Theatre

Sinister panto about the formation of the NHS: Nye, at the Olivier Theatre, reviewed

16 March 2024 9:00 am

A Judy Garland rendition, dancing nurses, a star lead: no spectacle is spared in Tim Price’s new play Nye, which…

Devastating: Almeida Theatre’s King Lear reviewed

9 March 2024 9:00 am

Yaël Farber’s production of King Lear at the Almeida Theatre is imbued with an undercurrent of tension that feels as…

Branagh can’t quite banish the spirit of Noel Edmonds: King Lear, at Wyndham’s Theatre, reviewed

11 November 2023 9:00 am

Branagh vs Lear. The big fixture in theatreland ends in a win for Shakespeare’s knotty and intractable script which usually…

Comedy of the blackest kind: Boy Parts, at Soho Theatre, reviewed

4 November 2023 9:00 am

There’s something mesmerising about watching a good mimic. And Aimée Kelly, who plays fetish photographer Irina Sturges in Soho Theatre’s…

Real women do not behave like this: Lyonesse, at the Harold Pinter Theatre, reviewed

4 November 2023 9:00 am

Lyonesse by Penelope Skinner takes a while to get going. The central character, Elaine, is a washed-up British actress (Kristin…

If only Caryl Churchill’s plays were as thrillingly macabre as her debut

28 October 2023 9:00 am

The first play by the pioneering feminist Caryl Churchill has been revived at the Jermyn Street Theatre. Owners, originally staged…