theatre
- The Authenticator @nationaltheatre.org.uk

Week beginning 22 March 2026
- Jamie Muscato - Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- Consumed @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social
- Critics' Circle Theatre Awards @nationaltheatre.org.uk
- Soup Kitchen London 40th Anniversary Celebration - Lavazza Flagship Store

Slippery – Omnibus Theatre | Review

Slippery - Omnibus Theatre | Review

"An inviting living room ambience is created in this intimate and moderately paced production."

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Miraculous - Old Red Lion Theatre | Review Christian youth camps. For the completely uninitiated, they are meant to be residential weeks away from home, with other ‘young people’ who indulge in a mix

Miraculous - Old Red Lion Theatre | Review

"A surprisingly humorous production with convincing performances."

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The Choir of Man - New Wimbledon Theatre | Review I spent the evening of St Patrick’s Day in a pub. Well, I spent it at a show set in a pub, but the production had a working on-stage bar from which drinks wer

The Choir of Man - New Wimbledon Theatre | Review

"A wide range of human emotions are laid bare, from the joys of a local team winning a sporting fixture to dealing with loss and bereavement. [...] A delightful and pleasant experience."

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R.O.I. (Return On Investment) - Hampstead Theatre | Review Is there such a thing as ethical capitalism? It’s easy to think there might have been in a previous era – take, for example, the late nineteenth century vil

R.O.I. (Return On Investment) - Hampstead Theatre | Review

"Subplots about early-onset dementia and how personal data waivers can be misused provide extra moral issues to think about. A thoughtful and convincing production."

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One Day: The Musical - The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh | Review The Lyceum in Edinburgh uses an in-the-round configuration for this world premiere production, which is not entirely without precedent, though even the notes in

One Day: The Musical - The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh | Review

"The two masks of theatre, comedy and tragedy, are worn with equal force in this phenomenal production that does its source material justice."

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Tobermory - The Questors Theatre | Review What it is that Tobermory (Vladimir Garcia) knows about his owners and their friends and acquaintances wasn’t entirely clear, but it didn’t seem particularl

Tobermory - The Questors Theatre | Review

"There wasn’t, in the end, very much to take away from the show, beyond what we already know [...] not every pet owner treats the animals under their charge with care and decency."

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Russell Maliphant Dance Company: Landscapes | Review A brief review of a brief evening. I suppose there’s something to be said about the pedestrian pace of these three solo dances, even if the Sadler’s Wells E

Russell Maliphant Dance Company: Landscapes - Sadler's Wells East | Review

"Each of the dances is increasingly more abstract, and thus open to interpretation"

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The Beekeeper of Aleppo - Richmond Theatre | Review In these current difficult times, The Beekeeper of Aleppo, the Nottingham Playhouse’s stage adaptation of Christy Lefteri’s novel of the same name, is a goo

The Beekeeper of Aleppo - Richmond Theatre | Review

"All the cast could be clearly heard in this powerful and thoughtful experience. Well worth seeing."

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It Walks Around The House At Night - Southwark Playhouse The ‘it’ in the show’s title becomes evident, eventually, in a well-written narrative that leaves very few, if any, questions by the end of the evening. I

It Walks Around The House At Night - Southwark Playhouse Borough | Review

"An impressive and energetic production that doesn’t rely on suddenly cranking up the volume to make patrons jump – it’s far more slick and sophisticated than that."

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