Drama
The Tempest (Globe)
How reluctant is Prospero to give up his power? He talks of abjuring his magic to embrace his former position but how easily does a man with the power to raise storms and control the spirits relinquish that authority for earthly baubles?
Brilliant Adventures - Tour
Science genius Luke finally has the time to work on his incredible machine, holed up in his new flat on a near-abandoned Middlesbrough housing estate. But when his unbalanced brother Rob introduces him to a wealthy outsider with designs on his inventio
Blavatsky's Tower - Barons Court Theatre
On the top floor of a crumbling city tower block, the building’s architect, Hector Blavatsky, has been in self-imposed exile with his family for decades. Now, in his final days, a stranger comes to call… Behind The Eye Theatre mounts this timely re
The Play that Goes Wrong
There's nothing wrong with The Play that Goes Wrong, which has transferred to Trafalgar Studios following its run at the Old Red Lion.
The Tempest - Shakespeare's Globe
Prospero, Duke of Milan, usurped and exiled by his own brother, holds sway over an enchanted island. He is comforted by his daughter Miranda and served by his spirit Ariel and his deformed slave Caliban. When Prospero raises a storm to wreck this perfidio
Gutted - Theatre Royal, Stratford East
GUTTED is a fast-paced, powerful new play by Rikki Beadle-Blair. Set on the council estates of South East London, this is a story about love, family and sordid secrets told through the eyes of four brothers. When the eldest brother comes out of rehab he e
Brighton Festival
Welcome to the 47th annual Brighton Festival - a three week celebration of music, theatre, dance, circus, art and film that takes place in venues both familiar and unusual across Brighton & Hove. Brighton Festival is an innovative commissioning and pr
Cooking With Elvis - Derby Theatre
A raucous, fast-paced and deliciously dark comedy from the writer of Billy Elliot and The Pitmen Painters. Set around the lives of four people: Jill, a fiendish cook who whips up one exotic dish after another; Mam, a troubled, anorexic, alcoholic; Dad,
The Disappearances Project - review
Thousands of people disappear every year and most of them return or are found quickly.