Theatre

Alistair McDowall's production is just incomprehensible, writes TIM WALKER

CHARLIE CONNELLY on a Jewish actress who considered a kick in the behind from Hitler the luck of her life

A stage adaptation of Pierre La Mure's novel lacks wit and intelligence, writes TIM WALKER.

At 75 minutes, this is a relatively short play. Nonetheless, you still find yourself asking “Is there much more of this?” writes TIM WALKER.

This play based on a 2014 film feels like unnecessary and somewhat frivolous theatre, says TIM WALKER

This online panto embraces the new format while keeping all the old traditions alive and well, says TIM WALKER

James Graham’s plays feel as if they’re about little more than actors regurgitating vast quantities of Wikipedia, says TIM WALKER

The play is as chaotic as the times we are living in, and offers some much needed laughter.

Powerful and poignant, the production is the National Theatre at its best.

Producer Bill Kenwright understands that the theatre is a place to laugh, and no more so than after this last year.

This mesmerising and captivating production is as breathtaking as the film.

The highly accomplished actor drones on and provides a bore of a performance.

The Charles Dickens classic has been staged for the fifth time, and still speaks to modern audiences.

One day, great plays will be written about far-right groups, climate change and racism, but Manor is not one of them.

This Jane Austen parody is hard to critique... as the cast has clearly predicted every criticism they could receive.

Zadie Smith's modern, relocated take on Chaucer's The Wife of Bath is a bold reimagining.

A Samuel Beckett double-bill portrays the challenges women face across the different stages of their life with triumph.

The show's ending may be sloppy, yet sentimental, but it's the production's looks that captivates audiences.

Roxana Silbert adapts Marsha Norman's Pulitzer prize-winner novel for the stage to portray a sensitive issue superbly.

The show began it's life as a podcast. But, it simply doesn't translate to the stage.

Dino Kelly, who plays Mili, is a name worth remembering as TIM WALKER predicts he's set for stardom.

It may be a homage to life on the set of Jaws, but the absence of a shark means the production lacks bite.

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 union of British stars from ballet, art and music to rework Dante is paradise.

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