United Kingdom Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party (directed by Nadia Fall for Theatre Royal Stratford East): Harold Pinter Theatre, 19.8.2026 (BF) ***
Abigail’s Party at the Harold Pinter Theatre is acute, convincing and cruel, but was it funny?
Barbara Ford
Love’s Labour’s Lost with Much Ado about Nothing – a double-header even greater than the sum of its parts
United Kingdom Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing (adapted by Tom Littler for Guildford Shakespeare Company/Orange Tree Theatre): Braboeuf Manor, Guildford, Surrey 11.7.2026. (BF) *****
David Hare’s Grace Pervades is a love letter to the theatre and a real treat
United Kingdom Grace Pervades: Theatre Royal Haymarket, Haymarket, London, 30.4.2026. (BF) *****
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre’s Macbeth: an exciting and well-adapted version of a great play
United Kingdom Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, Surrey, 23.4.2026. (BF)
ThickSkin’s scary haunted house story achieves the full spine-tingle
United Kingdom ThickSkin’s It Walks Around the House at Night: Southwark Playhouse, Borough, London, 9.3.3036. (BF)
Guildford Shakespeare Company’s David Copperfield proves exciting, amusing, amazing entertainment
United Kingdom Guildford Shakespeare Company’s David Copperfield: Holy Trinity Church, High Street, Guildford, Surrey, 9.2.2026. (BF)
