By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ***1/2
WHEN? Saturday 6 June, opens 24 June and runs through 10 April 2027
Start spreading the news – there’s a sensational central performance from Joel Harper-Jackson (Daniel’s Husband, Marylebone Theatre) as Sinatra in this jukebox musical about his life.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN? Friday 5 June, opens 16 June and runs through 18 July 2026 RUNTIME: 90 minutes (without interval)
Welcome to the 1st professional staging of this David Mamet classic about the toxic masculinity of Florida real estate salesmen with an all-female cast.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN?: Saturday 23 May, opens 27 May and runs through 4 July 2026 RUNTIME: 135 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)
Welcome to the best new musical of 2026 so far with a book, music and lyrics by Jordan Luke Gage who you may have seen leading musicals including Bonnie & Clyde.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN?: Saturday 23 May (matinee), opens 3 June and runs through 11 July 2026 and then tours through 14 November 2026 RUNTIME: 150 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)
Helen George (Love In Idleness, Menier) may still be best known for TV’s Call The Midwife and is the central character here as Long Island socialite Tracy Lord planning a June 1938 wedding to accountant George Kittredge.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN?: Wednesday 20 May and runs through 11 July 2026 RUNTIME: 150 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)
There are moments in this glorious restored 1930 venue with its old Hollywood feel that has hosted acts like The Beatles and Buddy Holly where you could be forgiven for thinking Broadway star Jinx Monsoon is Judy Garland.
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?: 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.
