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Saturday 6th December 2025
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Graceful and self-assured: Circle Mirror Transformation reviewed
Boulevard Productions’ Circle Mirror Transformation is a faithful and competent take on Annie Baker’s 2009 tragicomedy. The play follows a group of people of different ages taking a beginners’ drama...
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Lara Machado
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‘We’re all mad here’: Alice in Won-DRE-Land at Tingewick 2025
When I wandered into Tingewick Hall on a cold, dark evening in seventh week,...
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Peter Chen
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A comical approach to a classic text: ‘Hedda Gabler’ reviewed
Tiptoe Productions’ Hedda Gabler, co-directed by Ollie Gillam and Gilon Fox, delivered a strong...
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Charlie Bailey
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‘Everything is constantly emotion’: An interview with the cast and crew of ‘Doctor Faustus’
Seabass Theatre has carved out a niche for itself producing original takes on canonical...
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Lara Machado
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The Forgiveness Arc
Here are some of the best musical theatre songs centred around forgiveness
Review: Frog’s Legs – ‘light-hearted façade with a dark core’
Shepherd-Cross' new play treads a fine line between offensiveness and good taste - is it all the better for it?
The Pitchfork Disney Preview – ‘a play of delight and disgust’
The Pitchfork Disney shows at the BT Studio this week
Enron Preview – ‘financial collapse made tangible’
A preview of the Theatre Goose and Sour Peach Productions' play at the Oxford Playhouse this week.
Review: Antony and Cleopatra – a star-studded Shakespeare
Lawrence Li is impressed by the National Theatre’s opulent imagining of a Shakespearean classic
Review: Hadestown – from myth to musical
The National Theatre's musical work-in-progress proves to be a charming retelling of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice
The Lady’s Mad Review – ‘a triumph’
Paul Nash is captivated by Thistledown Theatre's production of Rebekah King's new play.
The Tragedy of King Richard the Second – ‘stripped-down Shakespeare’
The timing of many lines elicits genuine laughter from the audience; in these interesting times we live in, such a take feels intensely necessary.
Jersey Boys Review – ‘the drama falls flat’
The lead actors march around on stage like four dads thrown together on a charity tour of the YMCA.
Silent Night Review – ‘a story very relevant to our time’
The multilingual reimagining of the Christmas Truce at Leeds Town Hall feels particularly timely
Dirty Dancing Review – ‘gives fans exactly what they want’
Maxim Mower enjoys a touring production of Dirty Dancing at the New Theatre, which he says will satisfy lovers of the 1987 movie.
“After three hours in an Omniplex I am, at least, still alive” – livestreaming from theatre to cinema
Dorothy McDowell sees potential in livestreaming theatre, but it still fails to reach a mainstream audience
True West Review – ‘this is truly sweet suburban silence’
Sam Shepard's play explores the tensions behind the American Dream.
The Winter’s Tale review – atmospheric and otherworldly
Nicole Jashapara is charmed by this production's aesthetic and comic performances
Auditioning – what it’s actually like
Beata Kuczynska provides a look behind the curtain at the highs and lows of the auditioning process
The Admirable Crichton Review – ‘a light-hearted antidote to eighth week’
Simone Fraser finds Corpus Christi Owlets' new production to be effective comic relief in eighth week.
Blood Brothers Review – ‘truly exceptional theatre’
Katie Sayer is wowed by the quality of a touring production of the 1983 musical.
An Unexpected Visitor Review – ‘performed in a unique space but falls short’
The setting of Mercury Theatre Productions' newly written play is impressive but the writing requires reworking.
Brink Review – ‘brilliant from start to finish’
Nitrous Cow Productions' new play has a high standard of acting and great technical sophistication
Little Eyolf review – modern and experimental but lacking depth
An experimental and bold play held back by limited character development
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