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12 June 2025 I 19:30 I Lincoln Arts Centre ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Taking narrative inspiration from T. S. Eliot's poetry collections, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats observes an anthropomorphic tribe of Jellicle cats each competing to ascend to the Heaviside Layer. Presented by LAODS at the Lincoln Arts Centre, Webber's musical is invigorated with a 1980s nostalgia that foregrounds everything Cats is about. Ahead of this performance, I was afraid of being hyper-critical as the company tackle o

05 June 2025 I 19:30 I Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield ⭐ In the latest installation of Peter James' anthology series to be adapted for stage, Picture You Dead is another highly acclaimed production, often hailed as a thrilling and intense play. Conversely to critical opinion, Jonathan O'Boyle's direction is tonally unsettled, enduring a frightfully soulless show that fails to deliver in jeopardy and suspense. As DSI Roy Grace follows a murderous trail centred around a priceless

04 June 2025 I 19:30 I Cast, Doncaster ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Following the 1982 drama series of the same name, Alan Bleasdale's Boys From The Blackstuff returns to the stage following National Theatre and West End runs, observing the unemployment crisis under Thatcher's government. With an emotionally charged script from James Graham and socially realist direction from Kate Wasserberg, audiences receive a severe and oppressive zeitgeist of the 1980s, holding cultural resonance to Liverpud

15 April 2025 I 19:30 I London Coliseum ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The trending musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby has finally reached UK shores, as audiences are graced with lavish, luxurious and sophisticated visions of excellence. A Broadway transfer that boasts enormity, the London Coliseum hosts a theatre spectacular of epic proportions, a mesmerising feat to guarantee a magical experience. Jay Gatsby invites you to the party of the century, and it would be fool

14 April 2025 I 19:30 I @sohoplace, London ⭐⭐⭐ Curated for audiences by the RSC and Good Chance Theatre, Kyoto provides a unique and charged dramatization of UN climate debates, a fascinating play inclined to prioritise the trends of unconventional theatre. Having the opportunity to be seated 'in conference', a highly immersive experience essentially marks our West End debut as delegates in the room. Though with the dangers of an overintellectual script and rapid pacing,

22 March 2025 I 19:30 I Leeds Playhouse, Quarry Theatre ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ In a strikingly relevant revival of George Orwell's political allegory, Tatty Hennessy's adaptation of Animal Farm is a grungy statement that employs beastly, brutish animals to exploit tyrannical power. Marking the 80th anniversary of the political fable, this Leeds Playhouse and Stratford East collaboration (assoc. Nottingham Playhouse) seeks a rebellious aesthetic that challenges traditional theatre conventi

15 March 2025 I 19:15 I Crucible Theatre, Sheffield ⭐⭐⭐⭐ With a recent resurgence of Tennessee Williams' legendary play A Streetcar Named Desire (primarily Rebecca Frecknall's sell-out revival), Josh Seymour's vision is consistently arresting and devastating. With a unique attention to psychological decline, this adaptation staged at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre proposes a contemporary Southern Gothic. Upon a thrust stage, this is open to both vulnerability and a competit

27 February 2025 I 19:30 I New Theatre Royal, Lincoln ⭐⭐ Dracula by Blackeyed Theatre is a stylised theatrical adaptation that remains faithful to Bram Stoker's novel. Staging literature's most infamous vampire, Nick Lane's directorial vision is unfortunately disorienting, often falling into stereotypes and tropes. This isn't inherently bad, though lacking the sophistication to venture beyond surface-level concepts. Visually, the piece is a gothic majesty and often benefi