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Alfred Hitchcock's ultimate chase thriller, North By Northwest, is adapted for the stage by Wise Children's Emma Rice

Theatre

Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express (touring) ★★★★★

Murder on the Orient Express, one of Christie's boldest murder-mysteries, is brought to the stage under the watchful eye of director Lucy Bailey

Theatre

Now That’s What I Call A Musical (touring) ★ ★ ★

The iconic Now! record series gets its own stage jukebox musical named Now That's What I Call A Musical!

Theatre

White Rose: The Musical follows the inspiring story of a courageous group of university students who stood up to Hitler.

Film

The much-loved Bridget Jones returns for a fourth movie and perhaps for one last hurrah!

Theatre

Bull, Mike Bartlett's brutal 2013 play about office politics, gets a timely revival as a regional tour

Theatre

The award-winning 2021 film, Firebird, which features a forbidden love affair on an Air Force Base in Soviet-occupied Estonia at the height of 1970s Communist rule, comes to the stage ...

Theatre

Spend Spend Spend – Manchester Royal Exchange ★★★★★

The Manchester Royal Exchange revives the late Steve Brown and Justin Greene's evocative musical Spend Spend Spend

Broadway

Theatre

Two stage and screen legends power a slight, but ultimately winning, house share dramedy, The Roommate

Theatre

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (touring) ★★★★★

The revival of the 2017 production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, in its original home at Leeds Playhouse, couldn’t be more welcome or more timely

Theatre

[title of the show] is a four-person meta musical that follows its own creation

Theatre

A Streetcar Named Desire – Royal Lyceum ★★★★

A year on from its first outing, at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Elizabeth Newman’s vision of A Streetcar Named Desire has arrived in style at Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum.

Theatre

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner Ginger Johnson swaps her crown for a crash helmet on her UK tour

Theatre

Sebastian Faulks’ magnum opus, Birdsong, is rendered beautifully in Rachel Wagstaff’s adaptation for stage.

Theatre

A Raisin in the Sun – Leeds and touring ★★★★

Headlong's production of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun begins a limited tour in England

Theatre

Can Marlow and Moss beat the curse of that difficult second musical with Why Am I So Single?

Theatre

Kynren aims to tell the entire history of Britain from the perspective of the North East - in just ninety minutes!

Theatre

Bram Stoker's Dracula gets a breathless, comedic reimagining at the Stephen Joseph Theatre

Theatre

The Recs' Laurence Wareing looks ahead to Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre's forthcoming season

Theatre

Opera Locos offer a timeless love story filled with colourful characters complete with the greatest hits of opera, all in one night

Theatre

Banging Denmark sees a biting new black comedy by one of Australia’s leading social commentators, Van Badham, perform its European premiere in London

Theatre

Aaron Thakar's dark comedy Artificially Yours poses the question would you trust AI to fix your relationship?

Theatre

Dirty Hare’s award-winning production of Gunter transfers to London following its sold-out premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023.

Theatre

Four actors play 130 characters in an inventive 100-minute adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's spy thriller The 39 Steps

Theatre

With a cast including Fiona Wade and Jay McGuiness, the tour of Danny Robins’ hit supernatural thriller, 2:22 A Ghost Story continues...

Theatre

Cruel Intentions: The ‘90s Musical reworks the classic hit film Cruel Intentions with a soundtrack of the greatest ‘90s pop classics

Theatre

It took the West End by storm, and now the award-winning Bonnie and Clyde are raising a little Hell on a tour of the UK and Ireland.

Theatre

The Circle, Somerset Maugham’s comedy of manners, asks the timeless question: can one generation learn from their parents’ mistakes?

Theatre

After two seasons in London’s West End, it's time for Bonnie and Clyde to raise a little hell across the UK. The Recs goes behind the scenes of the show's ...

