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Landscape poster for When You Are a Tick by Sofya Krasnova, with “TICK” formed from white human and insect silhouettes against a vivid green, black and magenta collage.

29Jul

Plays

Review: When You Are a Tick, The Hope Theatre

Sofya Krasnova’s When You Are a Tick is a restless philosophy-punk comedy blending live music, physical theatre and puppet testimonies to explore radicalisation, isolation and how grievance can harden into dangerous ideology.

by Robert Cope 164 0

Landscape poster for Have You Took The Bins Out? at Drayton Arms Theatre, showing a black bin bag against a bright pink background with show dates and venue details.

25Jul

Plays

Review: Have You Took The Bins Out?, Drayton Arms Theatre

Have You Took The Bins Out? at Drayton Arms Theatre is Orson Bourne’s raw and ambitious debut play about care experience, class, shame, parenthood and the fragile idea of home, staged by Lamp Light Theatre Company.

by Robert Cope 131 0

Ezo Sarıcı and Deniz Cengiz of Duo Ekeš receiving applause at St Pancras Clock Tower

21Jul

Concerts Classical Music

Review: Duo Ekeš Live in London

Duo Ekeš bring expressive violin and piano playing, warmth and playful humour to an intimate concert in the remarkable surroundings of St Pancras Clock Tower.

by Robert Cope 174 0

Promotional poster for Mr Thrushby’s Adventure at Greenwich Theatre Studio, 28 July 2026

21Jul

News

Mr Thrushby’s Adventure comes to Greenwich Theatre for rehearsed reading

Following a five-star reception at Theatre Royal Windsor, Esme Waters’ wartime crime caper Mr Thrushby’s Adventure comes to Greenwich Theatre Studio for a one-off rehearsed reading on Tuesday 28th July 2026.

by Robert Cope 79 0

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15Jul

Plays

Review: The Swan, The Werewolf and Gianpiero, COLAB Theatre

A dark, tango-infused comedy in which a volatile backstage breakup is seized upon by an egotistical director and transformed into a gloriously unstable theatrical spectacle of jealousy, manipulation and escalating chaos.

by Robert Cope 145 0

the-producers-garrick-theatre-2026-poster

10Jul

Plays

Review: The Producers, Garrick Theatre

Patrick Marber’s gloriously outrageous revival of The Producers is vulgar, affectionate and uproariously funny, led by a commanding Andy Nyman and a superb company. A richly deserved five-star triumph at the Garrick Theatre.

by Robert Cope 154 0

Bob Barrett, Jack Ashton, Jodie Steele and Leon Ockenden in Our Man in Havana at Theatre Royal Windsor.

08Jul

Comedy Plays

Review: Our Man in Havana, Theatre Royal Windsor

A stylish, witty and warmly performed production of Graham Greene’s spy caper, with Jack Ashton leading a nimble four-actor ensemble through Clive Francis’s fast-moving adaptation.

by Robert Cope 323 0

Erin Costello as Lear in Jester Collective’s Lear at Theatro Technis

27Jun

Plays

Review: Lear, Theatro Technis

Jester Collective’s Lear reimagines Shakespeare’s tragedy as an intimate chamber piece, with Erin Costello as an ageing queen whose divided kingdom spirals into ruin.

by Robert Cope 357 0

Landscape poster for Pocket Revolution at Southwark Playhouse Elephant, featuring Tisa Klicek seated against a black background with red title text.

26Jun

Plays

Review: Pocket Revolution, Southwark Playhouse

A darkly comic one-woman play at Southwark Playhouse Elephant, *Pocket Revolution* follows Lucy through an interrogation-room spiral of guilt, identity, belonging and survival.

by Robert Cope 237 0

Latest News

Review: When You Are a Tick, The Hope Theatre

Review: Have You Took The Bins Out?, Drayton Arms Theatre

Review: Duo Ekeš Live in London

Mr Thrushby’s Adventure comes to Greenwich Theatre for rehearsed reading

Review: The Swan, The Werewolf and Gianpiero, COLAB Theatre

Review: The Producers, Garrick Theatre

Review: Our Man in Havana, Theatre Royal Windsor

Review: Lear, Theatro Technis

Review: Pocket Revolution, Southwark Playhouse

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