The Father, Duke of York’s Theatre, 2016
It’s rare in the West End to come across a play so unentertaining and so brilliant at the same time. This is one of the many feats of Florian Zeller’s […]
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Escaped Alone, Royal Court Theatre, 2016
Afternoon tea and apocalyptic catastrophe: in Caryl Churchill’s latest play, Escaped Alone, her trademark absurdity is stretched to ambitious heights. Running just over the course of 50 minutes, the play […]
Red Velvet, Garrick Theatre, 2016
Following the recent backlash over the lack of diversity in the Oscar nominations, this revival of Red Velvet was appropriately timed. First staged at the Tricycle Theatre in 2012, Lolita Chakrabarti’s […]
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Donmar Warehouse, 2016
A decadent medley of lust, jealousy and sexual empowerment, Les Liaisons Dangereuses feasts on the dark side of human desires. This acclaimed stage adaptation by Christopher Hampton, based on the […]
Measure for Measure, Young Vic, 2015
Measure for Measure is perhaps most commonly known as one of Shakespeare’s ‘problem plays’. Merging and subverting elements of the tragic and the comic, its genre is hard to categorise […]
Medea, Almeida Theatre, 2015
Completing the Almeida’s triptych of modernised Greek tragedies, Medea takes on the boldest reincarnation. In a new translation by controversial feminist writer Rachel Cusk, the drama is relocated to the […]
Photograph 51, Noel Coward Theatre, 2015
Marking her first return to the West End since 1998, Nicole Kidman’s latest role in Photograph 51 is a refreshingly unconventional one. In personal tribute to her biochemist father, she […]
Gypsy, Savoy Theatre, 2015
Widely regarded by critics as one of, if not the greatest American musical of all time, it seems remarkable that this is Gypsy’s first return to the West End since […]
Temple, Donmar Warehouse, 2015
In October 2011, a group known as Occupy London camped outside St Paul’s Cathedral in protest against capitalism. Sparking outcry, the Dean of St. Paul’s announced the decision to close […]
The Seagull, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, 2015
First performed in 1896, The Seagull is Chekhov’s first masterpiece. It might be for this reason that the play exhibits all of his typical thematic qualities in a way that […]
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