Theatre reviews

Anita Booth (Mrs Verrinder-Gedge), Charlie Hiscock (Cosmé McMoon) and Wendi Peters (Florence Foster Jenkins)

Glorious

Peter Quilter

Hope Mill Theatre, Thomas Hopkins & Jana Robbins

Hope Mill Theatre

27 February–30 March 2025

WRESTLELADSWRESTLE

Jennifer Jackson and Simon Carroll Jones

Jennifer Jackson Company

Battersea Arts Centre

5–8 March 2025

Tiny Fragments of Beautiful Light

Allison Davies

Alphabetti Theatre

Birmingham Rep

4–6 March 2025

Cassie Bradley as Violet and Barney White as Leonard

One Day When We Were Young

Nick Payne

Greenwich Theatre in association with Park Theatre

Park Theatre

26 February–22 March 2025

Mid Life

Jacqui Beckford, Claire Hodgson and Karen Spicer from Sheila Chapman's original

Diverse City in association with Theatre Royal Plymouth

The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth

27 February–1 March 2025

Il Bajazet

Antonio Vivaldi and others

La Fenice, Venice

Released 18 April 2025

What Dreams May Come

English Touring Opera

The Studio, York Theatre Royal

28 February–1 March 2025

The Testament of Gideon Mack

James Robertson, adapted for the stage by Matthew Zajac

Dogstar Theatre Company

Giffnock Eastwood Park Theatre

13–14 February 2025

The House Party

Laura Lomas (after August Strindberg)

Chichester Festival Theatre and Headlong in association with Frantic Assembly

The Courtyard, Leeds Playhouse

21 February–1 March 2025

Nicole Ansari-Cox as Anna and Brian Cox as Bach

The Score

Oliver Cotton

Theatre Royal Bath Productions with Len Blavatnik and Danny Cohen for Access ...

Theatre Royal Haymarket

20 February–26 April 2025

Alterations

Michael Abbensetts, additional material by Trish Cooke

National Theatre

National Theatre Lyttelton

20 February–5 April 2025

Deepstaria

Concept and choreography by Wayne McGregor, soundscape by Nicholas Becker and...

Company Wayne McGregor

Sadler’s Wells

27 February–2 March 2025

Reuben Joseph as Marco, Michael Guest as Rodolpho, Mark Holgate as Eddie

A View from the Bridge

Arthur Miller

Tron Theatre Company

Tron Theatre

21 February–15 March 2025

A Knock on the Roof

Khawla Ibraheem

Royal Court Theatre and piece by piece productions

Royal Court Theatre

21 February–8 March 2025

Mia Khan (Juliet) and Kyle Ndukuba (Romeo)

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare and That's A Rap

Belgrade Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and Hackney Empire

Belgrade Theatre

21 February–8 March 2025

Alex Kapila (defence barrister Victoria Pelham), Karren Winchester (Judge Amanda Livingstone) and Ian Houghton (prosecutor Miles Cavendish)

Murder Trial Tonight—The Doorstep Case

Steve Cummings

Tigerslane Studios

Birmingham Rep

25–26 February 2025

Mariposa

Choreography by Carlos Pons Guerra, music by Luis Miguel Cobo

DeNada Dance Theatre

The Place

25–26 February 2025

Otherland

Chris Bush

Almeida Theatre

12 February–15 March 2025

Duke Kim as Tamino and Rodion Pogossov as Papageno

The Magic Flute

Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder

Seattle Opera

McCaw Hall

22 February–9 March 2025

The Comedy of Terrors

John Goodrum

Rumpus Theatre Company

Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham

22 February 2025

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