In 1997, the then writer-in-residence in the Glasgow suburb of Easterhouse visited Auchterhouse Primary School, where she tried out her ideas for a new story. The visit was a success. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/the-gruffalo-lyric-theatre/

There are some evenings in the theatre when entertainment is the last thing on the agenda - Firebird is one of them. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/firebird-southwark-playhouse-borough/

It’s not about the butt plugs, despite the butt plugs being pivotal to the narrative. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/hole-soho-theatre-dean-street/

On 15 July, it was 10 years since the first series of Stranger Things was released on Netflix, so this is the perfect opportunity to bring one of the hit show’s West End cast members to the forefront. https://www.londontheatre1.com/interviews/paddy-bever-stranger-things/

It is always a pleasure to visit the intimate cabaret space beneath Soho Theatre. With its small cabaret-style tables, each surrounded by four chairs and all facing the stage, the venue creates a warm, welcoming atmos https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/emil-wakim-my-way-soho-theatre-dean-street/

In Bed With My Brother, as Nora Alexander, Dora Lynn and Kat Cory call themselves, describe themselves as “gleefully swerving between silly and sinister, playful and provocative”. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/philosophy-of-the-world-the-yard-theatre/

The relatively vast Chichester Festival Theatre stage sometimes felt a little barren in this somewhat stripped-down production. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/my-fair-lady-chichester-festival-theatre/

The first thing that greets the audience is an unsettling tableau: upturned chairs scattered across the stage, people sprawled on the floor as though they'd been thrown from them, and one figure draped awkwardly over a small ta https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/tabula-rasa-lion-unicorn-theatre/

Two-time Olivier Award nominee Peter Polycarpou will play Agatha Christie's legendary Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in the UK & Ireland tour of The Hollow. https://www.londontheatre1.com/theatre-news/peter-polycarpou-is-hercule-poirot-in-agatha-christies-the-hollow/

Casting has been announced for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s West End production of Matilda The Musical, which is now in its 15th year in London, making it the 10th longest-running musical in West End histo https://www.londontheatre1.com/theatre-news/rscs-matilda-the-musical-new-casting-announced/

A Beastie Boys’ track plays as the audience take their seats, setting the tone for a play which uses the creation of music to explore the themes of harmony and discord, and the relationship between two very different brothe https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/hit-machine-soho-theatre-dean-street/

Firebird opens at Southwark Playhouse Borough on 15 July, with previews from 9 July, and runs until 1 August. https://www.londontheatre1.com/interviews/qa-with-taqi-nazeer-firebird-at-southwark-playhouse-borough/

The current eight-month tour of Mamma Mia! has just landed at Eastbourne, and the first night audience was clearly there to have a good time, thinking it knew most of the songs and joining in as appropriate, or occasi https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/mamma-mia-2026-congress-theatre-eastbourne/

Theatregoers who have seen various iterations of this show – I count myself among them – will note the various differences that appear in this production. None of them have a negative impact o https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time-bridewell-theatre/

Jonathan Larson matters because his work fused rock energy, social consciousness and emotional directness, and the success of Rent brought younger audiences into Broadway theatres whilst demonstrating tha https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/the-jonathan-larson-project-southwark-playhouse-borough/

Heathers the Musical is the first show to be performed at the newly built Arts at Marble Arch venue, the new temporary home of the Arts Theatre. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/heathers-the-musical-the-arts-at-marble-arch/

Opposites attract, so they say. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/tender-bush-theatre/

Tom Littler can always be relied upon to come up with imaginative productions, but, on this occasion, in collaboration with Guildford Shakespeare Company, he has excelled himself. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/much-ado-about-nothing-guildford-shakespeare-company/

A quote attributed to Norman Vincent Peale says, “Shoot for the moon. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/shanay-holmes-in-concert-cadogan-hall/

Searching Blue is a hybrid indoor and outdoor performance from The Human Expression (T.H.E.) Dance Company. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/searching-blue-the-coronet-theatre/

As the CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation website proudly proclaims: “No one knows who the killer is – not even the cast!” That’s not just a catchy tagline; it’s the entire premise of the show. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/csi-crime-scene-improvisation-2026-wiltons-music-hall/

A late show Friday night audience at the Museum of Comedy is, one would reasonably expect, unassuming and up for almost anything (well, within reason), and as this was billed as a solo show, nobody was really expecting ‘Gaz’ to turn up https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/sam-___-museum-of-comedy/

Social media. You can’t walk down a street without seeing some ‘influencer’ chatting to their screen and telling the world their story. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/live-from-the-warehouse-white-bear-theatre/

Walking into the intimate cabaret-style venue, it was immediately clear this was going to be more than just another musical. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/acids-reign-pleasance-theatre/

The beauty of this show is in its nuanced dialogue – environmentalism is a touchy subject, and can (and often does) lead to conflict, and not the healthy sort that could be explained away in a show as dramatic tension. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/hot-mess-the-other-palace/

