Bank of Dave (touring) ★★★★
Lovable underdog takes on the corporate fat cats in Rob Madge and Pippa Cleary’s new biographical musical ‘Bank of Dave’
Theatre
Quartet in Autumn ★★★★★
Bacon at 46 pence, butter beans at 12 pence, and a prejudicial haughtiness against Dairy
End of The Rainbow – Soho Theatre Walthamstow ★★★★★
In late 1968, Judy Garland was running out of road, out of money and out
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest – Old Vic ★★★★★
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is revitalised in Clint Dyer’s new version at the Old Vic.
Mother Courage and Her Children – Shakespeare’s Globe ★★★★★
Disturbingly relevant, Anna Jordan translates ‘Mother Courage and Her Children’ for a Brechtian debut at The Globe.
Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil ★★★
Family and football coincide in Gary McNair’s brand-new stage adaptation of Ron Ferguson’s beloved book ‘Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil’
An Ideal Husband – Lyric Hammersmith ★★★★
Nicholai La Barrie breathes new life into ‘An Ideal Husband’ with masses of magnificence.
1536 – Ambassadors Theatre ★★★★★
Women, power and survival amid a Tudor court scandal are central to Ava Pickett’s ‘1536’
Still Pointless: BalletBoyz at 25 ★★★★★
BalletBoyz return with a brand-new production ‘Still Pointless’, marking the 25th anniversary of their critically acclaimed debut, ‘Pointless’
Derrière on a G String ★★★★
Some Smith & Moore present ‘Derrière on a G String’: a 75-minute dance-fuelled fever dream featuring street scammers, tap shoes, and buckets of homoeroticism.