Theatre

Turning The Screw sees composer Benjamin Britten grappling with his desires amid the pink panic of the 1950s

Theatre

The classic cat-and-mouse thriller Deathtrap is given a new lease of life (and death) at the Mill at Sonning

Theatre

Two Sisters, David Greig's first full play in five years, examines the gap between who we were when we were 16 and who we become when we grow up

Theatre

London Theatre Week gives you a chance to experience the hottest and best shows in the West End at amazing prices

Theatre

That Girl vs The World is the real-life story of culture war around a drag story-time in South London - told from an inside perspective

Film

Alice Walker's classic novel The Color Purple hits the big screen in musical reinterpretation

Theatre

Twelve Angry Men, Reginald Rose's classic courtroom drama, explores what it is to hold someone's life in your hands

Theatre

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.

Theatre

In Gwyneth Goes Skiing, Awkward Productions hit the slopes of Utah to reimagine Gwyneth Paltrow's infamous ski crash with retired optometrist Terry Sanderson

Theatre

The posters for Sam Holcroft's A Mirror proclaim "This Play Is A Lie". The Recs plunges into this play within a play within...

Theatre

The monster hit Shrek The Musical is on a UK tour but will it make you happy ever after?

Film

One Life, the true story of Sir Nicholas Winton who helped rescue 669 children from the Nazis in the months leading up to World War II, feels a timely cinema ...

Theatre

The Recs' Iain Terry eyes SLEEPING BEAUTY TAKES A PRICK, a brand-new adult pantomime at Charing Cross Theatre

Theatre

Max Webster's psychologically-astute production of Macbeth is an unnerving revelation

Theatre

After 33 years haunting the West End, Stephen Mallatratt's adaptation of Susan Hill's The Woman in Black embarks on a UK tour

Theatre

The Bridge House Theatre offers a spooky new drama by Luke Adamson - The Girl In The Green Room - that guarantees plenty of theatrical thrills.

Theatre

Kenneth Branagh plays the title role and directs this decidedly-different new production of William Shakespeare's King Lear.

Theatre

The RSC's adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's evocative novel Hamnet arrives in London's West End

Theatre

Paul Gallico's much-loved 1958 novella Mrs 'arris Goes To Paris receives a tender, musical adaptation for the stage as Flowers For Mrs Harris

Theatre

Rachel Garnet's two-hander about a pair of cell mates in Victorian York gets a London premiere in a new theatre space

Theatre

Heather Alexander's one-woman show, Havisham, offers a fresh perspective of Charles Dickens’ iconic Great Expectations character

Theatre

Eve: All About Her sees Keith Ramsay take a dizzying journey into the heart of fame, celebrity and obsession

Theatre

Death Note The Musical receives its European English-language premiere at the London Palladium

Theatre

A new outdoor theatre set, amongst the fields of a lavender farm, stages a new production of Irving Berlin’s musical Annie Get Your Gun.

Theatre

Disruption, a new play by Andrew Stein at Park Theatre, is a timely insight into the increasingly-controversial world of A.I. which examines its potential benefits as well as the human ...

Film

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny fails to unearth any treasure in the archeological adventurer's dismal final outing.

Theatre

George Lacey and Richard Seaman's new comedy-musical GuyMart imagines gay hookup apps as a supermarket

Theatre

Spy for Spy is a new romantic comedy by Kieron Barry in which the story of a relationship is told in a very different way.

Cabaret

#Joe brings his unique cabaret stylings to the MT Pride Lab season at the King's Head

Theatre

42nd Street, the quintessential showbiz musical, tip-taps its way to Sadler's Wells en route to shuffling along to a UK tour!

Theatre

Fury and Elysium, Stephanie Martin and Calista Kazuko Georget's new musical, delves into an era of change in Weimar-era Berlin

Theatre

The Queen and Ben Elton musical We Will Rock You returns to London with a 12-week run at the Coliseum - but were we Ga Ga about it?

Theatre

Invisible, Nikhil Parmar's debut play, is a dark comedy about one man's struggle to be seen as the hero of his own story

Theatre

Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx's haunting tale of irresistible forbidden love, gets its world premiere as a play with music at Soho Place

Theatre

Bleak Expectations, an amusingly silly mashup of Dickens works, arrives in the West End.

