Nicholas Hytner's immersive production of Guys And Dolls at the Bridge Theatre went down well with all the critics but is it value for money? ...

The critics liked Sophie Thompson and Charles Edwards in The Ballad of Hattie and James at The Kilnbut disagreed about Samuel Adamson's time-jumping play about the lives of two musicians ...

The new musical Two Strangers (carry a cake across New York) received even better reviews after its West End transfer than for its run at The Kiln ...

Review of Tom Wentworth's adaptation of Shakespeare's supreme comedy in which it's farce to the fore. James Mack, Hayden Wood and Katherine Jack lead the laughs in a production set in 1940s Hollywood,- cue some love songs from the period sung sublimely by Priscille Grace ...

They loved the play, they loved the production, but most of all the critics loved Rosie Sheehy in Machinal at London’s Old Vic ...

A Dickens’ novel the by Ben Power (The Lehman Trilogy) with songs by PJ Harvey had the makings of a hit, so what did the critics think of the new National Theatre production? ...

What is the point of the Olivier Awards? They purport to celebrate theatre but end up looking like self congratulatory lovie love-ins. The awards, organised by the Society of London Theatres, are meant to be a shop window for the best shows, performers and creatives. But what kind of shop ...

The Almeida Most critics agreed that Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ new play The Comeuppance didn’t reach the heights of An Octoroon. Nevertheless they greeted the story of a group of American millennials now in middle age who look back and face mortality (literally since Death appears) with 4 and 3 star enthusiasm ...

Review of Sarah Gordon’s liberty taking, laughter inducing look at the Bronte sisters. Gemma Whelan from Game of Thrones and Upstart Crow stars ...

Noël Coward Theatre With Sir Ian McKellen playing Falstaff in a new play directed by Robert Icke and adapted from William Shakespeare’s Henry IV Parts One and Two, the critics expected the theatrical event of the year. They got it.  4 and 3 star reviews told us that, even if ...

What did the critics think of the National Theatre’s new comedy about the Bronte sisters and its star Game of Thrones’ Gemma Whelan? ...

What did the West End critics think of Brian Cox from Succession and Patricia Clarkson in Long Day's Journey into Night? ...

In Paul Grellong’s play at the Menier Theatre, a Harvard professor invites a racist, holocaust denier to a symposium. Various people are up in arms, freedom of speech is evoked, but as the would-be thriller travels back in time, it reveals there is more to various protagonists’ motives than their ...

Hampstead Theatre Despite the Arts Council withdrawing its grant, Hampstead Theatre continues to present new work. The Divine Mrs S is a new comedy written by April De Angelis, directed by Anna Mackmin, and starring Rachael Stirling. It tells the story of the great 18th century actress Sarah Siddons as ...

MJ The Musical hopes to repeat its Broadway success with a run in London's West End at the Prince Edward Theatre but even the critics who loved Michael Jackson's music, the choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, the script by Lynn Nottage and the performance of its star Myles Frost, couldn't forget ...

There were mixed reviews for Sheridan Smith in Opening Night written and directed by Ivo Van Hove with music by Rufus Wainwright at the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End ...

It sold out twice at the Bush Theatre, Tyrell Williams' Red Pitch has moved to SohoPlace, the new in-the-round venue in the heart of London. Did the critics still rave about this play about three young black men with a love of football? ...

Rachel O’Riordan is the latest director to tackle Brian Friel’s classic Faith Healer, an exploration of memory and belief. Why do the critics think it's the best value show in London? ...

Glittering Hollywood stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are making a rare appearance in London's West End. The fans love them but what do the critics' think and what's their opinion of Neil Simon's vintage 1968 comedy Plaza Suite? ...

Succession star Sarah Snook took to the London stage to play all the parts in Oscar Wilde's story about a man who sells his soul. Did the critics think she succeeded? ...