Handbagged – Stephen Joseph Theatre ★★★★
Moira Buffini imagines the behind-closed-door clashes between Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth II in ‘Handbagged’
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Love’s Labour’s Lost – Shakespeare’s Globe ★★★★★
Shakespeare’s Latin love story heats up with the flamboyance of flamenco
The Importance of Being Oscar ★★★★
Micheál Mac Liammóir’s witty and heart-rending biographical drama ‘The Importance of Being Oscar’ comes to London’s Park Theatre this summer.
Crimes of the Heart ★★★★
‘Crimes of the Heart’: Southern Secrets Buried Deep
The Cherry Orchard at the RSC ★★★
‘The Cherry Orchard’ is a timeless tale of the human reluctance to change.
HENRY VI: A Trilogy in Two Parts ★★★★
‘Henry VI: A Trilogy in Two Parts’: Heads Will Roll
Hit Machine ★★★
Music may be the hook, but Jonathan Caren’s ‘Hit Machine’ is really an exploration of the messy harmony and discord of brotherhood.
The Oresteia – Bridge Theatre ★★★★
Simon Stone’s full-length, full-bodied gore-fest ‘The Oresteia’ arrives at the Bridge Theatre on this long, hot summer.
The Loved Ones ★★★★
Grief and Grace in ‘The Loved Ones’
Birthright ★★★★★
In ‘Birthright’, a Youthful Trip That Never Really Ends