Who doesn’t love a bad boy? Selfish, shallow, womanising, and with manipulative socio-pathic tendencies, John Gay’s early 18th century antihero in his satirical musical, The Beggar’s Opera, was
The only problem I had with the hilarious, impeccably choreographed, musical Groundhog Day at London’s Old Vic Theatre – you remember Bill Murray’s 1993 film about a man
In 2004, the dying days of my teenage years, American rock band Green Day released American Idiot, a concept album expressing the disillusionment of young Americans in a
“Why can’t a mass murderer be just a bit diabolical?” screams Jake Curran’s powerfully intense police inspector at a cowering John Christie. “Why can’t a pervert like you
Trinidadian playwright Mustapha Matura – a leading figure in British black theatre for five decades – is set to be honoured by the first university in the world
“Don’t wear white,” Islington’s King’s Head Theatre warned me when I tweeted about In Your Face Theatre’s adaptation of Trainspotting a few hours before the show. “What can
In the past 12 months Stage Review’s head critic, Anne Cox, and guest-reviewer Sarah Cox, have seen nearly 200 productions throughout London and the regions. Here we give
