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Reviews
As You Like It: William Shakespeare RSC, RST, Stratford Upon Avon | until Saturday 07 November 2026. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by Roderick Dungate
“A production queer on its own terms.”
Photo credit: Marc Benner
The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen, The Arcola Theatre, Studio 1, 24 Ashwin Street, London E8 | until 21 November 2026. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by William Russell
“Greg Hicks and an Ibsen play – unmissable.”
Photo credit: AlexBrenner
Ilford Boy by Danny Lee Wynter, The Donmar Warehouse, Earlham Street, London WC2 | until 28 November, 2026. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by William Russell
“Warm hearted well performed family drama.”
Photo credit: Helen Murray
Cadel - Lungs on Legs by Connor Delves & Steve McMahon, Riverside Studios, 101 Queen Caroline Street, London W6 | until 15 November 2026. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by William Russell
“Pedalling to glory.”
Photo credit: Kyle Dax Smith
Ghosts by Henik Ibsen adapted by Richard Eyre, Jermyn Street Theatre, 16b Jermyn Street, London SW1 | until 16 November 2026. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by William Russell
“Splendidly performed Ibsen still shocks.”
Photo credit: David Monteith-Hodge
The Banality of Evil – Hannah Arendt, France 1940, Written and directed by Julia Pascal, The Arcola Theatre, Studio 2, London | until 07 November 2026. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by William Russell
“Challenging, moving and splendidly performed.”
Photo credit: Alex Brenner
Orwell: The Road to 1984, adapted and directed by Guy Smith, Jack Studio Theatre | 06 to 10 October 2026. ⭐⭐⭐ Review by Indigo Cleverley
‘Insightful storytelling, however, lacks some purpose’
What Would Jarvis Do? by Laura Grillo, Omnibus Theatre, 1 Clapham North Side, London SW4 | until 16 October 2026. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by William Russell
“A roller coaster of a play.”
Photo credit: Alicia Bridge
Toy Soldier by Helen Goodman & Joseph Dewey, The Union Theatre, 229 Union Street, London SE1 | until 18 October 2026. ⭐⭐ Review by William Russell.
“A disaster which could have been worth watching.”
Photo credit: Stephen Leslie Productions.
What the Animals Say by David Ireland, The Finborough Theatre, 118 Finborough Road, London, SW10 | until 24 October 2026. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by William Russell
“Provocative, splendidly performed revival.”
Photo credit: Gavin Watson
My Name is Rachel Corrie by Alan Rickman & Rachel Viner, Greenwich Theatre Studio, Crooms Hill, London SE10 | until 19 October 2026. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by William Russell
“A devastating story magnificently told.”
Photo credit: Chewboy Ross Kernahan
Flock by Lin Coghlan, The Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 410 Brockley Road, London SE4 | until 3 October 2026. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by William Russell
“Powerful, disturbing social drama.”
Photo credit: Lucy Hayes
Fire Fireby John Webber, The Arcola Studio, 24 Ashwin Street, London E8 | until 1 October 2026 and then on tour. ⭐⭐ Review by William Russell
“Endless end of the world.”
Photo credit: Mark Senior
Look Up At The Stars by Stephen Wyatt, Hen and Chickens Theatre, 109 St Paul's Road, Highbury Corner, London N1 | until 27 September 2026. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by William Russell
“Catch a fallen star.”
Photo credit: William Russell
Send in the Clowns: Queeny Todd, presented by Fatt Projects, The Door, The Birmingham Rep | 26 September 2026. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by David Gray & Paul Gray
“A riotous, outrageous, anything goes show.”
Photo credit: Emwa Jones
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s The Turn of the Screw, based on the novella by Henry James, Blackeyed Theatre and Arcola Theatre, Dalton Junction, London | until 10 October. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by Clare Colvin
“Shocks and psychological mystery in spooky new take on classic.”
Photo credit: Alex Brenner
Night City by Max Wilkinson, Southwark Playhouse, the Little, 77 Newington Butts, London DE1 | until 03 October 2026. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by William Russell
“A night to remember.”
Photo credit: Lidia Crisafulli.
Kimberly Akimbo, Book & lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, music by Janine Tesori, Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, London NW3 | until 07 November 2026 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by William Russell
“Friedman triumphs in a dazzling, different show.”
Photo credit: Marc Brenner
Annie Wobbler (Revisited) by Arnold Wesker, The Finborough Theatre, 118 Finborough Road, London SSW10 | until 26 September 2026 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review by William Russell
“Marvellous McAuliffe is magnificent.”
Photo credit: Ella Carmen Dale