Four stars - look out for the dinner scene, a fabulous slo-mo slaughter where the cutlery is magically weaponised.
Real magic is going on in the RSC’s costume props, footwear and armoury department as festive show The Red Shoes goes on stage.
Tim Dale reviews Footloose, which is at Stratford Playhouse.
The Stratford Literary Festival’s Autumn Weekend featured stellar guests, including Rev Richard Coles who hinted at his I’m A Celebrity appearance…
REVIEW: The Phantom of the Opera, The Attic Theatre, until 3 November
REVIEW: Concepts rob tension from Othello at the RSC, two stars **
REVIEW: The Addams Family, The Dream Factory, Playbox Theatre, Warwick
Treasure Island is on at The Attic Theatre, Stratford until Monday.
Peter Buckroyd was at the premiere of Danny Masewicz’s play about the experiences and fate of Polish people displaced between 1935 and 1942.
REVIEW: Kyoto, Swan Theatre, Stratford, until 13th July, FOUR STARS ****
5 STARS, REVIEW: Love’s Labour’s Lost, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, until 18th May
REVIEW: The Importance of Being Earnest, Bear Pit Theatre, 23rd March
REVIEW: Stratford Youth Theatre’s production of The Spiderwick Chronicles is full of spirt
REVIEW: **** Steve Sutherland finds a dreamy take on modern manners in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the RSC, until 30th March