Summer and Smoke sizzles with spectacular sentiment in stunning revival
Rebecca Frecknall directs a winning revival of one of Tennessee WIlliams’ lesser-known plays
Life, Death, and Theatre with the Ekdahls
The stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s semi-autobiographical work “weaves new patterns”.
In the eye of the beholder: the male gaze in visual art
An exploration of contemporary women artists resisting and subverting the status quo
Dispatches from the VAULT Festival
London’s answer to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival takes place in the vaults below Waterloo station. Packed with independent theatre and music, the festival, on until March 18th, is an opportunity to see reasonably priced innovative productions you wouldn’t find anywhere else. Arts editor Jingie Cheng reports on the
Deterred by Beckett’s infamous motormouth? Not I.
Tourettes hero Jess Thom gives Beckett’s notoriously difficult motormouth in Not I a personal and political spin.
Ben Whishaw delivers layered performance as Brutus
Innovative staging, classic rock and modern costuming, makes The Bridge’s adaptation an unique experience.
Mark Dion – theatre of the natural world brings the Thames beaches to the Whitechapel Gallery
Something of a hit and miss, a retrospective of Mark Dion’s work is most successful when it embraces the realities of nature.
A powerful revival of the mystery of Hanging Rock
The cult horror tale of missing schoolgirls in Australia gets an inventive twist in Tom Wright’s adaptation for the stage at the Barbican Centre.
Solo performance delivers insights on life
Carey Mulligan astonishes in this personal journey.
Love, Life, and Cocaine on an Irish Rooftop
John O'Donovan’s debut play about identity is a triumph.
Iolanthe: an odd choice for the current climate
ENO’s restaging of the 19th century comic opera fails to amuse.
Flamenco absent in this Flamenco Festival show
A modern take on 'flamenco' fails to ignite.