Jermyn Street theatre, LondonPacing endlessly and rocking towards the big sleep, Siân Phillips and Charlotte Emmerson’s performances make this evening deeply affectingThis no-frills cellar theatre is becoming one of our best spaces to see and hear Beck…
Having a ball: the fairytale couple at heart of West End’s revival
Carrie Hope Fletcher is the star of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella; Oliver Ormson is in Disney’s Frozen. The pair discuss romance, musicals and returning to the stage amid theatre’s crisisYou could say they’re a fairytale couple: Prince Charming and …
Antigone review – gender switch sparks striking take on Sophocles
Mercury theatre, ColchesterWendy Kweh plays Creon as a politically minded queen in Merlynn Tong’s adaptation steeped in grief and decayThe chorus has been banished, the cast of five has no room for Eurydice and, most strikingly, Creon is a queen in Mer…
NHS the Musical review – the doctor will sing for you now
Theatre Royal PlymouthBouncy songs explore three patients’ experiences in this ambitious and spirited show about the health service’s history and current crisisAs audiences return to theatres, will they want razzle-dazzle escapism or plays that grapple…
London’s Royal Docks ‘just keeps changing’ – as a new outdoor show reveals
Arrival, co-created with the local community, will take audiences on a journey around the historic industrial area set to welcome City Hall When the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, completes the relocation of City Hall HQ from Southwark to the Crystal bui…
Punchdrunk to stage epic ‘future noir’ drama in old London arms factory
Dystopian Trojan war play The Burnt City at site of Royal Arsenal will be company’s costliest and most ambitious immersive pieceThe immersive theatre company Punchdrunk, celebrated for creating labyrinthine adventures in atmospheric locations, is to un…
Cinderella review – not so much a ball as a blast
Gillian Lynne theatre, LondonBewitching melodies abound as Andrew Lloyd Webber’s terrifically OTT but warm and inclusive musical finally arrivesDelayed by a year because of the pandemic, and with last month’s opening night postponed at the 11th hour, A…
Comedian Sean Lock dies aged 58
Bill Bailey, Lee Mack, Harry Hill and Diane Morgan are among the fellow comics who have paid tribute to Lock, ‘an absolute genius’, who died at home from cancer, surrounded by family• Harry Hill on Sean Lock – tributeSean Lock – a life in picturesTribu…
Adrian Dunbar cast alongside Cush Jumbo in Hamlet at Young Vic
The Line of Duty actor will play Claudius and the Ghost when the postponed play opens next monthAdrian Dunbar is to join Cush Jumbo in the Young Vic theatre’s production of Hamlet which, postponed for more than a year, will open in London next month.Du…