Firebird at Trafalgar Studios

Mature subject matter is always hard to portray artistically on stage, but Edward...

The Tempest in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, named after the Shakespeare’s Globe...

A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Lyric

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare’s most playful...

Hello Norma Jeane at Park Theatre

  In this production the greatest sex symbol of all time is played by...

The Patriotic Traitor at Park Theatre

  The Patriotic Traitor proves a witty and engaging historical story,...

A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing at the Young Vic

Based on the Baileys Women’s award-winning novel written by...

Cleansed at the National Theatre

The late Sarah Kane once said “there isn’t anything you can’t represent...

Chicago at New Wimbledon Theatre

With all of its glamour, dazzle and jazz, Chicago has come to London. The...

Four Play: An interview with playwright Jake Brunger

The Upcoming recently caught up with British playwright Jake Brunger (whose...

The War of the Worlds at the Dominion Theatre

Transcending the long-forgotten format of the prog rock concept...

Uncle Vanya at the Almeida

  Chekhov crafted his plays from the fabric of human experience: here, Robert Ickes...

The Encounter at the Barbican

When Simon McBurney, Complicite theatre company’s artistic director and the...

Hand to God at the Vaudeville

Puppet violence is nothing new. Just ask Punch and Judy. But with Hand to God...

Nell Gwynn at the Apollo

The story of Nell Gwynn, poor orange-seller turned actress turned Charles II’s...

Bad Jews at Theatre Royal Haymarket

Returning to London after popular demand, the critically acclaimed Bad Jews...

Herons: An interview with Max Gill

Currently training at EDSA Performing Arts School in Hitchin, Max Gill plays the lead role...

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: “…como el musguito en la piedra, ay si, si, si…” (Like Moss on a Stone) at Sadler’s Wells

Janis Joplin: Full Tilt at Theatre Royal Stratford East

Following acclaimed runs at Edinburgh festival and...

The End of Longing at the Playhouse Theatre

Matthew Perry’s new show is a brilliantly funny story of the...

Hardboiled: The Fall of Sam Shadow at the New Diorama Theatre

Shortly after taking our seats, we are thrown...

Rabbit Hole at Hampstead Theatre

“If you want to write a good play, write about the thing that frightens you...

Cirque Berserk! at the Peacock Theatre

Long before the advent of laser light shows, guitar amplifiers, and...

Battlefield at the Young Vic

At the age of 90, legendary director Peter Brook keeps on surprising. After his...

The Winters Tale in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

The Winter’s Tale is a fantasy, as its title makes clear....

Weald at Finborough Theatre

On a small stage projected into the intimate audience at the Finborough Theatre,...