August 2, 2022. Almeida Theatre In the current era of Londongrad, we are taken back to Glasnost and Perestroika in Russia. The oligarchs are in full flow following the opening up of Russia and Boris Berezovsky is the alpha at the head of the pack. A child genius, mathematician who…

April 6th, 2022. The Old Vic. Genius. It’s flipping genius. Mike Bartlett has once again taken real life and imagined what’s next. His Charles III was magnificent and this is too. Bartlett is like a modern-revisionist Shakespeare. And I am here for it. Told in blank verse, this is the…

April 4, 2022. Donmar Warehouse First let me say Harington plays a blinder as Harry. And he’s more unlikeable and less heroic than I have seen him played before (Jude Law, Matthew McFadyn). Harry’s convoluted claim on France is now set against the backdrop of the Russian invasion of Ukraine…

March 17, 2022. The Bridge Theatre. — Back at the Bridge for new work from David Hare. The man is prolific. And teaming Fiennes, Hare and Hytner again is a guarentee to pack out the newly full capacity Bridge. Fiennes is magnificent. He never fails to deliver. And the rest of the cast are excellent with a…

Ambassadors Theatre, March 7, 2022 — Mike Bartlett’s 2009 play is back with a super starry cast. Taron Egerton is back on stage. I saw his first play after RADA, Last of the Haussmann at the NT with Julie Walters, Helen McRory and Rory Kinear. It was wonderful. Here he shares the stage with Jonathon Bailey…

The Young Vic. February 26, 2022 — Order vs chaos Light vs dark Old guard vs new Establishment vs freedom Both with fears. Both incredible artists. Both coming to art from different ideologies. This is all about the two performances that are stunning. Bettany is excellent as Warhol; all self-conscious ticks and discomfort. He shines in the…

National Theatre. February 23, 2022 Emma Rice’s Wuthering Heights was always going to be unlike anything else. She reinvents, that’s her gig. This is possibly one of the best things that the NT has done under Rufus Norris. It defines original. Part rock opera, part musical, part puppetry, part ballet…

The Old Vic. January 31, 2022. Lennie James and Paapa Essiedu. Lynsey Turner directing. Es Devlin designing. Caryl Churchill’s play. This ooozes class. The premise is simple. One father with a chequered past. A number of sons who have all been created from the same son. Replicas. Clones. Brothers? Nature…

The Kit Kat Club (Playhouse Theatre), January 19, 2022 2022 may have just peaked. This whole experience is wonderfully crafted, from the moment you descend the stairs to the Club, the immersive prologue en route through backstage and to the bar. This is a true theatre experience. I have never…