Review: The Libertine, Theatre Royal Haymarket
John Wilmot, the 2nd Earl of Rochester, was the licentious libertine who embodied the spirit of the Restoration era. After King Charles II returned to the thron...
Mark Hadfield
Review: Richard III, Almeida Theatre
Rupert Goold’s production of Richard III is bookended by the discovery of Richard’s remains in a Leicester car park in 2012. We see the scientific excavation an...
Review: The Painkiller, The Garrick
Farce can usually quite hit and miss depending on who you are. Perhaps unsurprisingly, despite what could be classed as 'easy laughs,' Kenneth Branagh and Rob B...
Review: Matchbox Theatre, Hampstead Theatre
Matchbox Theatre takes 24 short plays by Michael Frayn and presents them in five minute sketches, in the space of two hours. The small cast move from story to u...
Review: Made In Dagenham, The Adelphi
The rather tiresome but quite successful fashion for creating musicals based on movies has settled down this year. Instead we have seen Broadway transfers (Urin...
Review: Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense, Duke of York Theatre
From the moment the curtain goes up, Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense is a joy to watch, packed with hilarious gags, ridiculously tangled plots and blis...