'Benjamin Button' Review: The West End's Newest Musical Hits Home Deeply But Doesn't Travel Far
There is much to enjoy about this folk-infused, upbeat musical, but they come at odds with the flatness of the musical itself.
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Angelika Etherington-Smith
Nov 122 min read
'Matilda' to Welcome Another School Year at Crunchem Hall with Discounted Tickets
The Royal Shakespeare Company is releasing special £10 tickets for all Matilda performances.
Arianna Muñoz
Oct 114 min read
The Brothers Fall, But The Epic Play Rises Triumphantly: Reviewing The Lehman Trilogy's West End Return
This sweeping, if somewhat flawed, epic tells a grand tale of change and a corrupting American dream.
Gillian Choy
Oct 73 min read
Reviewing The National's 'Coriolanus': Lay The Play and The Man to Rest
While everyone has been itching to stage this play in the last decade, it takes work to make an exceptional adaptation.
Rachel Pantrey and Rachel Annette
Jul 25 min read
God They're Brilliant: Reviewing The Fortune Theatre's New 'Mincemeat' Five
Operation Mincemeat's Sean Carey makes us not only root for him but also celebrate with him – few performers have the ability to do this.
Anwesh Banerjee
Jul 14 min read
Bronté Barbé and Rebekah Hinds Talk "Kathy & Stella" Solving the Mystery of How to Break Into the West End
"You can take the show out of the fringe, but not the fringe out of the show," the musical's stars recalled the wisdom of their producer.
Elizabeth Grace
Jan 2111 min read
In Conversation with Danny Kaan: The Theatre Photographer Fans Wish Upon for Backstage Photos of their Favourite Shows
Last October, Danny Kaan got to see his work displayed on a West End theatre, but it wasn’t too long ago that his parents suggested he do...
Freya Ross
Dec 21, 20234 min read
Reviewing ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’: London’s West End is Turned Upside Down
Smoke fills the awe-stricken auditorium in London’s Phoenix Theatre as the opening scene of Stranger Things: The First Shadow draws to a...
Millie Brownhill
Nov 8, 20233 min read
‘Sunset Boulevard’ Review: A New Future For Theatre
★★★★★ Sunset Boulevard stands as a provocative challenge to one’s preconception that the West End musical has become a predictable and...
Toluwase Agusto
Mar 25, 20234 min read
'& Juliet': The Reimagining of Shakespeare’s Tragedy
To describe this play in one sentence is difficult, but to put it simply, & Juliet puts female empowerment centre stage, brings alive...
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