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Week of 3 August 2026 - Fluxorama @riversidelondon.bsky.social - I'm Every Woman - Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre - In His Words - Bread & Roses Theatre - Cats - Regent's Park Open Air Theatre - They've Stolen Mussolini - Bridewell Theatre - Our Mothers' Daughters @riversidelondon.bsky.social

Age - Riverside Studios | Review "It’s a performance that needs to be seen to be believed, drawing out complex nuances in practically every chapter of the story." www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/age-...

Age | Riverside Studios

One of those plays that timehops back and forth, the story begins where it ends – two men have a slightly awkward encounter at an airport, and with travel pla

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Big Dog - Riverside Studios | Review "The biting satire and astute observations made a show full of dislikeable characters tolerable." www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/big-...

Big Dog | Riverside Studios

The Urban Dictionary is name-dropped fairly early on in this play, which I was pleased about, as it’s my go-to source of reference for contemporary colloquial

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Tao of Glass - [at] sohoplace | Review "If you like your theatrical experience to ‘show, not tell’, you might want to stay clear of this production. Otherwise, the art of storytelling blossoms in this curious and fascinating show." www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/tao-...

Tao of Glass | @sohoplace

Love it or loathe it, there’s nothing quite like Tao of Glass – in the first half, Phelim McDermott talks a lot, even over the music of Philip Glass played

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Cleansed - Almeida Theatre | Review "No shade on the talented and convincing cast, but this show came across as avoidable, depressing destruction. And if I wanted to see that in this day and age, I’d have stayed home and watched the news." www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/clea...

Cleansed | Almeida Theatre

What made the recent production of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest at The Old Vic so compelling was a near-relentless pushing back against the establishment,

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Succubus - Omnibus Theatre | Review "The carnage is gloriously cranked up to the max in this savage ride, and it’s a deeply satisfying piece of escapism." www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/succ...

Succubus | Omnibus Theatre

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Good For Her! - The Other Palace Studio | Review "there were some unexpected twists and turns in this dense and meandering show" www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/good...

Good For Her! | The Other Palace

Iris (Mollie Semple) has a lot to say. She covers pretty much her entire life story up to this point – Iris is 28 years old, so there’s no interval in this

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FLOP! The Best Songs From The Worst Musicals | Review "A warm, witty and wholehearted show that held my attention from beginning to end." www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/flop...

FLOP! The Best Songs From The Worst Musicals | Review

Are ‘the best songs from the worst musicals’ better than the ‘worst songs from the best musicals’? Admittedly, the invitation-only show your reviewer at

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Week beginning 27 July 2026 - John Luke Roberts: What I Talk About When I Run About, Talking @bloomsburytheatre.bsky.social - Rob Preston: Amazing Global Solutions @museumofcomedy.bsky.social - Cleansed - Almeida Theatre - Tao of Glass - [at] sohoplace - Big Dog @riversidelondon.bsky.social

A few thoughts on #TrainspottingTheMusical

Week beginning 20 July 2026 - FLOP! The Best Songs From The Worst Musicals - Phoenix Arts Club - Good For Her! @theotherpalace.bsky.social - Trainspotting the Musical - Theatre Royal Haymarket - Succubus - Omnibus Theatre

HOLE! - @sohotheatre.bsky.social Dean Street | Review "definitely worth seeing for those who want something quirky and out of this world" www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/hole...

HOLE! | Soho Theatre Dean Street

It’s not about the butt plugs, despite the butt plugs being pivotal to the narrative. This show is really about the coercive nature of organised religion and

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Philosophy of the World - @theyardtheatre.bsky.social | Review "Following the seemingly unstructured and disorderly nature of the album from which the show takes its title, this is a highly energetic, entertaining and engaging production." www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/phil...

Philosophy of the World | The Yard Theatre

In Bed With My Brother, as Nora Alexander, Dora Lynn and Kat Cory call themselves, describe themselves as “gleefully swerving between silly and sinister, play

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My Fair Lady @chichesterft.bsky.social | Review "It’s a strong cast, and it’s a show worth seeing." www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/my-f...

My Fair Lady | Chichester Festival Theatre

The relatively vast Chichester Festival Theatre stage sometimes felt a little barren in this somewhat stripped-down production. Henry Higgins’ (a delightful H

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Bridewell Theatre | Review "Briskly paced as ever, it remains an equally thoughtful and energetic play about an equally thoughtful and energetic boy." www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/the-...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | Bridewell Theatre

Theatregoers who have seen various iterations of this show – I count myself among them – will note the various differences that appear in this production. N

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Tender - @bushtheatre.bsky.social | Review "patrons who have struggled with connections and relationships will find much food for thought here" www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/tend...

