John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, first published in 1963 and immortalised on screen two years later with Richard Burton as weary intelligence officer Alec Leamas, remains one of the ...

Alexander Yeldin's CARE, first seen in France in 2022, is certainly a very bleak affair. A friend has just asked me if ...

The heat is on in Oxford come and join us for a refreshing beverage in our air conditioned piano bar ...

The current Royal Philharmonic season at London’s Southbank Centre is nothing if not innovative: recently Messiaen’s sprawling Turangalila-Symphonie has been programmed, and next up is Scriabin’s ...

From the BAFTA Award-winning co-creator of Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, Jonathan Lynn, comes the long-awaited final chapter of British political satir ...

I wasn’t the only one who chortled away at this quite brilliant revival, and much of the press night audience, at least from where I was sat, responded enthusiastically to the flamboyant style of ...

Allegra is a delightfully surreal light comedy by Peter Quilter, with a serious subtext which makes it eminently watchable, especially in the capable hands of Elizabeth Bower, Bailey Patrick, John ...

This is one of those plays that needs to be put on by the ‘right’ people, otherwise the plays within the play (yes, there’s more than one) become so insufferable as to tip over into a test of ...

Kultursocio’k Live Art Collective (sic) describe themselves as “dedicated to developing artistic expressions, proposing innovative concepts and counter systems in the arts,” but don’t let this put you ...

Sadler's Wells East continues to carve an impressive niche as London’s new home of contemporary dance with the UK premiere of ...

Few productions have achieved the enduring reputation of Blood Brothers, yet this touring production at Richmond Theatre more than justifies the acclaim surrounding Willy Russell’s classic musical.

This production is streets ahead of many, with both BSL interpretation central to the action – not an interpreter shunted off to the side – as well as audio description for those who would benefit ...