By Sara Bright One hundred and forty-five years after her birth in a St Petersburg barracks hospital, Anna Pavlova remains ballet’s most persuasive argument that…
By Sara Bright Ben Platt is coming to London. It’s happening in July. But he isn’t doing the Palladium. He isn’t taking over the Adelphi…
By Sara Bright So, The Traitors is coming to the theatre. I know. My first reaction was an eye roll too. The announcement dropped this…
By Tessa Nolan I drove up to the Lake District expecting rain. I got it, of course. That relentless, misty drizzle that seems to seep…
By Sara Bright There is a specific kind of theatre that usually makes me break out in hives. You know the sort. It arrives with…
By Tessa Nolan You know, there’s a specific kind of smugness that comes with being a critic. It’s not pretty, I admit that. But when…
By Sara Bright Venue: Theatre Royal HaymarketDates: 23 October 2025 – 17 January 2026Performance on 29 October: 19:30 William Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy Othello receives a bold contemporary makeover at one of London’s most revered West…
By Tessa Nolan So, Salome is in town. At the Theatre Royal Haymarket, no less. One of Oscar Wilde’s old haunts. The press release lands,…
By Sara Bright The true magic of London theatre isn’t confined to the stage. It lives in the bones of the buildings themselves – in…
By Sara Bright An Inventory of Hope. The proposition is almost insultingly simple. A boy’s mother is in hospital, having done “something stupid.” He decides…