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London Theatre Reviews
Planning a theatre trip and not sure whether to splurge on the star power and spectacle of a West End musical, experience an intimate drama in a Fringe venue, or check out the latest in new writing at the Royal Court?
See what our reviewers thought about all the latest London theatre offerings with our full theatre reviews listings! From classic dramas to new musicals, our editorial team have written about what they loved and what they didn’t. View our London Theatre Guide reviews below or visit the reviews archive for closed shows.
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The production is inseparable from the play when it comes to Anna X, the dazzling 80-minute theatrical joyride that brings the producer Sonia Friedman’s RE:EMERGE season of new writing in a... Read more -
In the first few minutes of Our Little Lives, Russell Brand asks who in the audience cares about Shakespeare, and gets a moderately enthused cheer. Around the same point, a fan who gets singled out... Read more -
‘Dear Diary. July 12th, 2021.’ Veronica Sawyer opens Heathers with the phrase "Dear Diary", so it feels fitting to mark the day I battled through the wind and rain to see Heathers in the West End.... Read more -
Let go of every expectation you have about a show called Magic Mike Live. Yes, there will be shirtless, attractive men dancing. Yes there will be bottomless prosecco. Yes there will be the Pony song... Read more -
The parade of late of Romeo and Juliets – whether online or in three dimensions – continues its uneven pace with the Globe’s new production of a time-honoured tragedy that here has been so textually... Read more -
We’ve all behaved questionably as teenagers succumbing to peer pressure. It's easy to make irrational decisions when being cool is the only thing that seems to matter. But could a super computer... Read more -
In 2012, playwright Nick Payne dazzled audiences with his fiendishly clever play that merges relationship drama with theories about quantum mechanics, superstrings, and the multiverse. Now it’s back... Read more -
What would Romeo and Juliet be like if it were set in a deserted world ravaged by an earthquake, director Kimberley Sykes seems to ask with her conceptual-yet-concise production of the Bard’s classic... Read more -
On a night of jubilation for English football fans, there was ample cause for celebration in the West End, too. Theatre came roaring back with a bright and big-hearted musical, ecstatically received... Read more
