Review

The cast in this production of the Grenfell Inquiry know this theatre is more important than them - this is why it is so powerful.

The production makes for pointless and boring watching for audiences.

Sir Ian McKellen proves there are no small parts, only small actors in Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard

The story carefully, and cleverly, portrays domestic abuse, making it one of the more worthwhile Netflix originals of late

A stage adaptation of the author's The Mirror and the Light makes for feeble and pretentious watching

A modern production of the Shakespeare classic fails to provide a new angle

The cruellest pandemic play that leaves audiences haunted long after it's finished

A once sexy, sassy and sensational production is now showing signs of aging

The production adopts an ambitious task of trying to get the audience to feel for two German-American teenagers who fall in love in a Nazi summer camp, and falls short

This play presents another example of a risk averse post-pandemic West End and it should do better than that

A play about immigration that shakes away smugness, with a powerful over-arching message - be kind.

By and large, classic films should not be rehashed as stage productions, writes TIM WALKER. But, this musical makes an exception.

From France comes a giant leap in tales about life on housing estates.

While the show has its successes and has the power to save the West End, it leaves audiences cold, writes TIM WALKER

Inevitably funny and sad simultaneously, a 5-star review for a production that doesn't shy away from political issues

A seamless musical experience from Des McAnuff where it is a hard task not to have a blast

The revolving stage is the star of this so-so show from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Emerald Fennel

Kae Tempest's Paradise can only stir up a storm in a teacup

Nick Payne’s Constellations makes for a long evening and a theatrical let-down

Both Succession and The White Lotus examine how the other half live with a satirical eye which makes for pleasing watching, writes MEGAN NOLAN

Lucy Bailey's production of Oleanna shows the play has not ages well.

Jonathan Church’s production leaves audiences out in the rain with a three-star performance

How Jean Dubuffet reinvented cityscapes, the female nude.. and even his own work. By CLAUDIA PRITCHARD

Post-lockdown audiences are treated to a fun-filled evening, courtesy of Jason Donovan and Alexandra Burke

Anything Goes with Robert Lindsay and Felicity Kendal makes for a 5-star theatre experience, despite the kooky plot

Actor Stanley Tucci's Searching For Italy is the food travel show we need right now

A new exhibition shows how Bristol’s love of what used to be called graffiti art fuelled a global movement

New Netflix series Workin’ Moms gets close to exploring some fascinating issues, but sticks to safer, more tedious territory My best friend is, in her public life, a remarkably accomplished person who worked in an underserved charity sector for years and went on to use that knowledge to create new academic courses on the subject. She’s got […]

Nina Hamnett's artistic career shone brilliantly and briefly, until overshadowed by her lifestyle. A new show restores the focus on her work

TIM WALKER reviews a theatre production that held its own against the drama provided by the Three Lions

TIM WALKER on an ebullient show that creates an emotional occasion

CHARLIE CONNELLY on a new book which offers a many-layered commentary on modern France and explores the malevolence that can lurk deep within communities  Sometimes it’s the tiny details that really get to you. A passing mention, an aside, something that should seem practically irrelevant but, wham, hits you right in the heart. In Samira Sedira’s […]