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#REVIEW - The Lads at The Hen & Chickens Theatre part of @camdenfringe.bsky.social "could have delivered a nastier bite" northwestend.com/the-lads-hen...
The Lads - Hen & Chickens Theatre - North West End UK
‘Toxic masculinity’ continues to be a fizzing hot topic. In the past few years, it’s curdled from legitimate concern and intelligent discussion to yet another flashpoint in the culture wars. Well mean...
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#REVIEW - Bathroom at @EtceteraTheatre part of @camdenfringe.bsky.social "a beautiful, deeply affecting piece of theatre" northwestend.com/bathroom-etc... @edfringe.bsky.social
Bathroom – Etcetera Theatre - North West End UK
‘Bathroom’ is a beautiful, deeply affecting piece of theatre, defined by vulnerability and an acute understanding of what happens when love is strained by emotional distance, language and cultural dif...
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#REVIEW - The Alternative to Living at @BaronsCourt_W14 part of @camdenfringe.bsky.social "there is something worth nurturing here, the premise is intriguing" northwestend.com/the-alternat...
The Alternative to Living - Baron’s Court Theatre - North West End UK
‘The Alternative to Living’ is an ambitious piece that aims to explore uncomfortable themes through deeply fragmented storytelling and experimental theatre. The central concept has genuine promise, in...
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#REVIEW - White Bitch Bingo at @BaronsCourt_W14 part of @camdenfringe.bsky.social "entertaining and personable" northwestend.com/white-bitch-...
White Bitch Bingo - Baron’s Court Theatre - North West End UK
Caroline Cole’s ‘White Bitch Bingo’ is less a stand-up comedy than a warm and fuzzy, confessional storytelling hour, wrapped around a game of bingo and sprinkled with just the right amount of audience...
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#REVIEW - Baby Mash-Up: What on Earth Are You Doing? at @traversetheatre.bsky.social "lingers long after the lights come up" northwestend.com/baby-mash-up...
Baby Mash-Up: What on Earth Are You Doing? - Traverse Theatre - North West End UK
Sally Hobson’s Baby Mash-Up, What On Earth Are You Doing? Is a bold, strange and undeniably ambitious new work that often resists easy interpretation even as it reaches towards moments of startling em...
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#REVIEW - End of the Rainbow at @sohotheatre.bsky.social "a heartbreaking but beautifully crafted portrayal of Judy Garland’s final chapter" northwestend.com/end-of-the-r...
End of the Rainbow – Soho Theatre - North West End UK
Jinkx Monsoon takes on the role of Judy Garland in End of the Rainbow, delivering a performance that is both captivating and emotionally devastating. Best known by many for their drag artistry and sha...
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#REVIEW - Stand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-in at @traversetheatre.bsky.social "uplifting" northwestend.com/stand-delive...
Stand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-in - Traverse Theatre - North West End UK
The Bryant & May Matchgirls strike in 1888 in Bow. Fords in Dagenham and the fishing industry champions, the Women Of Hessle Road, both in 1968. The Grunwick dispute in Dollis Hill in 1976. Fast forwa...
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#REVIEW - @KinksMusical at @liverpoolempire.bsky.social "gritty, loud, funny, and ultimately moving" northwestend.com/sunny-aftern...
Sunny Afternoon – Liverpool Empire - North West End UK
Sunny Afternoon captures the spirit of The Kinks with grit, energy, and undeniable heart, delivering a musical that feels both raw and deeply human. Rather than presenting a polished version of the ba...
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#REVIEW - The Freshwater Five at @traversetheatre.bsky.social "has the premise to be a great show" northwestend.com/the-freshwat...
The Freshwater Five - Traverse Theatre - North West End UK
From the Isle of Wight, theatre company Deadman, have embarked on a national tour of The Freshwater Five, a true story very close to home. Directed by the company’s artistic director, Samuel Bossman, ...
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#REVIEW - Stage Kiss at @Hampsteadtheatre "a sharp and witty script and excellent cast" northwestend.com/stage-kiss-h...
