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Reviews
Good Friday, Bach’s St Matthew Passion with Ex Cathedra, Symphony Hall, Friday 18 April 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“A profound and, at times, revelatory performance of this monumental work.”
Dick by Adam Kinneen. The Drayton Arms Theatre, 153 Old Brompton Road, London SE5 until 26 April 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“The while damn thing.”
Photo Credit: Next to Nothing Productions.
Soir Noir – A nightclub confidential. Crazy Coqs, 20 Sherwood Street, London W1F. 16 April 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Consummate skill.”
Photo Credit: Michael Lee Stever.
A Thousand Splendid Suns adapted by Ursula Rani Sarma. Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 6 Centenary Square, B1 2EP, 3☆☆☆. Review: Joanna Jarvis.
‘A heartbreaking tale of women, family and love.’
Photo Credit: Ellie Kurttz.
Dear Evan Hansen – Theatre Royal Plymouth – until 19 April 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards.
“Performed with great skill and wit and with a brilliant leading actor!”
Photo Credit: Marc Brenner
Kinky Boots, The Musical, Birmingham Hippodrome, 15 April to 19 April 2025, then on tour, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“A simply fabulous revival of an uplifting show.”
Photo Credit: Pamela Raith Photography.
Supersonic Man by Chris Burgess. Southwark Playhouse, the Little, 77 Newington Causeway, London SE1 until 03 May 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Hits the bull's eye.”
Photo Credit: Louis Burgess.
Clare Hammond (piano). Lakeside, Nottingham, 10 April 2025, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: William Ruff.
“Clare Hammond in a recital of intimacy, wit and brilliance.”
Photo Credit: Lakeside.
Sisters by David Storey. The Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, Brockley Road, London SE4 until 26 April 2025, 3☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Take a chance.”
Photo Credit: Uncommon Theatre.
All The Happy Things by Naomi Denny. Soho Theatre Upstairs, 21 Dean Street, London W1D until 26 April 2025,4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Sisters, devoted sisters.”
Photo Credit: Alex Brenner.
Cinderella – Birmingham Royal Ballet– Theatre Royal Plymouth – until 9 April 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards.
“Everyone excels!”
Photo Credit: Katja Ogrin.
Jane Eyre. Northern Ballet. Theatre Royal, Nottingham, 08 to 12 April 2025 (and touring until 24 May 2025), 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: William Ruff.
“A show to give your emotions a thorough workout.”
Photo Credit: Tristram Kenton.
Manhunt by Robrt Icke. Royal Court Theatre, Jerwood Downstairs, Sloane Square, London until 03 May 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
Photo Credit: Manuel Harlan.
“Powerful, disturbing, violent.”
Aakash Odedra Company Presents Songs of the Bulbul, Birmingham Hippodrome, 08 April 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“An intriguing classical and contemporary dance experience.”
Photo Credit: Angela Grabowska.
Nottingham Soundstage Festival 2025. Various venues, 22 March to 05 April 2025, 5✩✩✩✩✩. Review: William Ruff.
“Nottingham Soundstage Festival: a potent mix of music and the moving image.”
Photo Credit: Neil Bennison.
The Shark is Broken by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon – Theatre Royal Plymouth – until 05 April 2025 and touring, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards.
“The cracking script and the production is a complete triumph.”
Photo Credit: Manual Harlan.
Puppy by Naomi Westerman. King's Head Theatre, 115 Upper Street, Islington, London N1 until 27 April 2025, 1☆. Review: William Russell.
“Beware - bottom humpers.”
Photo credit: Steve Gregson.
Sibelius & Dvořák, CBSO, Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 03 April 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: David Gray & Paul Gray.
“Some charming Arvo Pärt, dazzling Sebelius, and perfectly formed Dvořák.”
Photo Credit: Joss McKinley.