London Theatre - Musicals, Plays, Drama, and Fringe

'Ghosts' review – Ibsen's play becomes a riveting psychological thriller in this atmospheric venue

Read our four-star review of Ghosts, starring Hattie Morahan, now in performances at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse to 28 January.

Review - Don Quixote at the Garrick Theatre

The RSC is back, at least part-time, at the Barbican Centre, reversing its former boss Adrian Noble's ridiculous decision to remove the company from their purpose-built London home there back in 2001, but they now have a muddled identity in the capital. The dull old Shakespeare's seem to go to the City of London (they are currently in the midst of a three play season there), where they struggle to compete with the far livelier classical of

Review - Cost of Living starring Adrian Lester at Hampstead Theatre

The UK premiere of last year's Pulitzer Prize-winning play - premiered at Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2016 and seen Off-Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club in 2017 - is the 100th world, European or UK premiere at Hampstead Theatre since Edward Hall began his tenure as artistic director there in 2010.So it's a numeric milestone - but it also marks a more important cultural one: the play puts disabled lives centre stage - and boldly (though t