Theatre Royal Haymarket

The show belongs to Jonathan Slinger and Ben Whishaw: Waiting for Godot reviewed

28 September 2024 9:00 am

Waiting for Godot is a church service for suicidal unbelievers. Those who attend the rite on a regular basis find…

Eddie Izzard’s one-man Hamlet deserves top marks

8 June 2024 9:00 am

Every Hamlet is a failure. It always feels that way because playgoers tend to compare what they’re seeing with a…

Stick it on the BBC: Love Letters at Theatre Royal Haymarket reviewed

9 January 2021 9:00 am

Love Letters by A.R. Gurney began life as an epistolary novella about two childhood friends, Andy and Melissa, whose on-off…

Why has the National given over its largest stage to one of the nation’s smallest talents?

16 June 2018 9:00 am

The National has made its largest stage available to one of the nation’s smallest talents. If Brian Friel had been…

If I were a detective looking for serial killers I’d stake out Frozen

3 March 2018 9:00 am

Frozen starts with a shrink having a panic attack. She hyperventilates into her hand-bag and then gets drunk on an…

Out of sorts at the RSC

22 July 2017 9:00 am

The RSC’s summer blockbuster is about Queen Anne. It’s called Queen Anne. It opens at the Inns of Court where…