Theatre reviews

Jack Stokes as Wesley Lee Bainbridge as Mr Lupine

Shellshocked

Philip Stokes

Richard Jordan Productions and 412 with Lawrence Batley Theatre, Harrogate Th...

59e59 Theatres, Brits OffBroadway, New York

14 May–8 June 2025

The Last Incel

Jamie Sykes

Pleasance London

14–31 May 2025

Gertrude Lawrence: A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening

Lucy Stevens

Astor Theatre, Kent

59E59 Theatres, Brits OffBroadway, New York

13–25 May 2025

Fool's Paradise: Akane Takada, William Bracewell and Liam Boswell

Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works: Fool’s Paradise / The Two of Us / Us / An American in Paris

Choreography by Christopher Wheeldon, music by Joby Talbot, Joni Mitchell, Ke...

The Royal Ballet

Royal Ballet & Opera

9–27 May 2025

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

Based on the novel by Rachel Joyce, book by Rachel Joyce, music and lyrics by...

Chichester Festival Theatre

Minerva Theatre, Chichester

29 May–14 June 2025

Michaela Bedel (Emma) and Gabriel Partington (Jerry)

Betrayal

Harold Pinter

Thursday's Child

Chapel off Chapel, Melbourne, Australia

15–25 May 2025

Dogs On The Metro

Emilie Robson

Live Theatre

1–17 May 2025

Diagnosis

Athena Stevens

Aegis Productions

Finborough Theatre

13 May–7 June 2025

Tambo & Bones

Dave Harris

Actors Touring Company, Stratford East and Royal & Derngate in association wi...

The Courtyard, Leeds Playhouse

14–24 May 2025

Melancholy Dance Company in Og (Zero Gravity)

Kontemporary Korea – a double bill of K dance

Choi x Kang Project and Melancholy Dance Company

Festival of Korean Dance

Dance City, Newcastle

15 May 2025

Mojo

Jez Butterworth

Red Brick Theatre, Up 'Ere Productions and Rising Moon Productions

Kings Arms, Salford

13–24 May 2025

Jurell Carter (Loggo), Reiss Barber (Snowy), Ged McKenna (George), Jay Johnson (Yosser) and George Caple (Chrissie)

Boys from the Blackstuff

James Graham, adapted from the television programme by Alan Bleasdale

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

Leeds Grand Theatre

13–17 May 2025

Nicholas Farrell (Sir William Collyer) and Tamsin Greig (Hester Collyer).

The Deep Blue Sea

Terence Rattigan

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

Theatre Royal Haymarket

7 May–21 June 2025

The Burning of a Sicilian Whore

Giulia Menichelli

Friends' Meeting House, Brighton

9–18 May 2025

Jane Eyre

Choreography, direction & scenario by Cathy Marston, music by Philip Feeney

Northern Ballet

Sadler's Wells

13–17 May 2025

Tanya Reynolds, Siena Kelly and Liv Hill

1536

Ava Pickett

Almeida Theatre

6 May–7 June 2025

The Comedy About Spies

Henry Lewis and Henry Shields

Mischief Theatre

Noël Coward Theatre

14 April–5 September 2025

Laurence Ubong Williams (PJ), Robin Soans (Joey), Richard Harrington (Mike), Andrew Whipp (Bobby), Kelly Price (Trudi) and Lisa Dillon (Margaret)

House of Games

Based on the screenplay by David Mamet, story by David Mamet and Jonathan Kat...

Hampstead Theatre

2 April–7 June 2025

Katie Tonkinson as Raven and Glenn Adamson as Strat

Bat Out Of Hell

Book, Music and Lyrics by Jim Steinman

Michael Cohl, Tony Smith and David Sonenberg

The Lyric, Theatre Royal Plymouth

12–17 May 2025

Giant

Mark Rosenblatt

Royal Court Theatre

Harold Pinter Theatre

26 April–2 August 2025

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