Theatre

Frank Loesser's classic satire of big business, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, is revived at Southwark Playhouse

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Philip Ridley's 2007 play Leaves of Glass is revived at Park Theatre with a new production by longtime collaborators, Lidless Theatre

Theatre

Emily Beecher's Summer Camp For Broken People is an autobiographical one-woman show that asks what it takes to fix a shattered spirit.

Film

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry ★★★

Jim Broadbent stars as retired pensioner Harold Fry who goes on an extraordinary journey

Theatre

Jack Thorne's new play, The Motive and The Cue, goes backstage of the legendary 1964 Richard Burton / John Gielgud production of Hamlet on Broadway.

Theatre

With the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 fast approaching, Nul Points! a new Eurovision-themed comedy makes a timely premiere at Union Theatre.

Theatre

Tony! tells the story of how one man went from peace-loving, long-haired hippy and would-be pop star to warmongering multimillionaire.

Theatre

Self Tape is a bold new work written and performed by Michael Batten exploring the decision of a struggling actor to enter the world of online sex shows

Theatre

Glory Ride, a musical about Italian cycling legend Gino Bartali and his secret missions during World War II, has its world premiere at Charing Cross Theatre

Theatre

Sweeney Todd – the Victorian Melodrama ★★★★

Opera della Luna bring their new production of Sweeney Todd or “The String of Pearls" to the most appropriate venue in London for a recreation of a Victorian melodrama, Wilton’s ...

Theatre

Tony-winning writer Joe DiPietro takes a sharp look at the life experiences of gay men today in an updated, new version of F**king Men

Theatre

Richard Parker is a playful, twisty exploration around the concept of coincidence

Theatre

Animal explores the challenges of navigating the world of hook-up culture with the practical needs of people with disabilities in a thrilling new play

Theatre

Betty Blue Eyes, Stile and Drewe's 2011 terribly British musical comedy, gets its first London revival at the Union Theatre

Theatre

For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy – ★★★★★

Ryan Calais Cameron's bold and unflinching exploration of race and masculinity transfers to the West End

Theatre

Hay Fever, Noël Coward's first hit play, is revived at The Mill at Sonning, but The Recs finds much to sniff at...

Theatre

Killing The Cat, a new experimental musical, explores the debate of faith versus science during an Italian romance.

Theatre

Titanic The Musical's 10th Anniversary UK and Ireland tour offers a gripping portrait of the doomed ship

Theatre

BLACK SUPERHERO, the debut play by Danny Lee Wynter, explores issues of race, queerness and identity politics.

Theatre

Bag of Beard explores the issues of faith in a dystopian world

Film

Allelujah is a starry cinematic adaptation of Alan Bennett's 2018 stage play reflecting the state of the NHS.

Theatre

Firedance sees Strictly favourites Gorka Márquez and Karen Hauer take to the stage for their own dance show

Theatre

The beloved TV baking show arrives in the West End as a musical - but will it rise to the occasion?

Theatre

Oklahoma! is given a radical reworking that reveals many untapped dramatic riches in the 80-year-old musical.

Theatre

Merboy offers a poetic, queer re-imagining of Hans Christian Anderson’s classic fairy tale to explore the complexities of the gay scene

Theatre

The Winter's Tale gets a unique staging, dividing the performance across two auditoria at Shakespeare's Globe.

Theatre

Willy Russell's musical theatre classic Blood Brothers is on tour four decades after it first played in London's West End. The Recs asks if it's still worth a visit?

Theatre

The Tinker, based on a true-crime case from 1912, offers an unsettling tale about a stranger at the door.

Theatre

No Limits depicts the anxieties, challenges, and love that we all experience - in one apartment, but set across different moments in time!

Theatre

Live To Tell: (A Proposal For) The Madonna Musical ★★

Live To Tell follows the quest of Brian, a Madonna superfan living with HIV, as he pitches himself to Madonna to create a jukebox musical.

Theatre

When Darkness Falls sees a young paranormal expert joins a sceptical history teacher one stormy night on Guernsey - a night they'll never forget!

