United Kingdom Simon Stone’s The Oresteia: The Bridge Theatre, London, 15.7.2026. (JH) ****
The Oresteia is a dazzling, dark, comic modern family tragedy: its fractured chronology exhilarates and distances
Theatre
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)
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)
