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Review: RSC’s The Red Shoes: Fabulous in places, timid in others

Review: RSC’s The Red Shoes: Fabulous in places, timid in others

Review: RSC’s The Red Shoes: Fabulous in places, timid in others

Four stars - look out for the dinner scene, a fabulous slo-mo slaughter where the cutlery is magically weaponised.


Dogs’ tails, furry wings, Captain Hook's hook and now red shoes

Dogs’ tails, furry wings, Captain Hook's hook and now red shoes

Dogs’ tails, furry wings, Captain Hook's hook and now red shoes

Real magic is going on in the RSC’s costume props, footwear and armoury department as festive show The Red Shoes goes on stage.


Grab your dancing shoes and cut loose at Stratford Musical Theatre’s new production

Grab your dancing shoes and cut loose at Stratford Musical Theatre’s new production

Grab your dancing shoes and cut loose at Stratford Musical Theatre’s new production

Tim Dale reviews Footloose, which is at Stratford Playhouse.


Our learned friends

Our learned friends

Our learned friends

The Stratford Literary Festival’s Autumn Weekend featured stellar guests, including Rev Richard Coles who hinted at his I’m A Celebrity appearance…


Fabulous Phantom

Fabulous Phantom

Fabulous Phantom

REVIEW: The Phantom of the Opera, The Attic Theatre, until 3 November


RSC Othello review: Style over substance

RSC Othello review: Style over substance

RSC Othello review: Style over substance

REVIEW: Concepts rob tension from Othello at the RSC, two stars **


Masterfully monstrous

Masterfully monstrous

Masterfully monstrous

REVIEW: The Addams Family, The Dream Factory, Playbox Theatre, Warwick


Treasure Island is comedy gold

Treasure Island is comedy gold

Treasure Island is comedy gold

Treasure Island is on at The Attic Theatre, Stratford until Monday.


Polish history, beautifully done - Review: Do Not Forget Me at Stratford’s Bear Pit Theatre

Polish history, beautifully done - Review: Do Not Forget Me at Stratford’s Bear Pit Theatre

Polish history, beautifully done - Review: Do Not Forget Me at Stratford’s Bear Pit Theatre

Peter Buckroyd was at the premiere of Danny Masewicz’s play about the experiences and fate of Polish people displaced between 1935 and 1942.


Summit worthy this way comes

Summit worthy this way comes

Summit worthy this way comes

REVIEW: Kyoto, Swan Theatre, Stratford, until 13th July, FOUR STARS ****


The thrill of the chaste

The thrill of the chaste

The thrill of the chaste

5 STARS, REVIEW: Love’s Labour’s Lost, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, until 18th May


A telling comedy

A telling comedy

A telling comedy

REVIEW: The Importance of Being Earnest, Bear Pit Theatre, 23rd March


Magical show that is away with the fairies

Magical show that is away with the fairies

Magical show that is away with the fairies

REVIEW: Stratford Youth Theatre’s production of The Spiderwick Chronicles is full of spirt


Cheers, Big Ears!

Cheers, Big Ears!

Cheers, Big Ears!

REVIEW: **** Steve Sutherland finds a dreamy take on modern manners in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the RSC, until 30th March


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