Theatre

Ill Lit features Kasia Zawadzka returning to the Manipulate Festival with a new self-suspension rope performance exploring mental health.

Theatre

Death Suits You is a musical black-comedy where Death complains about being underappreciated.

Film

Birdie by Señor Serrano, the Spanish masters of micro-cinema, gets its Scottish premiere at Manipulate Festival

Theatre

Blink sees comedian Joz Norris turn his hand to magic - or does it?

Theatre

Danny Robin’s spooky play 2:22 A Ghost Story finds a new West End home with a brand-new cast to send shivers down your spine.

Theatre

Buff explores body image pressures within the world of online-dating and social media.

Theatre

The Lamb Disagrees is Eratle Wang's very first theatre play explores the shallowness and racism of certain fictional tropes.

Theatre

Bloody Mary: Live! is a one-woman show that fuses stand-up comedy with historical revisionism.

Theatre

Hamlet by Lazarus Theatre Company attempts a bold take on the Shakespearean tragedy by removing the older characters - but is the play still the thing?

Theatre

George Takei's Allegiance is an emotion-packed musical which follows the struggles of the Kimura family in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbour.

The Traitors US series arrives on BBC to fill that Faithful - Traitor shaped hole left by the UK hit series.

Theatre

Six The Musical sees the six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to tell their tales - with a stunning new cast for 2023.

Theatre

The Manny is Sam McArdle's one-man black comedy inspired by his own experiences as a male Nanny in West London

Film

She Said follows New York Times reporters efforts to break one of the most important stories in recent times

Film

The Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery ★★★

The Glass Onion sees detective Benoit Blanc plunged into a brand new mystery.

How The Traitors Became the TV Hit of the Year

It's the breakout hit that has everyone talking. The Recs explores what has made The Traitors such must-see telly.

Theatre

Stephen Smith performs Steven Berkoff's damning and dark play on the corrosive effect of loneliness at Christmas

Theatre

Who’s Holiday sees Drag Race icon Miz Cracker telling the story of Cindy Lou Who as she recalls that Christmas Eve she first met the Grinch!

Theatre

Newsies certainly took its time to reach the UK but has the London premiere at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre been worth the wait?

Theatre

Matthew Bourne takes the traditional Sleeping Beauty ballet and gives it a very Gothic makeover

Theatre

Wickies: The Vanishing Men of Eilean Mor sees Paul Morrissey examine the mystery disappearance of three lighthouse keepers.

Film

Matilda the Musical moves from the stage to the big screen with ease

Theatre

The Mirror Crack'd sees Rachel Wagstaff's witty adaptation of the Agatha Christie original deliver thrills, literal spills and a marvellous Marple!

Theatre

Top Hat at The Mill at Sonning provides Jonny Labey the perfect star vehicle in the role made famous by Fred Astaire.

Theatre

Badhdaddy is an audacious, bold new play casting an alternative perspective on a pivotal piece of recent history.

Theatre

A Sherlock Carol sees two 19th century literary icons sharing the stage in an intriguing retelling of the timeless Christmas tale of redemption.

Theatre

Vardy v Rooney: The Wagatha Christie Trial ★★★★★

Vardy v Ronney sees the notorious 2022 court war of the WAGs hitting the West End as a verbatim production of the High Court trial

Theatre

Love Goddess, The Rita Hayworth Musical ★★

Love Goddess, a new musical premiering at The Cockpit, London, based on the life of one of the greatest movie stars who ever lived

Theatre

Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story is a very different theatrical tribute to the late Princess of Wales

Theatre

Hamlet live-streaming from the Bristol Old Vic is a dark, tense treat that cuts to the heart of Shakespeare's tragedy.

Theatre

From Here To Eternity started as a novel and became an film. And now it returns to Charing Cross Theatre as a gritty musical that packs a punch!

Theatre

Bristol Old VIc's production of Hamlet is set for streaming online.

The Power of the Doctor brings Jodie Whittaker's tenure as The Doctor to a close - but does she get a fitting end?

The British Broadcasting Corporation is 100 years old today. The Recs picks some of our absolute BBC favourites that the Beeb has given us across the years.