Stage Kiss - Hampstead Theatre - North West End UK
Currently in its UK debut at Hampstead Theatre, Stage Kiss explores the nature of acting and the intimacy of a kiss, asking where are the lines between reality and performance, and what would the fall...
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#REVIEW - Player at @riversidelondon.bsky.social "cleverly written, very funny and contains more than a few home truths" northwestend.com/player-river...
Player - Riverside Studios - North West End UK
Actors like nothing more than talking about themselves and their profession, and this wonderful little play at Riverside Studios, written by Matthew Lyon, is an ode to the joys but mainly pains of try...
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#REVIEW - Mother Courage and Her Children at @The_Globe "Endless news reports from countries far away may have desensitised us to the horrors of war, but seeing the struggles of Mother Courage brings it home again" northwestend.com/mother-coura...
Mother Courage and Her Children – Shakespeare’s Globe - North West End UK
Brecht without being Brechtian, Mother Courage at the Globe is an array of sound and colour that departs from the play’s theatrical roots. Brecht’s classic play about the effect of war was written in ...
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#REVIEW - Blood Brothers at @richmondtheatre.bsky.social "remains as relevant and impactful as ever" northwestend.com/blood-brothe...
Blood Brothers – Richmond Theatre - North West End UK
The classic and much-loved musical Blood Brothers returns to Richmond Theatre, bringing Willy Russell’s iconic story back to the stage with emotion, humour and heartbreak. Written by Willy Russell, Bl...
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#REVIEW - To Kill a Mockingbird at @liverpoolempire.bsky.social "Thought-provoking, beautifully acted and emotionally resonant" northwestend.com/to-kill-a-mo...
To Kill a Mockingbird – Liverpool Empire - North West End UK
To Kill a Mockingbird at the Liverpool Empire is a powerful and emotionally charged production that proves Harper Lee’s story still has enormous relevance today. Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation brings a sha...
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#REVIEW - Let the Right One In at @ubsoho.bsky.social for a highly engaging and thought-provoking piece of theatre" northwestend.com/let-the-righ...
Let the Right One In – Underbelly Boulevard - North West End UK
Let the Right One In, by Jack Thorne, adapted from the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, is a bold blend of two genres: vampire horror meets coming-of-age romance. Set in a bleak Swedish suburb in winte...
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#REVIEW - The Anti “Yogi” at @sohotheatre.bsky.social "many a laugh and a delightful dancer-yogi to watch" northwestend.com/the-anti-yog...
The Anti “Yogi” – Soho Theatre - North West End UK
There is yoga, and then there is yoga. One is the kind that has been repackaged for a Western audience and the other is the kind that is deeply rooted in an ancient culture. The Anti “Yogi” – which co...
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#REVIEW - The Wasp at @swkplay.bsky.social "a first class one hour 40 minutes of drama" northwestend.com/the-wasp-sou...
The Wasp - Southwark Playhouse Borough - North West End UK
Two school acquaintances meet in the courtyard of a pub, having not seen each other for several years. Their lives have diverged: Heather, is married, childless and prosperously middle-class; Carla is...
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#REVIEW - @mincemeatlive.bsky.social at The Alexander "you will find plenty to entertain you" northwestend.com/operation-mi...
Operation Mincemeat - Alexandra Birmingham - North West End UK
Operation Mincemeat has been running in the West End for three years and is currently on its 18th extension. You don’t need to travel to London to see it though, audiences in Birmingham have the chanc...
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#REVIEW - Choir of Man at @palaceandopera.bsky.social "unmistakably British" northwestend.com/choir-of-man...
Choir Of Man – Manchester Opera House - North West End UK
You don’t usually expect to step into a theatre and find audience members on stage, pint in hand, joining in the action — but here, that’s exactly the point. Welcome to The Jungle, a pub where everyon...
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#REVIEW - @rockyhorroruk at @liverpoolempire.bsky.social "If you want your next theatre trip to ultimately be a party and a vibe, then look no further" northwestend.com/rocky-horror...
Rocky Horror Show - Liverpool Empire - North West End UK
Newly engaged preppy Brad and Janet are stranded after their car breaks down outside Dr Frank N Furter’s mansion. They are greeted with his eccentric servants doing the time warp before meeting the sw...
