Topic: Theatre

Arnold Wesker’s Roots, directed by Diyan Zora, will run at the Almeida Theatre from 1 October to 23 November. It forms part of the Angry and Young season alongside Look…

The Almeida Theatre will stage John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger this Autumn. Directed by Atri Banerjee, the play is part of the theatre’s Angry and Young season along with…

The Royal Court Theatre presents ECHO by Nassim Soleimanpour in July at its Jerwood Theatre Downstairs. ECHO ECHO stands for Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen, but apart from that little is know…

Eline Arbo’s The Years will run at The Almeida Theatre from 27 July to 31 August. This is the UK premier of of Eline Arbo’s De jaren adapted from Nobel Prize winner…

People, Places and Things starring Denise Gough runs at the Trafalgar Theatre in London from 3 May to 10 August. Duncan Macmillan’s play is directed by Jeremy Herrin. The original…

William Shakespeare’s tragedy about age and betrayal comes to the Almeida Theatre from 8 February to 30 March. King Lear will be directed by Yaël Farber, and stars Danny Sapani…

Othello, at The Globe‘s Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in an intimate candle lit ambience that befits Shakespeare’s tempestuous play, is directed by Ola Ince and stars Ken Nosu. It runs from…

Isabelle Huppert returns to the Barbican Theatre for the UK premier of Robert Wilson’s Mary Said What She Said for a limited run in May 2024. A Théâtre de la Ville’s production,…

Ghosts will be the first performance of an Ibsen play at the Globe Theatre’s Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in its 10-year history. Director Joe Hill-Gibbins breathes new life into the 150-year-old…

Macbeth sees Director Abigail Graham’s directorial debut at the Globe theatre following her 2022 interpretation of Merchant of Venice at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in 2022. Macbeth Plot If you…

Ellen McDougall’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s classic comedy As You Like It runs at the Globe Theatre until 29 October. This performance, which stars Isabel Adomakoh Young as Orlando…

At the interval of Portia Coughlan now showing at  Almeida Theatre, I find myself wondering where the play will go. To my great satisfaction I discover that it develops into…

Cold War is a beautiful love story. Echoes of Dr Zhivago and Romeo and Juliet permeate throughout this wonderful performance directed by Rupert Goold based on the book by Conor…

A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction by Miranda Rose Hall will have its UK debut at the Barbican Theatre in April thanks to a collaboration between…

Standing at the Sky’s Edge will be performed at the National Theatre’s Olivier Theatre from 9 February to 25 March. With music and lyrics by Richard Hawley, based on a…

Romeo and Julie is a new play by Gary Owen that will be performed at the National Theatre’s Dorfman Theatre from 14 February to 1 April. A co-production with the…

Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale will make history this February and March as it is performed on both the stage of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and the Globe Theatre. The Plot…