United Kingdom The Tempest: at The Vache, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, 6.9.2026. (CC)
The Tempest from Vache Baroque and Out of Chaos was a true company effort
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Holy Fool at the Park Theatre about Shostakovich is a ‘must see’ for music and theatre-lovers alike
United Kingdom Holy Fool (a play by Rosalind Adler and Lea Sellers): Park Theatre, Finsbury Park, London, 3.9.2026. (JR)
Mesmerising Budapest rendering of the Závada-Mohácsi collaboration on Egy piaci nap
Hungary Závada-Mohácsi: Egy piaci nap (One Day in the Market): Komáromi Jókai Színház, Városmajor Theatre, Budapest, 25.8.2026. (AK)
Abigail’s Party at the Harold Pinter Theatre is acute, convincing and cruel, but was it funny?
United Kingdom Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party (directed by Nadia Fall for Theatre Royal Stratford East): Harold Pinter Theatre, 19.8.2026 (BF) ***
In Burn the Floor’s Supernova Nikita, Nadiya and a talented ensemble display a love and passion for dance
United Kingdom Burn the Floor presents Supernova Nikita Zuzmin: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 21.7.2026. (JP) ****
The Oresteia is a dazzling, dark, comic modern family tragedy: its fractured chronology exhilarates and distances
United Kingdom Simon Stone’s The Oresteia: The Bridge Theatre, London, 15.7.2026. (JH) ****
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) *****
Witty and elegant The Truth uses laughter to explore deception, narcissism, honesty and love
United Kingdom Florian Zeller’s The Truth: Apollo Theatre, London, 24.6.2026. (JH) ****