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#REVIEW - An Adequate Abridgement of Boarding School Life as a Homo at @riversidelondon.bsky.social "A very fun and thought-provoking night at the theatre" northwestend.com/an-adequate-...
An Adequate Abridgement of Boarding School Life as a Homo - Riverside Studios - North West End UK
Gay men who managed to survive the UK during the ‘80s and ‘90s would likely remember the 1984 historical drama Another Country. Written by Julian Mitchell, and directed by Marek Kanievska, the film la...
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#REVIEW - Grace Pervades at @TRH_London "enthusiastically explores some interesting questions about the role of theatre in society" northwestend.com/grace-pervad...
Grace Pervades – Theatre Royal Haymarket - North West End UK
Grace Pervades – written by David Hare and starring Ralph Fiennes and Miranda Raison – tells the story of Victorian theatre giants Henry Irving (Fiennes) and Ellen Terry (Raison), as well as Terry’s t...
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#REVIEW - Tender at @sohotheatre.bsky.social "a vibrant, entertaining production that cleverly combines audience interaction with meaningful commentary" northwestend.com/tender-soho-...
Tender – Soho Theatre - North West End UK
Tender, written by Dave Harris and performed at Soho Theatre, centres on the struggling Dancing Bears strip club. Once thriving, the venue is now losing its appeal, with a rival club night down the st...
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#REVIEW - Mass at @donmarwarehouse.bsky.social house "attempted to be highly realistic" northwestend.com/mass-donmar-...
Mass - Donmar Warehouse - North West End UK
This is a play about restorative justice. Two couples, the parents of their sons who were involved in a school shooting some years ago meet for the first time in a church meeting room. One couple are ...
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#REVIEW - A Midsummer Night’s Dream at @The_Globe "a blast of high energy and a mix of theatrical prose and modern slang" northwestend.com/a-midsummer-...
A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Globe Theatre - North West End UK
A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Globe theatre arrives with a blast of high energy and a mix of theatrical prose and modern slang. Shakespeare would be bewildered to see that his most popular playful ...
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#REVIEW - Tomorrow at @traversetheatre.bsky.social "truly phenomenal" northwestend.com/tomorrow-tra...
Tomorrow - Traverse Theatre - North West End UK
Hereford based dance company, 2Faced held the Scottish premiere of Tomorrow at The Traverse this week. Directed and choreographed by Tamsin Fitzgerald and devised with dancers Lew Baker and Sam Buswe...
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#REVIEW - Double Indemnity at @palaceandopera.bsky.social "Stylish and well performed but lacks the tension to truly captivate" northwestend.com/double-indem...
Double Indemnity – Opera House - North West End UK
When you bring a classic film noir like Double Indemnity to the stage, there’s an expectation that it will be tense, gripping and full of drama. This production at the Manchester Opera House certainly...
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#REVIEW - The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at @TheRSC "one of the most thought-provoking pieces of theatre you will see, delivered in style and with extraordinary talent" northwestend.com/the-resistib...
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui - The Swan (RSC Stratford) - North West End UK
This is a play that feels as relevant now as it did when it was written by Bertolt Brecht in 1941. We are transported to Chicago in the middle of the Great Depression. Times are hard and the underworl...
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#REVIEW - Two Halves of Guinness at @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social "more frustrating than illuminating" northwestend.com/two-halves-o...
Two Halves of Guinness - Park Theatre - North West End UK
It’s a lovely day for a Guinness but the Park Theatre hasn’t got any on tap. Their replacement, radio host Zeb Soanes, is a captivating storyteller but unfortunately not a convincing Sir Alec in this ...
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#REVIEW - Down to Chance at @ThePleasance "fascinating and feel-good" northwestend.com/down-to-chan...
Down to Chance – Pleasance Theatre - North West End UK
Based on a true story, Down to Chance, follows the events in an Alaskan town during the biggest earthquake that’s ever hit the US. Advertised as Come from Away meets The Play that Goes Wrong, this sho...
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