Not Waving But Drowning

28 June 2013 London Über-cool “immersive theatre” company Punchdrunk return to London with The Drowned Man, channeling 1950s Hollywood with … More

It’s Been So Long, Marianne

7 June 2013 London The return of the great British actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste in a fine revival of James Baldwin’s play … More

26 January 2013 London Stephen Sondheim’s musical Merrily We Roll Along and an encore screening of Trainspotting remind me of the irresistible … More

5 January 2013 London Complicite’s dazzling production of Bulgakov’s novel The Master & Margarita was one of my top two … More

4 January 2012 London My first theatre show of 2013, and damn, it was a goodun – Fiona Shaw incanting … More

20 August 2012 London Is something rotten in the state of Britain? In this cultural round-up, I review the National Theatre’s … More

9 August 2012 London Danny Boyle’s 2012 Olympics opening ceremony was mad, self-indulgent, occasionally brilliant and very, very British. With … More

1 July 2012 London The best show in London – or anywhere else, period. My review of Gatz, the extraordinary … More

26 June 2012 London My review of the Menier Chocolate Factory’s revival of Harvey Fierstein’s modern gay classic, Torch Song … More

25 April 2012 London Leading the Globe Theatre’s World Shakespeare Festival off with a roar, a New Zealand theatre company … More