Theatre

The Canterville Ghost, Oscar Wilde's spine-chilling ghost story, gets a unique retelling by Tall Stories.

Theatre

The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, Tennessee Williams' 1963 play, gets a rare outing at Charing Cross Theatre.

Cabaret

Only An Octave Apart, at Wilton's after a lauded New York run, sees Justin Vivian Bond and Anthony Roth Costanza delivering an evening fusing their contrasting talents.

Theatre

The Crucible at the National Theatre is a timely reminder of the destructive power of rigid dogma.

Theatre

Musicals have featured drugs and addiction before – Rent, The Wild Party, The Life to

Theatre

Bridge House Theatre, the Penge-based theatre, reveals its Autumn and Winter programme

Theatre

Ride is a freewheeling new musical telling the improbable story of the first woman to cycle around the world

Theatre

Attenborough and his Animals brings a global voyage through the natural world to Wilton's Music Hall.

Theatre

Ragtime by the NYMT defies expectations what a youth theatre can achieve

Theatre

The Seagull at Bridge House Theatre sees Luke Adamson's adaptation bring out both the comedy and the tragedy of Chekhov's famous drama.

Theatre

Patience by Gilbert and Sullivan is given a modern relevance at Wilton's by Charles Court Opera.

Theatre

The Recs has seen cabarets in various hell holes in our time but with Diva: Live From Hell, it's our first literal one!

Theatre

A Kiss For Cinderella sees the NYMT adapting a 1916 J. M. Barrie’s play

Cabaret

Wonderville opens in a permanent home in London's West End after a smash-hit season in 2021 - The Recs' mind is truly boggled!

Theatre

Tom, Dick and Harry retells the story of The Great Escape - but does The Recs dig it?

Theatre

Tasting Notes is a new musical that follows an eventful day in a wine bar - The Recs ventured to Southwark Playhouse to drink it in.

Theatre

Hallelujah! The star-studded Sister Act The Musical is back in London and The Recs has heavenly night out.

Theatre

Yeast Nation is certainly an unusual musical at Southwark Playhouse - but does it rise to the occasion?

Theatre

101 Dalmatians is the must-see show this summer, whether you’re 5 or 95! Paws-itively brilliant and not at all ruff!

Cabaret

Gautier brings his Fashion Freak Show back to London, but is it all style over substance?

Cabaret

Circus

Yummy: ICONIC is a drag sensation at the Underbelly Festival manages to be both Yummy AND Iconic.

Strictly Come Dancing

As Strictly announces four new professional dancers, The Recs looks at who they are and what they might mean for Strictly Come Dancing.

Theatre

Moment of Grace explores the famous visit thirty-five years ago by Diana Princess of Wales to Britain’s first AIDS Unit and its impact on three people.

Theatre

Starcrossed uncovers a different pair of secret lovers from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in a clever, queer retelling at Wiltons.

The Midwich Cuckoos - a classic sci-fi novel - is adapted for television for the first time as a 7-part drama on Sky Max.

Concert

Theatre

Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2022 Winner announced following an evening of impressive talent

Cabaret

Circus

Edinburgh Fringe

La Clique returns to London - bare, face and cheek, the show has it all.

Theatre

Dom Juan returns to the London stage four hundred years after Molière’s birthday. The Recs went along to see how relevant this much-adapted comedy is to 2022

Theatre

Abigail Williams was elevated to a position of power briefly at the Salem Witch trials. This new play explores an imagined history of what happened to her after those events.

Film

Alfred Hitchcock died today in 1980. In tribute to the great director, The Recs looks back at ten fascinating sequences from his movie career which reveal why he is still ...

Theatre

The Rise And Fall of Little Voice tour brings Jim Cartwright's work back to the stage 30 years after it was first performed. The Recs reviews how it holds up.

Dance

Theatre

Comrades In The Dark is a contemporary dance work that The Recs rates as unmissable. Find out why.

