Woolf Works review – the wondrous Alessandra Ferri flies again Returning to the role created for her by Wayne McGregor, the dancer portrays the great modernist with emotional power The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023
Shirley Valentine review – Sheridan Smith disarms and dazzles with heart and soul Willy Russell’s 1986 monologue about a neglected woman’s midlife liberation is given new life in this perceptive production The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023
The Long Run review – going the distance with love and laughter Katie Arnstein’s captivating show about her mum’s treatment for cancer lies somewhere between storytelling and standup The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2023
The best theatre to stream this month: The Boys Are Kissing, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends and more Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Hans Christian Andersen on skates, a verbatim play five years in the making and poems from Ukraine The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2023
Olivier awards 2023: complete list of nominations My Neighbour Totoro leads the way with nine nominations at this year’s awards – see who else is in the running The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023
Flies review – the effects of the male gaze on adolescent girls The new work by Charlie Josephine gives us teenagers’ thoughts about objectification, shame, body image and sex The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023
The week in classical: Rusalka; The Rhinegold Royal Opera’s new staging of Dvořák’s watery Rusalka finds fresh resonsances, while the ENO’s updated Ring cycle is really starting to shine The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2023
The Walworth Farce review – tyranny and fantasy at the Elephant and Castle There is comical swagger and escalating threat but Nicky Allpress’s revival of Enda Walsh’s play is strongest in its fragile moments The Guardian - UK · Feb 25, 2023
Katherina Radeva: 40/40 review – joyful dance in defiance of convention Radeva delivers a gloriously uncomplicated and deeply felt performance that is a delight to watch The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2023
Grenfell: System Failure review – sobering unpicking of a tragedy Writer Richard Norton-Taylor and director Nicolas Kent’s almost anti-theatrical play uses residents’ testimonies and gives the bereaved a much-needed voice The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2023
The Winter’s Tale review – the Globe’s two-venue telling loses its way As this ambitious production switches between stages, and deaths pile up like dishes, neither the comedy nor the tragedy have room to breathe The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2023
Patti Love obituary Actor best known for her stage work and acclaimed for her portrayal of Mary Barnes in the title role of David Edgar’s 1978 play The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2023
Rusalka review – junk-filled staging brings magic and a sombre message Ann Yee and Natalie Abrahami’s thoughtful and effective new production shapes Dvorák’s opera into a tale of mankind versus nature. A first-rate cast is matched by Semyon Bychkov in the pit The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2023
Akedah review – sisters at sea in taut but frustrating Troubles drama Two women disinter a trauma from their past in Michael John O’Neill’s allegorical play set in an evangelical church The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2023 The Rhinegold review – witty and insightful, Jones’s production delivers an emphatic win for ENO The Rhine shimmers, the gold dazzles and the gods posture – Richard Jones has by and large gone back to Wagnerian basics for his assured and cogent staging. In the pit, Martyn Brabbins and ENO’s orchestra add lustre
The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2023 Bootycandy review – thrilling, uproarious comedy explores Black queerness from every angle Inventive direction and a spectacular cast make the London transfer of Robert O’Hara’s kaleidoscopic off-Broadway play a spiralling, high-energy triumph
The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2023 Right Dishonourable Friend review – nepo baby MP lands in Lancashire in heartfelt comedy Phoebe Batteson-Brown is archly comic as the clueless Perdita but it’s the subplot about a queer teenager and the hypocrisy of politics that has real depth to it
The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2023 The Oyster Problem review – the struggle to save Flaubert from himself In historian Orlando Figes’ rather too formal first play, the passionate romantic’s friends try to persuade him to be a little more worldly
The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2023 Standing at the Sky’s Edge review – Richard Hawley pulls on the heartstrings in his Sheffield opus This new musical traces the intersecting lives of three families on the Park Hill estate in this spine-tingling and sentimental love song to the steel city
The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023 ‘It’s a grief and a healing’: why dance-makers love The Rite of Spring Stravinsky’s ballet sensation of 1913 shocked its first Paris audience. More than 150 versions later, the far-reaching pull of this modernist masterpiece remains irresistible…
The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023 Secret Things/ Everyone Keeps Me; Dance Me review – the glory of Pam Tanowitz The American choreographer delights with a programme of rare wit, beauty and unshowy complexity. Elsewhere, a Vegas-style tribute to Leonard Cohen
The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2023 Carmen review – vivid revival finds ENO on fighting form With Bizet’s opera’s menace and casual cruelty to the fore, cracking performances from soloists and chorus alike ensure that this is a tense and atmospheric production
The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2023 The Trial of Josie K review – kidding around with Kafka Inspired by the classic novel, this play for children leads its young heroine through surreal encounters with bureaucracy – and a giant rabbit
The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2023 Bill’s 44th review – tender and boozy puppet party A Beckettian sense of dread pervades Dorothy James and Andy Manjuck’s show about a wistful middle-aged man’s attempts to keep the darkness at bay
The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2023 Out of the spotlight: seven of dance’s hottest hidden talents From costume and lighting designers to composers and producers, here are some of the dynamos bringing breathtaking dance shows to the stage