Review: How the Other Half Loves, Theatre Royal Haymarket
The revival of Alan Ayckbourn's comedy is just what the West End needs. This is a genuinely hilarious comedy that doesn't resort to cheap laughs. The set is del...
Matthew Cottle
Review: Our Country’s Good, National Theatre
I’ve been going to the National Theatre for as long as I can remember and I have fought to be there. As a student I would sprint from the closing of the doors a...
Review: A Small Family Business, National Theatre
Originally premiering 17 years ago at the National, Alan Ayckbourn’s A Small Family Business makes its return to the Olivier Theatre. I feel instantly humbled...
Review: What the Women Did, Southwark Playhouse
What the Women Did opens charmingly, nostalgically, with the cast grouped around the piano singing classic great wartime songs together. It sets the tone ad...
Review: Quartermaine’s Terms
In his curmudgeon’s gospel The Smoking Diaries, the late Simon Gray rued his unjust neglect by the modern theatre. In the main, this neglect continues: it i...