Theatre
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Mar- 2026 -18 March
‘Arcadia’ – Stoppard play is powerful and evocative
This is one of great English playwright Tom Stoppard’s* best-known works, which has been revived by The Old Vic in…
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13 March
‘Paddington The Musical’ wows, winning nine awards and the show delivers on family entertainment *****
It is a story that has captured the imagination of millions worldwide. A lone bear arriving from the forest of…
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11 March
‘Dracula’ play – Director Atri Banerjee – “Are we not all vampires?”
National Youth Theatre production is gory and bloody and has echoes of both contemporary productions, ‘Sinners’ and ‘Adolescence’ but remains…
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Feb- 2026 -18 February
Sweetmeats; The Undying; Hellarious; Sorry for My English – reviews
Four shows, two conventional plays – the top one a world premiere – one stand-up comedy set and a production…
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10 February
‘Sweetmeats’ – In demand writer Karim Khan talks about latest play in trilogy about British Muslim South Asians
Writers once pigeonholed into ‘minority’ voices are challenging stereotypes and tired tropes and approaching work with dynamism and creativity to…
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Jan- 2026 -21 January
‘The Undying’ – play about grandmother rediscovering youth through a reverse aging pill
Writer Rea Dennhardt Patel talks to us about this award spotlit comedy with dark undertones… IMAGINE you are in you…
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19 January
‘Rukhsati’ – Romantic comedy with serious themes delves into characters’ love lives in 1990s…
Dance and dialogue tell a story that has bittersweet notes, according to its writer… TWO PEOPLE in a toilet cum…
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11 January
‘Bengal Tiger at The Baghdad Zoo’ – War and the price of suffering…
Ghosts, past and present, and how we treat others and animals are covered in this deeply felt work… By Suman…
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2 January
‘Indian Ink’ – Stoppard play is of a different time…
Review of a complex play about art, romance, politics and memory but on the face of it appears to be…
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2 January
‘Indian Ink’ – Actor Gavi Singh Chera on Stoppard art & romance play with Felicity Kendal
The leading actor is currently appearing in Tom Stoppard’s play, ‘Indian Ink’ and talks to acv about his role and…
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