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?
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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) ****
A review of NT’s compelling, if thought-provoking, Les Liaisons Dangereuses in cinemas from 25 June
United Kingdom NTLive’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses (by Christopher Hampton based on the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos): Filmed (directed by Ollie Gardner) during its run at the Lyttelton Theatre at London’s Royal National Theatre and now in cinemas from 25 June. (JPr) ****
Guthrie and Lewisham Creative Chorus amaze in Bellingham
United Kingdom Samadder/Guthrie, Dancing in the Mirror: Actors, Neal Cooper (tenor) and the Lewisham Creative Chorus / Thomas Guthrie (stage director, conductor). Fellowship Inn, Bellingham, 22.5.2026. (AK)
Astonishing presentation of Sam Sherman’s extraordinary Kaddish
Sam Sherman’s Kaddish (how to be a sanctuary): performed by Sam Sherman. Old Red Lion Pub & Playhouse, London, 19 & 20.5.2026. (AK)
