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Joe Layton as Robbie and Hannah Sinclair Robinson as Jess in Lost Atoms.
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Lost Atoms review: a filing cabinet of the soul

An inventive production by Frantic Assembly, Lost Atoms explores the experience of love and loss.

AJ Jenks as Buddy Holly. Image: Supplied.
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The Buddy Holly Story review: still rocking, but not exactly rolling forward

There's no shortage of hits in Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, but is that enough?

Romesh Ranganathan as Bill and Sheridan Smith as Susan in Woman in Mind. Photo: Marc Brenner.
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Woman in Mind review: a very British and darkly comic drama

Alan Ayckbourn’s forty-year-old tragicomedy of stifling suburban life, Woman in Mind, doesn’t quite survive the transition to today.

The Rivals. Photo: Ellie Kurttz.
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The Rivals review: warm, stylish and immensely enjoyable

Patricia Hodge and Robert Bathurst lead a polished ensemble in this delightful off-West-End production of The Rivals.

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London art guide December 2025: best art, theatre and music

This month's London art guide brings you our top picks of the best art, theatre and music – with a…

Promotoinal image for 'Playing Burton' with actor Matthew Rhys. The moody black & white photo shows Rhys' sharp-cheekboned fair-skinned face emerging from the darkness. He has tousled black hair and wears a black shirt.
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Matthew Rhys returns to the London stage in Playing Burton at The Old Vic

Marking the centenary of Richard Burton’s birth, this production is a fundraiser for the new Welsh National Theatre.

The Japanese language performance of SIX the Musical. Image: Vaudeville Theatre. London art guide.
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London art guide November 2025: best art, theatre and music

Our London arts guide brings you the best of a busy arts calendar this November.

A scene from 'Sunny Afternoon', the musical about and featuring the music of The Kinks at The Alexandra, Birmingham. A green-glad singer crouches centrestage beneath the spotlight and sings into a microphone; three other musicians, dressed similarly, can be seen behind him.
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Sunny Afternoon review: The Kinks come alive in Technicolor

More than a simple jukebox trip down memory lane, this production is a witty, heartfelt, and infectiously joyous portrait of…

Katerina Tannenbaum & Eddie Toll in The Wanderers. Image: Mark Senior.
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The Wanderers review: a thoughtful examination of modern American Jewishness

Anna Ziegler's The Wanderers offers an intergenerational look at artistic and religious angst.

Minnie Driver in Every Brilliant Thing. Photo: Danny Kaan.
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Every Brilliant Thing review: Minnie Driver is 'exceptionally good'

Minnie Driver delivers an extraordinary solo performance in the moving play Every Brilliant Thing.

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