Tender | Bush Theatre

Opposites attract, so they say. There’s Ivy (Nadi Kemp-Safyi), who runs an independent coffee shop (one of those places that charges even more than Gail’s)

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Week beginning 13 July 2026 - Tender @bushtheatre.bsky.social - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Bridewell Theatre - My Fair Lady @chichesterft.bsky.social - Philosophy of the World @theyardtheatre.bsky.social - HOLE! @sohotheatre.bsky.social

Shanay Holmes in Concert - Cadogan Hall | Review "The show was as scorching as the ambient temperature outside on the night" www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/shan...

Shanay Holmes in Concert | Cadogan Hall

A quote attributed to Norman Vincent Peale says, “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” Pedants will doubtless point out the

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Sam & ___ - Museum of Comedy | Review "A delightfully engaging show that lives out the maxim that you only get out of a night out what you put into it." www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/sam-...

Sam & ___ | Museum of Comedy

A late show Friday night audience at the Museum of Comedy is, one would reasonably expect, unassuming and up for almost anything (well, within reason), and as t

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Hot Mess - The Other Palace | Review "An utter delight from start to finish." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/hot-...

Hot Mess | The Other Palace

The beauty of this show is in its nuanced dialogue – environmentalism is a touchy subject, and can (and often does) lead to conflict, and not the healthy sort

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Our Man in Havana - Theatre Royal Windsor | Review "A well-drilled cast does well with what they are given in a production that is equally bewildering as it is assured." www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/our-...

Our Man in Havana | Theatre Royal Windsor

On one level, it’s a very simple story, really: in Havana, James Wormold (Jack Ashton) has a shop selling vacuum cleaners. Not a concession space within a dep

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Coriolanus - Network Theatre | Review "...it’s been sliced and diced and served up as a compelling feast for the senses. A very worthy and highly watchable night out." www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/cori...

Coriolanus - Network Theatre | Review

Forget the slow-motion fight scenes in the most recent National Theatre production of Coriolanus – this small-scale offering from the Acting Gymnasium isn’t

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Jesus Christ Superstar (2026) | London Palladium "You could hear a pin drop in the show’s most poignant moments. Sound issues aside on the night, it’s a decent and dynamic production." www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/jesu...

Jesus Christ Superstar (2026) | London Palladium

Paul Bouchier, the production’s Company Manager, took to the stage just before the performance I attended finally got underway to let the audience know there

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Shear Madness - The Mill at Sonning | Review "Yes, one does need to exercise suspension of disbelief, but as a piece of light entertainment, it’s harmless and hearty fun." www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/shea...

Shear Madness - The Mill at Sonning

Scherenschnitt oder Der Mörder sind Sie, as Shear Madness was originally called, enjoyed a four-decade run in Boston, Massachusetts, ending in 2020 when public

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Chess - Royal Academy of Music | Review "For much of the evening, I’d forgotten I was watching a student production – this was better than many a professional production I’ve seen over the years." www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/ches...

Chess - Royal Academy of Music

Chess is renowned in some quarters for being a bit all over the place, both literally and figuratively. Early in Act One, the action is in Merano, Italy – bef

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Our Public House - Marylebone Theatre | Review "It resonates with anyone who feels severely let down by their elected representatives. Even if all the dots don’t quite join together seamlessly." www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/our-...

Our Public House - Marylebone Theatre

A mixture of captions (not, on the evening I attended, fully functional or always able to keep up with the cast’s delivery of the dialogue), spoken word, Brit

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A to B - Soho Theatre Dean Street | Review "as an energetic, engaging and entertaining romantic comedy, this is just the tonic for these challenging times" www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/a-to...

A to B - Soho Theatre Dean Street

Well, it naturally follows that Amani (Sheyi Cole) and Brianna (Zakiyyah Deen) – separately – end up running late. They’re both reliant on Transport for L

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Springwood - Hampstead Theatre | Review "It’s well performed by a stellar cast who do their best with what they are given. But what they are given is a stodgy pudding rather than a sizzling hot dog." www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/spri...

Springwood - Hampstead Theatre

You learn something new every day, so they say. There was an American woman, Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd (1891-1948), who had a long affair with President Franklin D

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Week beginning 6 July 2026 - Coriolanus - Network Theatre - Our Man in Havana @theatrewindsor.bsky.social - Hot Mess @theotherpalace.bsky.social - Sam & ____ @museumofcomedy.bsky.social - Shanay Holmes Live in Concert @cadoganhall.bsky.social