Waiting For Godot – Citizens Theatre ★★★
The stalwart performances of Matthew Kelly and George Costigan uplift an otherwise patchy production of ‘Waiting for Godot’ at the Citizens’ Theatre.
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Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (touring) ★★★★
Now in it’s 37th year, ‘Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story’ raves on in Bradford as part of a continuing UK tour
Evening All Afternoon ★★★★
Anna Ziegler’s ‘Evening All Afternoon’ receives a world premiere at the Donmar Warehouse
Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes ★★★★★
By turns light and frothy, then dark and grotesque, ‘The Red Shoes’ is a visual treat and a thought-provoking tale of love and artistic compulsion.
Barnum – The Circus Musical ★★★
The 46-year old musical ‘Barnum’ is revived for a UK tour
Deep Azure – Shakespeare’s Globe ★★★★★
Chadwick Boseman’s ‘Deep Azure’ hits the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
The Great Wave – Scottish Opera ★★★★
Scottish Opera’s ‘The Great Wave’ explores artist Katsushika Hokusai and his famous woodblock print The Great Wave off Kanagawa
The Battle (touring) ★★★★
Girls and boys roll with it in John Niven’s searing new comedy, ‘The Battle’, surrounding the Blur/Oasis chart clash of ’95.
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny – ENO ★★★★
Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s rarely performed and disturbingly timely tale, ‘Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny’ gets an epic ENO reworking.
Shadowlands ★★★★★
Hugh Bonneville and Maggie Siff examine faith and explore love in this intimate reprise of William Nicholson’s ‘Shadowlands’ for the Aldwych Theatre.