Theatre

The real life story of Sidney Fox, a man convicted of the rare crime of

Opera

Theatre

On Recs Radar: LA BOHÈME at The King’s Head

LA BOHÈME is getting a Queer contemporary reworking of Puccini's soaring opera under the direction of the wonderful Mark Ravenhill.

Comedy

Edinburgh Fringe

Theatre

Christian Brighty: Playboy sees the county's most notorious rake face his biggest challenge: the quest for true love.

Comedy

Theatre

Criminally Untrue: An Improvised True Crime Documentary ★★★★

'Criminally Untrue' is an Improvised comedy take on the true crime documentary genre. The Recs' verdict is in...

Theatre

The Recs goes behind the scene of Hoxton Hall's live theatre soap drama Hoxton Street to chat with the cast.

Theatre

Sidney Fox's Crime at Above The Stag is on The Recs theatre radar.

Cabaret

Theatre

Jinkx Monsoon and Major Scales: Together Again, Again! ★★★★★

The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 5 (in case you forgot) and her music partner Major Scales embark on a London residency before heading off on a UK tour.

Theatre

Hoxton Hall presents Hoxton Street, a series of live soap episodes, where the audience votes on the dramatic cliffhangers

Theatre

Anyone Can Whistle – Southwark Playhouse ★★★★

Sondheim's problematic 1964 musical gets the largest staged production of the show since its Broadway debut - but has it finally found its moment?

Film

It's Hollywood's big night of the year as the biggest stars gather hoping to win one of those coveted golden statuettes. The Recs looks at the runners and riders and ...

Theatre

An unflinching exploration of mental health, this intense drama is a revelation at Bridge House Theatre.

Cabaret

The cream of American talent is set to bring a taste of Broadway and Hollywood to London.

Theatre

A brand new musical that explores and pays homage to the gay scene of the 1930s.

Edinburgh Fringe

Theatre

An Evening Without Kate Bush: Hounds of Laughs ★★★★★

This charming cabaret tribute to Kate Bush is awash with many moments of pleasure that will last long after the show.

As the summer (what summer?) draws to an end, it can only mean one thing: that a raft of excellent new dramas will be heading to your screens. The Recs ...

Theatre

A sensational line-up of music, cabaret and theatre shows destined for Edinburgh until the pandemic hit finds a new London home at Above The Stag.

Film

Theatre

The Picture of Dorian Gray – Review ★★★★

The new digital production of The Picture of Dorian Gray brings Oscar Wilde's Gothic tale bang up to date with a tense and stylish adaptation.

Short Films

The Act is British short film that explores the life of a gay man in 1965 featuring moving performances by Samuel Barnett and Simon Lennon.

Oprah’s keenly-anticipated interview with Harry and Meghan airs tonight. Will it create the same shockwaves as Diana’s Panorama revelations did 26 years ago?

The Masked Singer has been a huge hit for ITV with the Series 2 final

Film

Music

Our monthly round up of the essential music, film and TV releases that we didn't want you to miss.

Call The Midwife has been both charming viewers and having them reach for the tissues for nearly a decade now on Sunday evenings. Our guest writer Chris Gilbert picks out ...

The Recs' step-by-step guide how to access all films and TV shows on DisneyPlus' new Star channel.

To celebrate the release of all five seasons of the original Muppet Show on Disney+, here at The Recs we look back at what we consider to be some of ...

Film

The Recs is keenly anticipating a forthcoming digital production that reinterprets The Picture of Dorian Gray within a contemporary setting

Short Films

A British short film which confronts our assumptions about rough sleepers, The Recs is impressed by Bulldog

It's the shocking TV documentary that everyone's talking about. Framing Britney Spears will air in the UK.

An intriguing new version of the 2005 action film has blipped on The Recs Radar - with some intriguing casting.

With the release of Joanna Lumley's new travel show, Travels in My Own Land, The Recs looks back on the esteemed career highlights of a national treasure!

Film

The Golden Globe 2021 nominations have been announced and there are quite a few controversies. We highlight 5 shockers.

Film

Music

The first of our monthly roundups looking at the best of the rest. Music, film and TV releases that we didn't want you to miss.

