It wasn’t quite a case of ‘everyone’ saying “I’m Spartacus!” but having two Edgar Allan Poes (Sammy Overton and Morgan Smith) ...
Arcadia is not The Real Thing. Whilst the latter is indubitably Stoppard’s masterpiece, the former is overwritten, ...
Fyodor Dostoevsky’s short 1866 novel, The Gambler, followed rapidly on the heels of the seminal book, also published in 1866, ...
The knowing pun in the title indicates the subtle sophistication and delight in word play that Gareth Armstrong has in store ...
“You have to use your imagination,” Niall Ashdown wryly smiles at the audience, who have clocked very quickly that there aren’t five pianos on stage, despite the show’s title. Indeed, having used ...
There was something soothing, elegant and cathartic in Viktor Erik Emanuel’s rendering of Debussy’s Clair De Lune – the ...
The Old Red Lion is hosting FreshFest 2026, a celebration of brand-new theatre from the 19th January - 8th February. If you ...
Productions that successfully navigate the multifarious variety and number of Edinburgh Fringe shows to come to London for an ...
I had been pre-warned before going into this show – mostly by people who hadn’t seen this musical, but had either seen the ...
Perhaps it is the febrile nature of contemporary American politics, but London is currently awash with plays set in and ...
There’s more than a whiff of Les Misérables in this musical, in the sense that there’s a long build up before the working ...
For some, it may be a strange concept to have a pantomime in late January. With the ever-rising popularity of pantomimes ...