20 h. ago East Ayrshire pupils hit the high notes in Young Musician of the Year competition

Ten musicians battled for the top prize.

Events

25 h. ago Here We Are at the National Theatre, Lyttelton review: should this have been staged at all?

Stephen Sondheim’s posthumous musical has no songs, only a stellar cast save it from being completely unenjoyable

Politics

42 h. ago Review: Hamlet Hail to the Thief is unmissable drama at Aviva Studios

The world premiere production fuses Shakespeare with the music of Radiohead - and the results are achingly cool, writes Dianne Bourne

Events

50 h. ago Hamlet Hail to the Thief at Aviva Studios Manchester review: Radiohead plus Shakespeare? Yes please

These two very different works have been fused into an urgent, frantic 100-minute work that’s part drama, part dance piece and part gig

Politics

3 d. ago Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe review: why is it set in the Wild West?

Lola Shalam is strident, standout Juliet - but the production could do without those massive white hats and all that shouting

Politics

3 d. ago The Empire Strips Back at Riverside Studios review: this Star Wars parody is hardly titillating stuff

A row of fishnetted derrieres isn’t that erotic when the women involved are also wearing Imperial Stormtrooper masks

Events

5 d. ago How to make the perfect vegan caesar salad – recipe | Felicity Cloake's How to make the perfect

A respectful homage to the classic caesar, using plant-based ingredients to hit the same flavour notesIf I’ve learned anything from almost 40 days of plant-based eating, it’s that an homage doesn’t have to be indistinguishable from the original to hit the same spot; it simply needs to sing equivalent notes to much the same tune. Those notes, in this case, are a green salad, a thick, umami-spiked dressing and savoury croutons, all tossed in a pitch-perfect combination of flavours (milky lettuce, salty fish, rich fat) and textures (crisp leaves, creamy dressing, crunchy toasted bread). So, while the recipe below isn’t pretending to be an authentic classic caesar, consider it a very decent and, I hope, similarly pleasing cover version. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Weer by Natalie Palamides at Soho Theatre Walthamstow review: spectacular show to open a spectacular location

A silly, seductive, slapstick joy is the perfect show to open London’s newest theatrical venue

Society

7 d. ago Giant at the Harold Pinter Theatre review: 'there is no more urgent play in London right now'

Mark Rosenblatt’s Giant tackles Roald Dahl’s antisemitism in blistering style with a sublimely nuanced performance by John Lithgow

Politics

8 d. ago Review: the world premiere musical that's been dazzling audiences in Manchester

The opening night was hit with a technical problem, but it still won a standing ovation from a Manchester audience clearly besotted with this brand new musical, writes Dianne Bourne

Politics

1 week ago My Master Builder at Wyndham’s Theatre review: Ewan McGregor's first stage appearance in 17 years is a dud

This play boasts a glib, howlingly pretentious script and a drippy central character in McGregor’s architect Henry Solness

Politics

1 week ago Dealer’s Choice at the Donmar: savagely comic study of male compulsion

Alfie Allen and Brendan Coyle star in this banter-filled play about a high stakes card game

Economics

1 week ago Dealer’s Choice at the Donmar review: savagely comic study of blokes playing poker

Alfie Allen and Brendan Coyle star in this banter-filled play about a high stakes card game

Economics

1 week ago Ben and Imo at Orange Tree Theatre review: a small gem of a play

Erica Whyman’s efficient production retells the story of how Benjamin Britten’s catastrophic Coronation piece Gloriana was created

Politics

1 week ago PATRICK MARMION reviews Krapp's Last Tape at York's Theatre Royal: Gary Oldman's return to the stage after 37 years makes perfect sense

The Hollywood star has chosen to make his stage comeback - after 37 years - in Samuel Beckett's 50-minute monologue about a rueful old git, surveying the paltry wreckage of his life.

Politics

2 w. ago Hot Chicks review: Powerful play an important message to parents on dangers of drug gangs

Cardiff-born playwright Rebecca Jade Hammond's 75-minute show issues a warning on the dangers for young people in society

Events

2 w. ago Sister Europe by Nell Zink review – all the ideas Trump deems most dangerous

This comedy of manners set among Berlin’s cultural elite is a prescient interrogation of language, identity and powerOn 7 March 2025 the New York Times published a list of words that the Trump administration was systematically culling from government documents and educational materials. This list, which includes the words “gender ideology”, “affirming care”, “confirmation bias”, “ethnicity”, “identity”, “immigrants”, “racism”, “prostitute”, “political”, “intersectional” and “privilege”, reads like a bingo card for Nell Zink’s astonishingly prescient new novel, Sister Europe, in which a large cast of racially, economically and gender-diverse characters convene over the course of a single evening to attend a literary awards ceremony in Berlin.On its surface, Sister Europe is a comedy of manners set among Berlin’s exclusive and elusive cultural elite. The prose is searingly quick, revelatory and funny: Zink’s dialogue reads like our best plays. Entertaining banter could ...

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2 w. ago ‘It’s Fleabag’s home – the audience is unshockable’: Phoebe Waller

The central London institution champions new talent, amplifies LGBTQ+ voices and always takes risks. With a new outpost opening in Walthamstow, artists discuss how the West End venue is not just a place – it’s a philosophyA fixture on London’s Dean Street for 25 years, Soho theatre has hatched plays that won Oliviers, shows that earned the Edinburgh comedy award and ideas that became TV hits. On any night, across its upstairs studio theatre, its main house and basement cabaret bar, you’ll find plays from new writers, experimentations in clowning, drag performance, standup comedy, or a hybrid of them all.In those rooms, I’ve watched American clown Natalie Palamides giving such a spirited performance that she vomited on stage, dancer and comedian Adrienne Truscott challenging rape jokes, and performance artist Kim Noble pushing audiences beyond comfort. I’ve sung along to ballads with sketch group Daphne, and folk songs with Sh!t Theatre. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago The Great Gatsby at the Coliseum: 'a little empty beneath the razzmattazz'

The award-winning Broadway musical version of Fitzgerald’s novel hits London as a lavish spectacle but lacking heart

Politics

2 w. ago The Brightening Air at the Old Vic review: this slice of 1980s Irish life is hilarious and achingly moving

Conor McPherson is a singular writer and a phenomenal director

Politics