Nero: An undergraduate juvenility reigns in this Roman musical 2/5 At Southwark Playhouse Elephant, this attempt at combining a Greek tragedy pastiche with a Trump satire gets the thumbs down Evening Standard · Nov 11
The Truth at Apollo Theatre review: Manic Mangan excels in this polished French infidelity comedy 4/5 Stephen Mangan is the tachycardic heart of The Truth. A sleek, satisfying production, and a proper West End night out Evening Standard · Jun 26
The Truth review – Florian Zeller’s knotty comedy of deceit is a real delight Stephen Mangan, Sarah Hadland, Ardal O’Hanlon and Janie Dee are seat-shakingly funny in this study of adultery The Guardian - UK · Jun 25
Equus review: A fine revival of a deeply odd but significant play 4/5 A forceful revival of Peter Shaffer’s strange play at the Menier Chocolate Factory with a standout lead performance Evening Standard · May 19
Equus review – desire and desperation in Peter Shaffer’s tale of sex, gods and horses Lindsay Posner’s precise revival flies highest in its most intense moments of beastliness as a psychiatrist sets about ridding a teenage boy of his demons The Guardian - UK · May 18
Endgame review – Mathew Horne and Douglas Hodge bring macabre fizz to Beckett As a pair of wisecracking vaudevillian entertainers, the stars balance the comedy and desolation in Lindsay Posner’s production The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2025
The Deep Blue Sea at Theatre Royal Haymarket review: Tamsin Greig is shatteringly good 4/5 Terence Rattigan’s 1952 tragedy of quiet desperation is as potent as ever Evening Standard · May 15, 2025
A View from the Bridge review: Dominic West gently reinvents Arthur Miller’s tragic hero ‘The Crown’ star is a man in freefall in a Miller revival that works its magic by being that rare thing: a really decent production of a really great play The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2024
A View From The Bridge at Theatre Royal Haymarket review: Dominic West delivers in an old-fashioned revival This solid take on the classic Arthur Miller play has contemporary resonance though the production feels staid Evening Standard · Jun 5, 2024
A View from the Bridge: revival with Dominic West and Callum Scott Howells will transfer to the West End The Theatre Royal Bath production of Arthur Miller's celebrated 1955 play will be heading to London this spring Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2024
Theatre: Clare Brennan’s five best shows of 2023 Our roving critic’s highlights include a bravura O’Casey trilogy, a Lionel Bart classic that delivered more, and a perfectly cast portrait of a marriage The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2023
Dominic West, don’t be snooty about hit West End shows, they keep serious theatre alive In dismissing such plays as the preserve of inattentive tourists, he ignores the fragile ecology of the industry The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2023
Farewell Mr Haffmann review – Nazi drama has weirdly comic overtones The English-language premiere of Jean-Philippe Daguerre’s award-winning play hampers its seasoned cast with a complicated plot – bordering on farcical – about a Jewish jeweller hiding in a cellar in Nazi-occupied France The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2023
Noises Off: the farce masterclass that is truly revealing Michael Frayn’s comedy is not just extremely funny but also acknowledges the fragile artifice of order – in theatre and the world beyond The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2022