There are plenty of things to entice theatregoers to Edna Walsh’s adaptation of Max Porter's acclaimed novel - not least the star power of Cillian Murphy and the involvement of Simon McBurney’s renowned theatre troupe Complicité.
Theatre News and Reviews


Review: GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS at the Barbican Theatre
By Stuart King Wednesday, March 27 2019, 20:51


Review: MARY'S BABIES at Jermyn Street Theatre
By Stuart King Sunday, March 24 2019, 11:18
Katy Stephens and Emma Fielding adopt a schizophrenic approach to Maud Dromgoole's play derived from the questionable practices used at an early, unregulated Human Fertility Treatment clinic.


Lloyd Webber v Sondheim. Who’s best?
By Phil Willmott Sunday, March 24 2019, 11:07
These two guys have dominated musical theatre writing for the last half century. Their style is as different as chalk is to cheese but both celebrated birthdays recently (on March 22nd the populist, Lloyd Webber, was 71 and the sophisticate, Sondheim, was 89) so let’s have fun frivolously comparing and contrasting.


Review: DOWNSTATE at the Dorfman (National Theatre)
By Stuart King Thursday, March 21 2019, 14:45
Chicago and Broadway theatre audiences long ago learned the benefits of exposing themselves to the taboo subjects and aching moral dilemmas explored in Steppenwolf productions, but will Londoners embrace the opportunity with equal gusto on this occasion?
Francis Guinan (Fred), Glenn Davis (Gio), Celilia Noble (Ivy), Eddie Torres (Felix) and K. Todd Freeman (Dee) in Downstate. Photo by Michael Brosilow


Disney’s Frozen Transfers to London – But Will They Improve It?
By Phil Willmott Tuesday, March 19 2019, 11:13
It’s been announced that the Broadway musical based on Disney's massive hit movie musical will transfer to London, opening at a newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane this autumn.
The press release landed in our in-box at 7am with a typically breathless round up of stats and comments from the key people involved.
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