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King Lear – Almedia
Powerful, angry performances hold together Yaël Farber’s sprawling, bleak vision of a king and his country in terminal decline in King Lear at Almeida Theatre, London.

Paul Gainey
May 292 min read


Nye Bevin – Donmar
At London’s Donmar Warehouse, Lucy Kirkwood’s The Human Body depicts the establishing of the National Health Service through the eyes of a Shropshire doctor.

Paul Gainey
May 292 min read


Bangers (BOV)
Bristol Old Vic theatre was caught in the middle of a real-life drama when the star of its latest production was injured at the start of a sell-out run of Bangers at the Weston Studio.

Paul Gainey
May 292 min read


Patriots – Noel Coward Theatre
Patriots circles around a group of high-profile dissidents, some now dead. Chief among them here is Boris Berezovsky, a talented mathematician turned businessman, and friend turned foe to Vladimir Putin.

Paul Gainey
May 283 min read


Four Season – Bristol Old Vic
Bristol Live and the Bristol Post ran my review of Bristol Old Vic's festive children's musical play, "Four Seasons".

Paul Gainey
May 281 min read


Operation Mincemeat
As proof that super shows can come in small packages, it’s a pleasure to welcome Operation Mincemeat to a West End too often characterised by musical bloating

Paul Gainey
May 282 min read


Guys and Dolls – Bridge Theatre
Astonishingly, Guys and Dolls is the Bridge Theatre’s first ever musical, but on the strength of such a vivid, vibrant triumph of a revival, I should hope not its last.

Paul Gainey
May 283 min read


Complete Works of Jane Austen – Alma Tavern
The Alma Tavern’s in house company Schoolhouse Productions brings us ‘The Complete Work of Jane Austen (Abridged); a funny, fast-paced romp through the masterpieces of Jane Austen,

Paul Gainey
May 282 min read


Play On – BOV
The story is a twist on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, but no prior knowledge of the play is needed. Play On! takes place in New York City’s Cotton Club in the 1940s and combines the music of Duke Ellington – performed live on stage by the excellent band and exceptional performances from the whole company – with street dance choreography...

Paul Gainey
May 223 min read


Treasure Island – Newman Theatre
Robert Louis Stevenson’s much-loved novel Treasure Island has been brought to life by Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in an unashamedly swashbuckling reimagining of the classic tale

Paul Gainey
May 223 min read


Stable – Alma Tavern
The play is a gripping narrative about the relationship between a psychologist and a patient who is looking to rebuild her shattered life, and explores just how dangerous the collapse of a therapist’s moral compass can be

Paul Gainey
May 223 min read


Tom Marshman – Watershed
Bristol theatremaker, writer and artist Tom Marshman has made work across many mediums, from theatre and cabaret to performance art; video projection to museum audio-tours.

Paul Gainey
May 223 min read


Fawlty Towers – London
Cleese has spliced together three of the series’ iconic episodes: “Hotel Inspectors”, “The Germans”, and my personal favourite, “Communication Problems”. There’s no attempt to modernise these 1970s stories; this is Fawlty Towers exactly as you remember it.

Paul Gainey
May 222 min read


Doctor Strangelove – London
Nuclear annihilation might not seem the obvious choice for comedy, yet Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 movie Dr Strangelove somehow turned Cold War terror into brilliantly silly satire. Happily, Armando Iannucci and Sean Foley’s explosively funny new stage adaptation also pulls off that near-impossible high-wire act, with Steve Coogan succeeding Peter Sellers in bouncing between multiple outlandish roles.

Paul Gainey
May 223 min read


Furiozo – Wardrobe
Furiozo: Man Looking for Trouble at The Wardrobe Theatre is an absurd punk-rock clown show that paints an intriguing portrait of toxic masculinity.

Paul Gainey
May 213 min read


Roadside – Trinity Centre Machinal - Bath Theatre Royal
Roadside is billed as an original theatre production to celebrate the New Traveller community.
Maddie Wakeling, a van dweller and actor from Glastonbury, Somerset, performs the one-hour, one-woman show inspired by her own experiences of searching for autonomy and a different kind of life.

Paul Gainey
May 212 min read


Blackbird Hour
Blackbird Hour is a poignant and striking piece of theatre. Part poetry, part play, the piece follows Eshe, a grieving and powerful Black woman, as she feels her pain, muddles through love, and how to be loved...

Paul Gainey
May 213 min read


A Good House
A Good House focuses on a series of social gatherings in which bad faith hangs in the air like persistent damp. First up is a brittle soirée hosted by Sihle (Sifiso Mazibuko) and Bonolo (Mimî M Khayisa), an affluent Black couple who moved into their chic suburban neighbourhood several years previously but are only now enjoying the company of their white neighbours Chris (Scott Sparrow) and Lynette (Olivia Darnley)...

Paul Gainey
May 212 min read


Home Ground
Home Ground follows the story of a local football team that find out their historic football pitch is getting demolished and decide to take matters into their own hands to save it. ..

Paul Gainey
May 213 min read
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