Cheesy remake of Our Mutual Friend: London Tide, at the Lyttelton Theatre, reviewed
Our Mutual Friend has been turned into a musical with a new title, London Tide, which sounds duller and more…
Angela Rayner’s staggering admission at PMQs
Angela Rayner stood in for Sir Keir Starmer at PMQs, and she opened with fireworks. ‘They’re desperate to talk about my…
My (surprisingly) decent proposal
‘Like being chained to a lunatic.’ That’s how a man feels in relation to his libido. And the lunatic latches…
Player Kings proves that Shakespeare can be funny
Play-goers, beware. Director Robert Icke is back in town, and that means a turgid four-hour revival of a heavyweight classic…
Rishi gets witty at PMQs
Keir Starmer came to Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) with a spring in his step. He announced that he owned ‘a…
Why has the National engaged in this tedious act of defamation of the Brontës?
The Divine Mrs S is a backstage satire set in the year 1800, when flouncy costumes and elaborate English prose…
Exhilarating: MJ the Musical reviewed
If you’ve heard good reports about MJ the Musical, believe them all and multiply everything by a hundred. As a…
The price we’ll pay for citizens’ assemblies
Citizens’ assemblies will transform Britain. That’s the promise made by activists from groups like Extinction Rebellion. Labour has also mooted…
Who’s more embarrassing: Corbyn or Truss?
Sir Keir Starmer’s advisers have very short memories. At PMQs, the Labour leader mocked Liz Truss for visiting America to…
Parliament’s Gaza vote won’t help anyone
The big issue at PMQs today was the motion calling for an end to hostilities in Gaza. In itself this…
Does Rishi Sunak think Labour is already running the country?
He strutted into the middle of the studio in dark slacks and a creaseless white shirt. Nippy, zestful, ready for…
The reality of food banks
The old man next door asked me to collect his parcel from the food bank. ‘Sure,’ I said. I joined…
Casting an able-bodied actor as Richard III isn’t ‘offensive’
The row over Richard III rumbles on. Disability groups have objected to the Globe’s forthcoming production in which Michelle Terry…