It's the show that has got everyone talking, but in case you haven't watched It's a Sin, The Recs has five reasons why you absolutely should not miss this series!

The Masked Singer UK is a huge TV hit. The Recs looks at why people love it so...

Bridgerton is a period drama with more bonking than bonnets. Read on why it is must-see television!

Film

A prequel film exploring the early life of Willy Wonka is planned - but we wonder do we need to know more about the enigmatic chocolate maker?

Singer Paloma Faith proves her acting chops with a standout performance in the Batman prequel, Pennyworth

Film

Covid19 had a terrible effect on cinemas in 2020. We cast our eye over the few films that did make it out there - and choose a favourite!

Theatre

North By Northwest (touring) ★★★★

27 March 202527 March 2025

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Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express (touring) ★★★★★

26 March 202526 March 2025

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Now That’s What I Call A Musical (touring) ★ ★ ★

19 March 202519 March 2025

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White Rose: The Musical ★★★★

5 March 20255 March 2025

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Bull (Touring) ★★★★

3 February 20253 February 2025

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Firebird – King’s Head Theatre

14 January 202514 January 2025

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Spend Spend Spend – Manchester Royal Exchange ★★★★★

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Broadway

The Roommate ★★★

25 November 202425 November 2024

Theatre

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (touring) ★★★★★

25 November 202425 November 2024

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[title of show] – ★★★★★

19 November 202425 November 2024

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A Streetcar Named Desire – Royal Lyceum ★★★★

28 October 202428 October 2024

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Ginger Johnson Blows Off ★★★★

27 September 202427 September 2024

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Birdsong – Leeds and touring ★★★★★

23 September 202423 September 2024

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A Raisin in the Sun – Leeds and touring ★★★★

20 September 202420 September 2024

Theatre

Why Am I So Single? ★★★★★

14 September 202414 September 2024

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Kynren ★★★★★

13 August 202413 August 2024

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Dracula: The Bloody Truth ★★★★★

5 July 20245 July 2024

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Royal Lyceum Theatre – 24/25 Season Launch

5 June 20245 June 2024

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Opera Locos ★★★★

10 May 202410 May 2024

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Banging Denmark ★★★★

4 May 20244 May 2024

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Artificially Yours ★★

12 April 202412 April 2024

Theatre

Gunter ★★★★★

8 April 20248 April 2024

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The 39 Steps (touring) ★★★★

5 April 202412 February 2025

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2:22 A Ghost Story (Touring) ★★★

2 April 20242 April 2024

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Cruel Intentions: The ‘90s Musical ★★★★

10 March 202411 March 2024

Theatre

Bonnie and Clyde (touring) ★★★★★

1 March 20241 March 2024

Theatre

The Circle ★★★

21 February 202421 February 2024

Theatre

Preview: Bonnie and Clyde UK Tour

21 February 202421 February 2024

Theatre

Turning The Screw ★★★

19 February 202419 February 2024

Theatre

Deathtrap ★★★★

18 February 202418 February 2024

Theatre

Two Sisters ★★★

18 February 202419 February 2024

Theatre

London Theatre Week – February 2024

18 February 202420 February 2024

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That Girl vs The World ★★★★★

9 February 20249 February 2024

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Twelve Angry Men (touring) ★★★★

6 February 20246 February 2024

Theatre

Plinth ★★★★★

5 February 20246 February 2024

Theatre

Gwyneth Goes Skiing ★★★★★

5 February 20245 February 2024

Theatre

A Mirror (West End) ★★★

2 February 20242 February 2024

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Shrek The Musical (touring) ★★★★

24 January 202424 January 2024

Theatre

Sleeping Beauty Takes a Prick ★★★★★

29 December 202329 December 2023

Theatre

Macbeth – Donmar Warehouse ★★★★★

17 December 202318 December 2023

Theatre

The Woman In Black (touring) ★★★★

15 November 202315 November 2023

Theatre

The Girl In The Green Room ★★★★★

9 November 20239 November 2023

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1 November 20231 November 2023

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19 October 202319 October 2023

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6 October 20236 October 2023

