Precious is a new-style weepie but one that is much more bracing than depressing
Precious
Theatre
Ian McKellen is captivating throughout. He delights in the play’s gallows humour, yet is also maudlin and poignant
Waiting for Godot
Theatre
Slight quibbles notwithstanding, this will set the West End’s stock riding high
Enron
Utterly, utterly brilliant. You really are in for a treat
Though 'Trilogy' has won rave reviews, I personally found myself exasperated after about an hour
We went on a quiet sunday evening and the food was excellent, but the experience let down by the service and ambiance
On the evidence of this frustratingly portentous production, it’s hard to see why David Harrower’s Knives in Hens (1995) has become a modern classic... more | Add your review
In their new guise as magnificently named pub rockers One Trick Pony, Cartoon de Salvo treat us to a gig with a difference. .. more | Add your review
Combine the often gruesome authenticity of 999 calls with their life-and-death urgency and you have a potent source of drama in Breathing Irregular ... more | Add your review
Russian playwright Chekhov wrote masterpieces such as Three Sisters in his ‘White Dacha’. Now, however, this unique world heritage site is falling victim to neglect... more | Add your view
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Ursula Martinez is best known for a routine called Hanky Panky which combines striptease with sleight of hand... more | Add your review
John Godber’s Bouncers are showing their age, and the smart money wouldn’t now be on them if the aggro kicked off... more | Add your review
The play is a sort of modern western, a vicious wrangle in a motel room in the Mojave desert. .. more | Add your review
The Waiting For Godot revival may lack what Henry Hitchings dares to call the X-Men factor, but it has plenty of charm and spirit... more | Add your review
The musical Hairspray is to get the chop in London after reaching the end of its "natural life"... more | Add your view
Rupert Goold gives Enron his customary whizz-bang treatment, flooding the stage with ticker-tape electronic screens of the stock price... more | Add your review
Midsummer (a play with songs) is a quirky, charming love story of a great lost weekend. Don't miss your chance to see it... more | Add your view
Iain Glen is set to make his directorial debut with a new production of Ibsen’s Ghosts. .. more | Add your view
While Three Sisters has the potential to be heartrending, here it is played as though it’s Brecht... more | Add your review
Jane Turner, the star of cult Australian comedy Kath And Kim, is to make her West End debut... more | Add your view
Jude Law and Rachel Weisz were honoured today for their dazzling returns to the London stage.. more | Add your view
In the case of I Am Yusuf And This Is My Brother, it's a pity when a production is scuppered by its own logistics.. more | Add your review
The RSC presents the themes of thwarted love, bereavement and duplicity in a commendably straightforward manner.. more | Add your review
Sex And The City star Kim Cattrall returns to the London stage in a play where her love interest is Matthew Macfadyen, 18 years her junior... more | Add your view
The vitality of Jamie Lloyd’s production of Little Boy Laughed radiates from Tamsin Greig, who excels at elegant soundbites.. more | Add your review
The director behind hit films from Trainspotting to Slumdog Millionaire is returning to the theatre after more than 20 years.. more | Add your view
Six Degrees of Separation has pace and wit, but in truth, the best thing about the piece is its suggestive name.. more | Add your review
English National Ballet provides some equal opportunities sex appeal with this double bill that pairs Giselle (an old ballet dominated by women) with a new ballet for 12 men.. more | Add your review
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