Theatre News and Reviews

TITANIQUE announces West End extension to 2026

By Emmie Newitt Sunday, March 23 2025, 18:10

The production, which has been nominated for three Olivier awards, has received a tidal wave of critical and audience acclaim since it opened at the end of 2024.

titanique extends in the west end The West End company of Titanique. Photo by Mark Senior.

23 Mar

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Review: MAN IN THE MIRROR at Golders Green Hippodrome

By Stuart King Sunday, March 23 2025, 11:00

Proud use of the title of Michael Jackson’s famous hit song in naming this production, would suggest that the producers of MAN IN THE MIRROR are actively challenging and defying the rabid cancel culture movement and instead choose to celebrate the performances, songs and stage shows of the late The King of Pop.

Man in the Mirror

Oliver Maynard and Nick Hyde in Double Act at Southwark Playhouse. Photography by Tanya Pabaru.

23 Mar

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Review: DOUBLE ACT at Southwark Playhouse

By Stuart King Sunday, March 23 2025, 10:55

Two actors, dressed alike, finishing each other’s sentences or talking over one another combatively, give the distinct impression that they emanate from the same head and that things have reached a point of no return. Today will be different. Today will be planned and it will be done right.

Oliver Maynard and Nick Hyde in Double Act at Southwark Playhouse. Photography by Tanya Pabaru.

Cate Blanchett in The Seagull at Barbican. Image by Richard Lakos

22 Mar

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Review: THE SEAGULL at Barbican

By Stuart King Saturday, March 22 2025, 11:58

In the midst of the Russian countryside, with fold-away chairs ranged around the edge of a lake and a dense cornfield acting as a backdrop to aid playful entrances and exits, Chekhov’s classic THE SEAGULL is performed as you’ve never before experienced it.

Cate Blanchett in The Seagull at Barbican. Image by Richard Lakos