Critics' Choice

Music

John Aizlewood

quoteAn ill-conceived Queen medley was unspeakably naff, but frankly who cares?quote

John Aizlewood Celine Dion Comedy

Bruce Dessau

quoteIt could be as irritating as nails down a blackboard yet it works as warped surrealismquote

Bruce Dessau Dina Martina Theatre

Nicholas de Jongh

quoteI soon found myself as overwhelmed by David Calder’s King Lear as any interpretation I have seen in 25 yearsquote

Nicholas de Jongh King Lear

Reader reviews

Theatre

Selwyn, Epsom

quoteWhy oh why didn't I take up the offer of leaving in the interval?quote

Gone With The Wind Music

David, London

quoteKate is a good singer, very expressive, although not a great dancerquote

The Long Blondes Music

Dave J., London

quoteThis was a masterclass in funk, soul and R&Bquote

Eric Burdon And War

London,

Theatre
Sarah, Bob, Abe & Miriam

Jewish comedy shows deceptive charm

Beau Jest parades its old-fashioned credentials and never shrinks from saying predictable things or clutching at clichés to express them... more |  Add your review

 
Theatre Sam Spiro

Musical returns to the stage again

Funny Girl, best known in its 1968 Barbra Streisand film version, gets back to its theatre roots with big tunes, snappy lyrics and high kicks... more |  Add your review

 
Theatre Into the Hoods

Into the inner-city groove

Into the Hoods is about real bodily pleasure. You come out dazzled by the back flips — cursing your own wheezy unfitness, says Liz Hoggard... more |  Add your review

 
Theatre Richard III

Henry's crowning glory

Michael Boyd's epic, audacious presentation of Shakespeare's eight history plays is a magnificent achievement. .. more |  Add your review

 
Theatre Emmanuel and Kofi

Comedy and pathos in store

While Levi David Addai's play, Oxford Street, remains plot-lite, its undercurrents of comedy and pathos keep the 85-minute evening buoyant... more |  Add your review

 
Theatre Ballet Boyz

Boyz are getting older

Michael Nunn and William Trevitt still have charisma, but the gallop of time means The Ballet Boyz are not as nimble as they were... more |  Add your review

 
Theatre The Lady from the Sea

Agony of a housewife bewitched by the sea

The Lady From the Sea director, Hannah Eidinow, gathers together several promising elements but can't quite manage to make them coalesce... more |  Add your review

 

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Theatre Michelle Dockery

Cutting, witty and ready for action

After a moving revival of St Joan and an effective staging of the caustic but problematic Major Barbara, George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion comes to town... more |  Add your review

 
Theatre King Lear and Cordelia

Feeling his howl of pain

Nicholas de Jongh found himself as overwhelmed by David Calder's King Lear as any interpretation he has seen in 25 years... more |  Add your review

 
Theatre Matt Smith

That face to watch

After a sensational run at the Royal Court a debut play by a young writer comes to the West End — and it’s set to make a star out of Matt Smith... more |  Add your view

 

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Theatre Vanessa Redgrave

Better on page than on stage

Like most abridgements the David Hare-directed, 90-minute stage adaptation of The Year of Magical Thinking, suffers says Kate Law... more |  Add your review

 
Theatre Mary and Joseph

Jack the Ripper strikes again

Poet and playwright Glyn Maxwell is the latest to add his four penn'rth on Jack the Ripper in the stylistically elegant The Only Girl in the World... more |  Add your review

 
Theatre Petruchio and Katherina

The Shrew is shifted to the 21st century

Conall Morrison's fascinating take on The Taming of the Shrew suggests there are links between the way 16th- and 21st-century men mistreat women... more |  Add your review

 
Theatre Jenny, Chris and Clair

City couple caught in an imaginary apocalypse

Deciphering the meaning of Martin Crimp's The City is a process that intrigues and mystifies, irritates and engrosses... more |  Add your review

 
Theatre Miss Behave

Swallowing swords at the Roundhouse

Miss Behave, one of the last female sword swallowers in the world, is to host three weeks of variety at the Roundhouse... more |  Add your view

 
 


 
 
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