Stage
This Beautiful Future, The Yard, theatre review – love during wartime
The latest production at The Yard, This Beautiful Future, is “a tale of love and war” set in occupied France, 1944
Read MoreThe Plague, Arcola Theatre, review: an incisive adaptation of Camus’ classic
Morgana Edwards took her seat for a sharp, direct staging of the classic novel which, unfortunately, could not be more timely
Read MoreMichael Jackson auditions coming to Hackney Empire
Motown the Musical at the Shaftesbury Theatre looking for young local talent with ‘moves like Michael’
Read MoreHamlet, Almeida Theatre, review: method and madness
The N1 theatre stages the tragedy with a variety of bells & whistles that make for a stylish production
Read MoreThe Lower Depths, Arcola, review: farcical situations and tragic moments
The Dalston theatre hosts a harsh, passionate and ultimately remorseless production of Maxim Gorky’s play
Read MoreArcola to mark Russian Revolution’s 100th anniversary with season of plays
A specially-commissioned work and classics such as The Cherry Orchard to form part of season exploring the causes and impact of the Russian Revolution a century on
Read MoreHow to Date a Feminist, Arcola, review: ‘there was proper laughter, and lots of it’
Unconventional romantic comedy attempts to deconstruct the patriarchy, one laugh at a time
Read MoreChristmas anarchy to reign supreme at the Rosemary Branch theatre
The traditional panto is out as the Rosie gears up for its adults-only Christmas season featuring a trio of experimental shows by young theatremakers
Read More‘I love it!’ Hackney Empire’s new pantomime villain Sharon D. Clarke on ‘taking the boos’
Hackney Empire pantomime regular Sharon D. Clarke has shed her fairy godmother skin to become the malevolent fairy Carabosse in this year’s show
Read MoreSleeping Beauty, Hackney Empire, review: ‘I was still dancing as I left the theatre’
Classic story has been brought up to date by Susie McKenna’s stellar writing and direction
Read MoreWin a pair of tickets to ‘A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer’ at the National Theatre!
Expect big anthems, shiny costumes, blood, tears and real cancer patients in this heartbreaking musical
Read MoreRemoval Men, The Yard Theatre, review: ‘at its best worthy of Joe Orton’
An Immigration Removal Centre is the setting for a new play at the Yard Theatre that explores a ‘crisis of compassion’ in society, through song, dance and caustic-whimsical dialogue
Read MoreFat White Family founding member’s debut play Removal Men lands in Hackney Wick
A love story set inside an immigration removal centre asks whether compassion is possible in a world of wire fences
Read MoreHackney playwright details foster care experience in debut play
Four Paintings combines art and performance to explore the experience of growing up in care
Read MoreHuman rights play to shed light on 'biggest unreported war story of our time'
The Island Nation, opening this month at the Arcola, revisits the Sri Lankan civil war to address a ‘black hole in history’
Read MoreBarred: prison play asks if art and education can rehabilitate offenders
Writer and ex-offender Dean Stalham bases his plays on searching questions that interrogate the prison experience
Read MoreSaddled with Shakespeare: The Handlebards ride to Geffrye Museum
An all-bicycling theatre company is giving new meaning to the phrase ‘play cycle’
Read MoreGrimeborn Festival, Arcola, review: 'excellent programme of rarities and standards'
Opera gets back to its experimental roots at the Arcola’s annual festival
Read MoreFrom the Ground Up, Shoreditch Town Hall, review: 'a lo-fi game show experience'
The show, devised by the Almeida young company, saw audiences peppered with provocative yes-or-no questions
Read MoreAfrica Utopia comes to the Southbank Centre 31 August – 4 September
Discover art and ideas from Africa that are changing the world
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