Theatre reviews

Murder for Two

Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair

Bruiser Theatre Company and the Mac Belfast

The Mac, Belfast

24 April–11 May 2025

Krapp's Last Tape

Samuel Beckett

York Theatre Royal

14 April–17 May 2025

Ben and Imo

Mark Ravenhill

Royal Shakespeare Company

Orange Tree Theatre

19 April–17 May 2025

Joan

Robert Hyman

Stratford East

25 April 2025

Justin Welsh as Marullo, Jan van der Hooft as Matteo Borsa and Andrew Greenwood as Count Ceprano with the Pacific Opera Victoria Chorus and Supernumaries

Rigoletto

Music by Giuseppi Verdi, libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

Pacific Opera Victoria

Royal Theatre

23–29 April 2025

The Last Laugh

Paul Hendy

Jamie Wilson Productions

59E59 Theatres, Brits OffBroadway, New York

23 April–25 May 2025

The Ripper Files!

John Goodrum

Rumpus Theatre Company

New Theatre Royal, Lincoln

24–25 April 2025

Hannah Morrish (Lydia), Rosie Sheehy (Billie), Eimhin Fitzgerald Doherty (Brendan), Brian Gleeson (Stephen), Seán McGinley (Pierre), Derbhle Crotty (Elizabeth), Aisling Kearns (Freya) and Chris O'Dowd (Dermot)

The Brightening Air

Conor McPherson

The Old Vic

10 April–14 June 2025

The Great Gatsby – A New Musical

Based on the novel by F Scott Fitzgerald, book Kait Kerrigan, lyrics Nathan T...

Chunsoo Shin

London Coliseum

11 April–7 September 2025

Gabriell Salgado, Diana Burbano and Diana Garle

Laughs in Spanish

Alexis Scheer

Seattle Rep

Bagley Wright Theater

17 April–11 May 2025

Daphnis and Chloé / La Valse

Maurice Ravel

London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers and Circa

Multitudes Festival at Southbank

23 April 2025

Kinky Boots The Musical

Book by Harvey Fierstein; score by Cyndi Lauper

Made at Curve

The Lyric, Theatre Royal Plymouth

22–26 April 2025

Jodie (Justina Kehinde) and Brad (Archie Backhouse)

How to Fight Loneliness

Neil LaBute

Trish Wadley Productions

Park Theatre, London

16 April–24 May 2025

Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare

Royal Shakespeare Company

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

12 April–24 May 2025

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Ian Fleming, adapted for the stage by Jeremy Sams

David Ian for Crossroads Live

Sunderland Empire

22–26 April 2025

Personal Values

Chloë Lawrence-Taylor

Hampstead Downstairs / Celia Atkin

Hampstead Theatre Downstairs

11 April–17 May 2025

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë, choreography by Cathy Marston

Northern Ballet

Sheffield Lyceum

22–26 April 2025

Dracula

Bram Stoker adapted by Nick Lane

Blackeyed Theatre in association with Harrogate Theatre and South Hill Park

Exeter Northcott Theatre

22–24 April 2025

Boys from the Blackstuff

Alan Bleasdale, adapted by James Graham

Bill Kenwright Ltd, Liverpool’s Royal Court and The National Theatre

The Lowry

22–26 April 2025

Andreé (Lara Manela) and Sylvie (Ayesha Ostler)

The Inseparables

Grace Joy Howarth, based on the novel by Simone de Beauvoir, translated by La...

Finborough Theatre, London

15 April–10 May 2025

Reviews

Murder for Two

Krapp's Last Tape

Ben and Imo

Joan

Rigoletto

The Last Laugh

The Ripper Files!

The Brightening Air

The Great Gatsby – A New Musical

Laughs in Spanish

Daphnis and Chloé / La Valse

Kinky Boots The Musical

How to Fight Loneliness

Much Ado About Nothing

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Personal Values

Jane Eyre

Dracula

Boys from the Blackstuff

The Inseparables