West End Theatre News and Reviews

Review: TARTUFFE at The Lyttelton, National Theatre

By Stuart King Saturday, February 23 2019, 07:38

Tartuffe - National Theatre Molière’s TARTUFFE - that perennially revisited masterpiece of wit, seduction and deception - hits the National Theatre’s Lyttelton stage this week, in what they’ve described as a ‘ferocious new version’ by John Donnelly.

Oberon K. A. Adjepong and Joplin Sibtain in Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train at the Young Vic. Photo by Johan Persson

21 Feb

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Review: JESUS HOPPED THE “A” TRAIN at The Young Vic Theatre

By Stuart King Thursday, February 21 2019, 20:24

Until the end of March, the Young Vic’s main house plays host to JESUS HOPPED THE “A” TRAIN - Stephen Adly Guirgis’ darkly comedic tale set in the bowels of the American justice system where one man’s redemption is another’s damnation.

Oberon K. A. Adjepong and Joplin Sibtain in Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train at the Young Vic. Photo by Johan Persson

21 Feb

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Review: ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES at The Theatre Royal, Haymarket

By Phil Willmott Thursday, February 21 2019, 20:07

Only Fools and Horses the Musical They seem an odd match, the opulent, elegant Theatre Royal, Haymarket and the BBC TV comedy Only Fools and Horses which dominated the television schedules in the late 1980s.

18 Feb

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Maggie Smith Returns to the Stage

By Phil Willmott Monday, February 18 2019, 10:13

Maggie Smith - A German Life Now here’s a project that’s dripping with class.

I caught up with Sir Nicholas Hytner just before he opened his stunning new theatre THE BRIDGE. We were taking about what kind of productions would feature there and high on his shopping list was something, anything, starring national treasure Dame Maggie Smith - perhaps best known these days for playing the formidable duchess of Grantham in TV’s DOWNTON ABBBEY.