By Aline Mahrud
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN?: Wednesday 13 May, opens 19 May and runs through 11 July 2026 RUNTIME: 130 minutes (no interval)
This is the story of widow and grandmother Joan, played by Linda Bassett (What If I Only, Royal Court), who finds herself in a care home after a fall.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHEN?: Saturday 9 May, opens 11 May and runs through 30 May 2026 RUNTIME: 85 minutes (including Godot’s To-Do List)
Oscar winner Oldman (Apple’s Slow Horses) directs and stars in this Samuel Beckett monologue which he originally brought to the York Theatre Royal last year, the venue where he made his professional acting debut in 1979.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN?: Saturday 9 May (matinee), opens 18 May and runs through 4 July 2026 RUNTIME: 170 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)
Inside No 9 and Waterloo Road‘s Noah Valentine follows in the footsteps of Daniel Radcliffe in baring all as troubled 17-year-old Alan Strang who is blinding horses.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN?: Friday 8 May and runs through 10 May 2026 RUNTIME: 60 minutes (interval)
It’s a tale as old as time but young gay love story Homo is the anti-Heartstopper.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN?: Wednesday 6 May 2026, tour runs through 3 September 2026
Setlist: Sexo, violencia y llantos; Reliquia; Porcelana; Divinize; Mo Christo piange diamanti; Berghain; SAOKO: LA FAMA; LA COMBI VERSACE; De madruga; El redentor; Can’t Take My Eyes Off You; La perla; Sauvignon blanc; La yugular; Dios es un stalker; La rumba del perdon; CUUUUuuuuuute; BIZCOCHITO; DESPECHA; Focu ‘ranni; Magnolias
This is the 22nd and final European gig of Rosalía’s LUX tour and she tells us she is exhausted and it’s only the high energy of this London crowd that is seeing her through it.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN?: Monday 4 May, opens 12 May and runs through 1 August 2026 RUNTIME: 110 minutes (no interval)
You join us in an Essex woodland meeting place in the titular 1536 where 3 young women meet regularly to discuss the news from London about the fall of Queen Anne Boleyn alongside local gossip.
By Neil Durham
WHEN? 16 May 2026 HOW TO WATCH? BBC1 in the UK at 8pm
WHERE? Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna
The 1st semi final of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest is over and and we’ve updated this preview with our predictions for the qualifiers joining the host country and remaining Big 4 after Spain’s boycott.
By Carron Stacey, A Humdrum Mum
WHEN?: 25 April 2026, tour runs through 9 May 2026
Hackney Colliery Band (HCB) are a jazz band that fuses electronics with a double percussion outfit.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHEN?: Saturday 2 May (matinee) and runs through 30 May 2026 RUNTIME: 150 minutes (includes a 20-minute interval)
1 of the joys of the West End is that early casting news means we know Lee, who here bares his washboard abs, bottom and soul as a troubled stripper, will play Prince Charming opposite French and Saunders in Cinderella in the Palladium pantomime this Christmas.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
It’s arguably theatre’s most memorable moment of the year so far and now the song is available to listen to and watch (see below).
