Plinth ★★★★★
Written and performed by physical theatre guru Al Seed in collaboration with Vanishing Point, their touring show Plinth arrived at the Traverse as part of the 2024 Manipulate Festival.
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Gwyneth Goes Skiing ★★★★★
In Gwyneth Goes Skiing, Awkward Productions hit the slopes of Utah to reimagine Gwyneth Paltrow’s infamous ski crash with retired optometrist Terry Sanderson
A Mirror (West End) ★★★
The posters for Sam Holcroft’s A Mirror proclaim “This Play Is A Lie”. The Recs plunges into this play within a play within…
Shrek The Musical (touring) ★★★★
The monster hit Shrek The Musical is on a UK tour but will it make you happy ever after?
Sleeping Beauty Takes a Prick ★★★★★
The Recs’ Iain Terry eyes SLEEPING BEAUTY TAKES A PRICK, a brand-new adult pantomime at Charing Cross Theatre
Macbeth – Donmar Warehouse ★★★★★
Max Webster’s psychologically-astute production of Macbeth is an unnerving revelation
The Woman In Black (touring) ★★★★
After 33 years haunting the West End, Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black embarks on a UK tour
The Girl In The Green Room ★★★★★
The Bridge House Theatre offers a spooky new drama by Luke Adamson – The Girl In The Green Room – that guarantees plenty of theatrical thrills.
King Lear (Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company) ★★★
Kenneth Branagh plays the title role and directs this decidedly-different new production of William Shakespeare’s King Lear.
Hamnet ★★★★
The RSC’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s evocative novel Hamnet arrives in London’s West End