THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG IS BACK ON TOUR! CRASHING INTO THEATRES NATIONWIDE FROM 20 APRIL 2022 The Play That Goes Wrong, the Olivier Award-winning box office hit that continues to entertain audiences on a global scale, will return to its touring roots and embark on its fifth UK tour this spring. The production will open at Theatre Royal Bath on 20 April before visiting Mold, Southend, Leicester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Plymouth, Bristol, Sheffield, Hull, Milton Keynes … [Read more...]
Best Plays in London - New Plays in London
Here is our guide to plays in London. From long-running West End plays such as The Mousetrap and The Woman in Black to new plays opening soon. Book London theatre tickets online for plays – click one of the images or the link below which shows all listings of plays currently on sale.
Fatal Attraction at Theatre Royal Brighton | Review
It is 35 years since the Paramount Pictures movie starring Glenn Close and Michael Douglas was released, and it is a brave producer, in this case ATG, who would dare attempt to emulate the success and power of the original. The original screenplay is by James Dearden who adapted it into a stage play in 2014. Very sensibly, the story of a successful, happily married lawyer’s weekend of passion with a seductive but unstable woman, has been updated by both Dearden and the director, Loveday … [Read more...]
HOLST: The Music In The Spheres at the Jack Studio Theatre | Review
If I were to say the name Gustav Holst, where does your mind automatically go? If you are honest, it leaves the Earth and soars into the heavens. Mention Gustav and everyone thinks of one piece of music. But how much do you know about the man himself? I’m guessing not that much. I know I didn’t but thanks to HOLST: The Music In The Spheres at the Jack Studio Theatre, I’m a little wiser today. The show starts in 1917 with Gustavus Von Holst (Toby Wynn-Davies) trying to hand his resignation to … [Read more...]
Romeo and Juliet at Southwark Playhouse | Review
I have been told that there have been teachers who have come away from radical reinterpretations of Shakespeare plays with some disappointment, not necessarily because of the quality of the production in question, but because they may or may not have realised how much of a departure the production was from the text as it is studied in the classroom, and therefore from the curriculum and the nature of coursework and/or exams on the text. This version of Romeo & Juliet straddles a tightrope … [Read more...]
The 4th Country at Park Theatre | Review
How can a play be both charming and devastating? Through its tight script, abundant humour and pitch-perfect performances, 4th Country manages to straddle these opposing forces to deliver a sublime production of an important new play. Suspenseful and humane, we are told the story of a family that is also the story of government dysfunction, injustice and tribalism. Playwright Kate Reid has managed to locate the most personal of the political without compromising either in her script which … [Read more...]
Tickets on sale for Jamie Lloyd’s The Seagull
Tickets go on sale today (Monday 10th January) for The Jamie Lloyd Company’s production of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, in a version by Anya Reiss. The production opens at the Harold Pinter Theatre on 7 July, with previews from 29 June, running until 10 September 2022. Jamie Lloyd directs Emilia Clarke (Nina), Tom Rhys Harries (Trigorin), Daniel Monks (Konstantin), Indira Varma (Arkadina) and Sophie Wu (Masha), with Katie Buchholz, Tina Harris and Joseph Langdon, with further cast to be … [Read more...]
The Glass Menagerie starring Amy Adams – Tickets on Sale
‘Memory is seated predominantly in the heart’ – Tennessee Williams. Six-time Academy Award-nominated actress Amy Adams makes her West End debut in a new production of Tennessee Williams's celebrated memory play, The Glass Menagerie directed by Jeremy Herrin (Wolf Hall Trilogy, People Places and Things, This House). Paul Hilton (The Inheritance, Lady Macbeth, A Very British Scandal), Tom Glynn-Carney (The Ferryman, Dunkirk), Lizzie Annis and Victor Alli complete the stellar cast. Shattered … [Read more...]