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28 September 202328 September 2023

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27 September 202327 September 2023

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25 August 202325 August 2023

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23 August 202323 August 2023

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1 August 20231 August 2023

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17 July 202317 July 2023

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6 July 20236 July 2023

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21 June 202321 June 2023

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18 June 202318 June 2023

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14 June 202314 June 2023

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21 May 202321 May 2023

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19 May 202319 May 2023

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17 May 202317 May 2023

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16 May 202316 May 2023

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8 May 20238 May 2023

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5 May 20235 May 2023

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30 April 202330 April 2023

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29 April 202329 April 2023

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27 April 202327 April 2023

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26 April 202326 April 2023

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25 April 202325 April 2023

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24 April 202324 April 2023

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5 April 20235 April 2023

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23 March 202323 March 2023

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22 March 202322 March 2023

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20 March 202320 March 2023

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28 February 202328 February 2023

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23 February 202323 February 2023

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22 February 202322 February 2023

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20 February 202320 February 2023

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20 May 202228 August 2022

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Under Electric Candlelight ★★★★

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Americans In London

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Is He Musical? ★★★★

21 February 202228 August 2022

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17 February 202228 August 2022

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Not The Edinburgh Fringe unveiled

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The Picture of Dorian Gray – Review ★★★★

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8 February 20248 February 2024

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One Life ★★★★★

3 January 20243 January 2024

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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny ★

7 July 20237 July 2023

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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry ★★★

13 May 202313 May 2023

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Allelujah – ★★★

21 March 202321 March 2023

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Birdie ★★★★

7 February 20237 February 2023

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She Said ★★★★

6 January 20239 January 2023

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The Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery ★★★

21 December 202221 December 2022

Film

Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical ★★★★★

30 November 202230 November 2022

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Ten Hitchcock Moments

29 April 202229 April 2022

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The Recs Oscar Picks 2022

27 March 202210 April 2022

Film

The Picture of Dorian Gray – Review ★★★★

16 March 202128 August 2022

Film

The Recs’ Roundup: February 2021

1 March 20213 March 2021

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Dorian Gray Reframed

19 February 20212 March 2021

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5 Golden Globe Nomination Shockers

3 February 20213 February 2021

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The Recs’ Roundup: January 2021

1 February 20211 February 2021

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Who wants Wonka?

20 January 202124 January 2021

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Best of Cinema 2020

6 January 20215 August 2022

Pennyworth’s Best Bet

12 January 20216 February 2022

Bridgerton

20 January 202124 January 2021

Behind The Masked Singer’s Success

23 January 202127 January 2021

Five Reasons ‘It’s A Sin’ is Unmissable

27 January 20216 February 2022

Film

The Recs’ Roundup: January 2021

1 February 20211 February 2021

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5 Golden Globe Nomination Shockers

3 February 20213 February 2021

Everyone Loves Joanna Lumley

11 February 202111 February 2021

A New Mr and Mrs Smith

13 February 202113 February 2021

That Britney Documentary

16 February 202116 February 2021

Magic Muppet Moments

22 February 202122 February 2021

How To Watch All Disney Plus Star Content

23 February 202123 February 2021

Call The Midwife: Six of the Best!

27 February 202110 June 2023

Film

The Recs’ Roundup: February 2021

1 March 20213 March 2021

Who’s That Dancer Behind The Mask?

4 March 20214 March 2021

That Harry and Meghan Interview

8 March 20218 March 2021

Must-See TV Drama for Autumn 2021

17 September 202117 September 2021

The Midwich Cuckoos

2 June 20222 June 2022

Strictly Come Dancing

What The New Dancers Mean For Strictly

11 July 20225 August 2022

Happy Centenary BBC!

18 October 202218 October 2022

Doctor Who: The Power of The Doctor ★★★

25 October 202225 October 2022

How The Traitors Became the TV Hit of the Year

15 December 202215 December 2022

The Traitors US comes to the UK

12 January 202312 January 2023

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18 February 202118 February 2021

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The Act: A Short Film

14 March 202114 March 2021

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