Sacha Dhawan (pictured above) won our Best Film/TV Actor monsta last year for The Boy With the Topknot and is here reunited with playwright Alan Barnett and former History Boy Samuel Barnett in a play at the Bridge Theatre marking the 70th birthday of the NHS. Runs 11/7 to 28/9/18. Tickets
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Other Palace
WHEN: 15/6, runs to 4/8/18
RUN TIME: 2 hours and 30 minutes (with a 20-minute interval)
We’ve not experienced this level of pre-show excitement in a theatre since we saw Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre, a stone’s throw from this venue.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Park Theatre
WHEN: 9/6, press night 11/6, runs to 7/7/18
RUN TIME: 2 hours 10 minutes (with 20 minute interval)
Janie Dee starred in our favourite revival of last year, Follies, which also saw her shortlisted for monstas for Best Actress and Performance Of A Song and she returns to it at the National Theatre early next year.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHERE: Donmar
WHEN: 8/6, press night 12/6, runs to 28/7/18
RUN TIME: 2 hours and 35 minutes (with 15 minute interval)
Star Lia Williams’ last two plays (Oresteia and Mary Stuart) transferred into the West End from their runs at the Almeida and it would not surprise us in the least if that feat was repeated here.
We awarded 13 monstas for the best pop, theatre, TV and film of 2017 in December – and here we look at the cream of 2018 so far and what’s to come. Funny Girl, Groundhog Day and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie are previous winners in this category.
We awarded 13 monstas for the best pop, theatre, TV and film of 2017 in December – and here we look at the cream of 2018 so far and what’s to come. Oddshaped Balls and The Ferryman are previous winners in this category.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Bridge Theatre
WHEN: 2/6, press night 6/6, runs to 24/6/18
RUN TIME: 90 minutes without interval
Laura Linney made her UK stage debut last night as the titular Lucy Barton with this monologue adapted from the 5th novel by Elizabeth Strout which was longlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHERE: Lyttelton, National Theatre
WHEN: 1/6, press night 7/6, runs to 8/9/18
RUN TIME: 90 minutes without interval
Hopes are high for this August Strindberg adaptation not least because star Vanessa Kirby won a Best Supporting Actress BAFTA last month for her turn as Princess Margaret in Netflix’s much-admired The Crown.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Bush Theatre (Press review night ticket)
WHEN: Press night 31/5, runs to 30/6/18
RUN TIME: 2 hours and 10 minutes (including interval)
What was it like to have been born and raised in Jamaica in the last century and to move to the UK for a new life?
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Greenwich Picturehouse
WHEN: 29/5/18 (preview screening), UK release 15/6/18
RUN TIME: 1 hour and 45 minutes
Theatregoers will remember Rupert Everett’s Oscar Wilde from his marvellous Olivier Award-nominated turn in David Hare’s The Judas Kiss which transferred from Hampstead Theatre to the West End in 2013.