The Cabin, playing at Barons Court Theatre from July 7th to the 11th, has a very intriguing set up. Former school classmates Benny, Elsie, Ali, and Matthew wake up in a locked room after their school reunion get together. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/the-cabin-barons-court-theatre/

On one level, it’s a very simple story, really: in Havana, James Wormold (Jack Ashton) has a shop selling vacuum cleaners. Not a concession space within a department store – an entire shop selling only vacuums. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/our-man-in-havana-theatre-royal-windsor/

Forget the slow-motion fight scenes in the most recent National Theatre production of Coriolanus – this small-scale offering from the Acting Gymnasium isn’t messing about. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/coriolanus-network-theatre-review/

Originally presented in 2017 and in celebration of the extraordinary life of British artist David Hockney, Exhibition On Screen’s remarkable film David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts has returned to cin https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/david-hockney-at-the-royal-academy-of-arts-onscreen/

Johnny meets June backstage at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, and it’s love at first sight – or is it? https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/the-ballad-of-johnny-june-richmond-theatre/

Paul Bouchier, the production’s Company Manager, took to the stage just before the performance I attended finally got underway, to let the audience know there was a minor technical issue, already being dealt with, t https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/jesus-christ-superstar-2026-london-palladium/

Abigail’s Party is a suburban, situational tragi-comedy of manners and a satire on the aspirations and tastes of the new middle class that emerged in Britain in the 1970s. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/abigails-party-theatre-royal-brighton/

As Pride weekend came to an end, I was lucky enough to spend Sunday afternoon at the Garrick Theatre for a concert reading – and a first time sharing with an audience – of the new musical Raising Gays. https://www.londontheatre1.com/theatre-news/raising-gays-a-concert-reading-garrick-theatre/

Throughout the past year, more than a thousand students from secondary schools all over the UK have taken part in New Views, the National Theatre's playwriting programme. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/new-views-festival-2026-national-theatre/

Billie Holiday was one of the greatest jazz and blues artists of her time. Her sultry vocals and charm captured the magic of the music, perfectly channelling the vulnerability born from her challenging lif https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/nina-kristofferson-sings-billie-holiday-the-pheasantry/

Award winning St Paul’s Opera have brought their version of Giuseppe Verdi’s popular opera La Traviata to Clapham with the ambition to “fuse Victorian morality with punk rebellion.” This may not sound like an obvious move. https://www.londontheatre1.com/theatre-news/la-traviata-st-pauls-clapham/

Scherenschnitt oder Der Mörder sind Sie, as Shear Madness was originally called, enjoyed a four-decade run in Boston, Massachusetts, ending in 2020 when public health restrictions were being imposed. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/shear-madness-the-mill-at-sonning/

Born in China and the son of British missionaries, Frederick Knott wrote a thirty-minute television version of Dial M for Murder in 1949. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/dial-m-for-murder-devonshire-park-theatre/

Rash actions in youth often lead to dire consequences in the future, which is one of the underlying themes of Teresa Deevy's 1937 emotionally-layered play Wife to James Whelan, set in the small town of Kilbeggan in ru https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/wife-to-james-whelan-jermyn-street-theatre/

Written by Lucy Prebble, The Effect was met with widespread critical acclaim when it premiered at The National Theatre in 2012. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/the-effect-old-red-lion-theatre/

Chess is renowned in some quarters for being a bit all over the place, both literally and figuratively. Early in Act One, the action is in Merano, Italy – before the interval, there’s a long scene at the British Embassy in Rome. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/chess-royal-academy-of-music/

Producers Mark Goucher, Matthew Gale and Laurence Myers are delighted to announce the return of Brenda Edwards (Loose https://www.londontheatre1.com/?p=422400

To quote the old song “Spring in the air (filled with love), There's magic everywhere, when you're young and in love.” But that isn’t always the case, as we see in Ben SantaMaria’s new play Lulla at the Omnibus Theatre in Clapham. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/lulla-omnibus-theatre/

A mixture of captions (not, https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/our-public-house-marylebone-theatre/

A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of the most popular of Shakespeare's classic plays staged today. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/a-midsummer-nights-dream-2026-regents-park-open-air-theatre/

Well, it naturally follows that Amani (Sheyi Cole) and Brianna (Zakiyyah Deen) – separately – end up running late. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/a-to-b-soho-theatre-dean-street/

The Sabai Pavilion has landed on Shepherd’s Bush Green. That can only mean one thing, The Lady Boys of Bangkok are back in London, and last night I popped along to see them in action. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/the-lady-boys-of-bangkok-full-moon-the-sabai-pavilion/

A dining table set with four chairs stands centre stage, a candelabra taking pride of place as the audience awaits the arrival of the evening's guests. James (Max Allen, who also wrote the play) is the first to appear. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/persona-kings-head-theatre/

The Signalman is billed as 'an evening of Victorian illusions and ghost stories with occult illusionist David Alnwick'. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/the-signalman-wiltons-music-hall/

You learn something new every day, so they say. There was an American woman, Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd (1891-1948), who had a long affair with President Franklin D Roosevelt. https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/springwood-hampstead-theatre/