Category: Theatre

A white woman with grey hair holding a wine glass stands on a wooden stage, a screen behind her showing gloomy countryside hills. She is talking to a Black woman on the right of the photo, who is seated cross-legged on a wooden chair.

‘Bloody Difficult Women’ online review – A broad and basic Brexit battle between Miller and May

‘The 47th’ review – Mike Bartlett’s presidential thriller is a silly but sinister sideshow

Five Black young people on a stage, peering out of circular windows resembling a ship's windows, they look out with faces of wonder.

‘Coming to England’ review – Floella Benjamin’s Windrush tale is full of warmth and wonder

Ruth Wilson, a white woman with brown hair in a ponytail and a white jumper, has a phone to her ear as she rests her left hand on a vertical black pole. Her eyes are closed, listening, and the picture is lit up in a warm yellow hue.

‘The Human Voice’ review – Ruth Wilson is utterly devastating in unpredictable phone call monologue

Three people in all black clothing restrain a naked man on top of a giant ball of books. The man’s mouth is open in fear, and another man on top of him, on the ball, has a white pillow in his right hand, ready to kill him. On a giant screen behind them is an image of several scrunches up balls of paper.

‘Dogs of Europe’ review – Belarus Free Theatre’s daring dystopia is vivid and vital theatre

A young white male with ginger hair clasps his hands nervously. He wears a striped blue shirt, and has a white plaster cast on his left hand. In the background behind him, on a screen, are several blurred and overlapping social media messages.

‘Dear Evan Hansen’ – White lie musical is curious, compelling and conflicting