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Reviews
Two Gentlemen of Verona: William ShakespeareRSC @ The Other Place, Stratford Upon AvonRuns, until Sunday 31 August 2025. AD performance 26 August 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Rod Dungate.
“A real summer treat.”
Photo Credit: Helen Murray.
Southwell Music Festival 2025. Southwell Minster and other venues, 22-25 August 2025, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: William Ruff.
“Southwell: a Festival that brings the best live music to the heart of Nottinghamshire.”
Photo Credit: Tom Platinum Morley.
The Boy with WingsBirmingham Rep, 21 August to 30 August 2025. Runs 1 hours 20 minutes including interval, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Hannah Phillips.
“Tunde no longer has anything to fear, he gains his freedom, his wings, emerging into his true self and taking flight.”
Photo Credit: Jake Bush.
Late Shift (2025), Dir Petra Volpe, Vertigo Releasing, MAC Birmingham, 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: Matthew Alicoon.
“A night on the ward that compels you to live a nurse’s shift.”
Four Women and a Funeral by Jennifer Selway. Upstairs at the Gatehouse, 22 Highgate Hill, London N19 until 17 August 2025, 3☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Have a happy go lucky funeral.”
Photo Credit: Ovation.
Jane Eyre by John Joubert, Arcola Theatre & Green Opera; Grimeborn Opera Festival, Dalston, London E8 3DL, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Clare Colvin.
“Rediscovered Brönte novel as operatic drama in Grimeborn Opera season.”
Photo Credit: Camilla Greenwell.
Dial M For Murder by Frederick Knott, Manor Pavilion Theatre – Sidmouth, until 16 August, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards.
“Still stands up today as a wonderfully plotted thriller.”
Photo Credit: Sidmouth Summer Play Festival.
Strictly Murder by Brian Clemens, Marine Theatre – Lyme Regis, until 13th August 2025, 3☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards.
“A thriller which works on some levels.”
Photo Credit: Gilroy Theatre.
A Village Wooing by Shaw and The Proposal by Chekhov, The Tabard, 2 Bath Road, Chiswick, London W4 until 23 August 2025. 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Two sparking comedies well performed.”
Photo Credit: Macky Mann.
Clive by Michael Wynne. The Arcola Studio, 24 Ashwin Street, Dalston Junction, London until 23 August 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“A man at the end of his tether.”
Photo Credit: Charlie Flint.
Winters Tale: William ShakespeareRST, Stratford Upon AvonRuns ‘till Saturday 30 August 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Roderick Dungate, AD Performance Saturday 2 August 2025
“Commitment raises this productions to great heights.”
Photo Credit: Marc Brenner.
Harvest (2025), Dir Athina Rachel Tsangari, Mubi, Mac Birmingham, 3☆☆☆. Review: Matthew Alicoon.
“Exclusion speaks louder than words in this understated drama.”
A Brief History of Women by Alan Ayckbourn, Marine Theatre – Lyme Regis, until 6th August 2025. 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards
“Performed with gusto and commitment”
Photo Credit: Gilroy Theatre
Neville’s Island by Tim Firth, Manor Pavilion Theatre – Sidmouth, until 1 August. 5☆☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards
“A wonderful advert for the Sidmouth Summer Play Festival”
Photo Credit: Sidmouth Summer Play Festival
Deathtrap by Ira Levin, Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, until 29th July, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: Cormac Richards.
“Top work from the cast and director.”
Photo Credit: Gilroy Theatre.
Extraordinary Women by Sarah Travis & Richard Stirling based on the novel by Compton Mackenzie. Jermyn Street Theatre, London until 10 August 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“The Magnificent Seven to the rescue.”
Photo Credit: Gilroy Theatre.
Out of Bounds by Rajesh Gopie. The Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 410 Brockley Road, London SE4 until 02 August 2025, 4☆☆☆☆. Review: William Russell.
“Splendidly performed enlightening play about a young Asian South African's life during the apartheid years.”
Photo Credit: Henry Roberts
By Royal Appointment by Daisy Goodwin. Richmond Theatre, Little Green, Richmond TW9 until 26 July 2025. Then on tour, 4☆☆☆☆. William Russell.
“Anne Reid shines in a gossamer thin pleasant play.”
Photo Credit: Nobby Clark.
