Theatre reviews

Patricia Jones, Nicolas Tennant, Samuel Edward-Cook, Sally Messham, Trevor Fox and Angela Lonsdale

Manhunt

Robert Icke

Royal Court Theatre and Sonia Friedman Productions

Royal Court Theatre

28 February–3 May 2025

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott adapted by Anne-Marie Casey

Lee Dean and Daniel Schumann, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, The Belgrave Covent...

The Lowry, Salford

8–12 April 2025

Here & Now: Bates Beats / Moonbend / Of Silence / Liquid Life

Choreography Andrew McNicol

McNicol Ballet Collective

Royal Academy of Music, London

5 April 2025

What Fresh Hell Is It?

Glenn T Griffin

Libra Theatre Cafe

4–20 April 2025

The Play's The Thing. A One Person Hamlet

William Shakespeare

Regeneration Theatre

Wilton's Music Hall

1–12 April 2025

Puppy

Naomi Westerman

Relish Theatre

King's Head Theatre

1–27 April 2025

Container

Alan Fielden

New Diorama, Jemima Yong and Kei Frenklin

New Diorama Theatre

2–12 April 2025

Kacey Ainsworth as Anne and Liam Tobin as Don

Jab

James McDermott

Sue Pomroy

Park Theatre, London

2–25 April 2025

Through the Shortbread Tin

Martin O'Connor

National Theatre of Scotland

Tron Theatre

1 April–2 May 2025

The Capulets and the Montagues

Bellini

English Touring Opera

Sheffield Lyceum

4 April 2025

Sean Jones (Mickey) and Joe Sleight (Edward)

Blood Brothers

Book, music and lyrics by Willy Russell

Bill Kenwright Ltd.

Grand Opera House, York

1–5 April 2025

Sonia Morris as Danielle, Libby Hall as Morag and Matt Lanigan as Paul in Meeting Morag

JB Shorts 26

Ben Tagoe, Julie Jones, Lindsay Williams, Diane Whitley & Phil Mealey

Real Life Theatre Co

53two

2–12 April 2025

Kylie Jenner’s Private Jet

Pagan Hunt and Ellie Trow

Pelican Theatre

Dance City, Newcastle

3 April 2025

Kaylah Copeland (June) and Thomas Dennis (Peter)

A Matter of Life And Death

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

New Vic Theatre

New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme

28 March–19 April 2025

Tambo & Bones

Dave Harris

Actors Touring Company, Stratford East and Royal & Derngate, Northampton Co-P...

HOME, Manchester

1–5 April 2025

Rhinoceros

Eugène Ionesco translated by Omar Elerian

Almeida Theatre

25 March–26 April 2025

Pig Heart Boy

Winsome Pinnock

Children's Theatre Partnership, Unicorn Theatre and Sheffield Theatres

Belgrade Theatre

2–5 April 2025

Sloane (Sharon Sexton) and Falco (Rob Fowler)

Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical

Jim Steinman

Michael Cohl, Tony Smith & David Sonenberg

Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

31 March–5 April 2025

(This Is Not A) Happy Room

Rosie Day

Katy Galloway Productions in association with Pace Live

King’s Head Theatre

26 March–27 April 2025

Ballet Nights 007: Pillars & Pioneers

Compère Jamiel Devernay-Laurence

Cadogan Hall, London

1 April 2025

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