Theatre reviews

Liberation

Ntombizodwa Nyoni

Royal Exchange Theatre and Factory International, Manchester

Royal Exchange Theatre

27 June–26 July 2025

Tina – The Tina Turner Musical

Book by Katori Hall with Frank Ketelaar and Kees Prins

Stage Entertainment, Joop Van Den Ende and Tali Pelman in association with Ti...

The Lyric, Theatre Royal Plymouth

1–12 July 2025

By Royal Appointment

Daisy Goodwin

Daniel Schumann and Lee Dean: Theatre Royal Bath

Festival Theatre, Malvern

1–5 July 2025

The Midnight Bell

Devised by Matthew Bourne, inspired by the novels of Patrick Hamilton, music ...

New Adventures

The Lowry, Salford

1–5 July 2025

Evita

Lyrics by Tim Rice, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals and The Jamie Lloyd Company

The London Palladium

1 July–6 September 2025

Rose Leslie and Luke Norris (Constance and John Middleton)

The Constant Wife

Laura Wade after Somerset Maugham

Royal Shakespeare Company

Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

20 June–2 August 2025

Roberto Devereux

Gaetano Donizetti, libretto by Salvatore Cammarano

Donizetti Opera Festival, Bergamo

Released 15 August 2025

Esther (Samira Wiley) and Mrs Van Buren (Claudia Jolly).

Intimate Apparel

Lynn Nottage

Donmar Warehouse

Donmar Warehouse, London

20 June–9 July 2025

Val (Jonathan Aarons) and Lady (Madison Coppola)

Orpheus Descending

Tennessee Williams with additional poems by Yaw Osafo-Kantanka

Conjure Productions

The Cockpit Theatre London

25–29 June 2025

Through It All Together

Chris O'Connor

Leeds Playhouse

The Courtyard, Leeds Playhouse

23 June–19 July 2025

Man's Best Friend

Douglas Maxwell

Tron Theatre Company

Tron Theatre

19 June–12 July 2025

Bob Golding as Eric Morecambe, Damian Williams as Tommy Cooper and Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse

The Last Laugh

Paul Hendy

Theatre Royal, Newcastle-Upon -Tyne

24–28 June 2025

Kamaljit (Kiran Landa) and Surinder (Anoushka Deshmukh)

Marriage Material

Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti

Birmingham Rep and Lyric Hammersmith Theatre

Birmingham Rep

25 June–5 July 2025

Gala de Danza - Melissa Hamilton and Vsevolod Maievskyi in Caravaggio

Gala de Danza London

Quixotic Fusion

Central Hall Westminster

25–26 June 2025

Jessica Barton: Dirty Work

Jessica Barton

London Clown Festival: Soho Theatre Upstairs

18 June 2025

Pete Townshend’s Quadrophenia, A Mod Ballet

Choreography Paul Roberts

Sadler’s Wells, Extended Play and Universal Music UK

Sadler’s Wells

24 June–13 July 2025

Mount Olympus and the Muses: Candace Furbert (Thalia), Sharlene Hector (Clio), Brianna Ogunbawo (Melpomene), Malinda Parris (Calliope) and Rose-Li (Terpsichore)

Disney's Hercules

Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by David Zippel, book by Robert Horn and Kwame K...

Disney Theatrical Group

Theatre Royal Drury Lane

6 June 2025–28 March 2026

Michael Shannon as James and Ruth Wilson as Josie

A Moon for the Misbegotten

Eugene O’Neill

Almeida Theatre

Almeida Theatre, London

17 June–16 August 2025

Press

Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller

Black Bat Productions

Jack Studio Theatre

17 June–5 July 2025

Alexander Lincoln as Neil and Omari Douglas as Jesse

This Bitter Earth

Harrison David Rivers

Thomas Hopkins, Jana Robbins, Craig Haffner & Sherry Wright, Alex Deacon, Jon...

Soho Theatre

18 June–26 July 2025

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