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

Paul Gainey
Feb 22, 20242 min read


Mother Goose, Bristol Hippodrome
It’s not often that a panto bags a true A-lister, but this joyous production of Mother Goose at the Bristol Hippodrome has nailed it with...

Paul Gainey
Feb 21, 20243 min read


The Time Machine, Theatre Royal Bath
HG Wells’s classic sci-fi novel, The Time Machine, is reimagined in a new stage adaptation at the Theatre Royal in Bath. In this...

Paul Gainey
Feb 21, 20242 min read


Anna Karenina, Bristol Old Vic Theatre
Bristol Old Vic’s summer blockbuster for 2023 is a world premiere of Tolstoy’s 19th century classic, ‘Anna Karenina’, adapted for the...

Paul Gainey
Feb 19, 20244 min read


Oklahoma!, Wyndham's Theatre
Less a revival than a dark and unsettling reimagining of the well-loved Western-themed musical, Daniel Fish’s audacious deconstruction of...

Paul Gainey
Feb 19, 20243 min read


Patriots, Noel Coward Theatre
Peter Morgan’s ‘Patriots’ feels both blessed and cursed by topicality. Clearly it would have been commissioned long before Russia’s...

Paul Gainey
Feb 19, 20243 min read


2:22 A Ghost story
Lily Allen’s star casting worked wonders for the West End run of ghost story “2:22”. But “The Pillowman”, Martin McDonagh’s 2003 play...

Paul Gainey
Feb 19, 20243 min read


"Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder at The Bristol Old Vic Theatre
In “Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder!” at the Bristol Old Vic theatre the two loveable misfits are best friends from childhood who have...

Paul Gainey
Feb 15, 20243 min read


"Cheeky Little Brown" at The Bristol Old Vic Theatre
"cheeky little brown”, by the Papatango Prize-winning playwright Nkenna Akunna (Some of Us Exist in the Future) at the Bristol Old Vic...

Paul Gainey
Feb 15, 20242 min read


Choir Boy at Bristol Old Vic
Artistic Director Nancy Medina’s debut production for Bristol Old Vic, Choir Boy, epitomises the spirit of her first season, with its...

Paul Gainey
Feb 14, 20242 min read


Fascinating Aida
For 40 years the comedy cabaret act Fascinating Aida has been entertaining audiences all over the country. Today they are perhaps more...

Paul Gainey
Feb 13, 20242 min read


Nanny, Bristol Old Vic Theatre
Folio Theatre’s “Nanny”, a musical play about two actors working a side gig as child carers has it all: pathos, comedy, arguments, song...

Paul Gainey
Feb 13, 20242 min read


The Motive and the Cue, at the Noel Coward Theatre
There is something quite magical about sitting in the Noël Coward Theatre, where John Gielgud played Hamlet in 1934 for 155 performances...

Paul Gainey
Feb 9, 20243 min read
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