By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN? Saturday 30 August, runs through 22 November 2025
RUNTIME: 195 minutes (including 15-minute interval)
Can you ever have too much of a good thing?
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHEN? Monday 25 August, runs through 27 September 2025 RUNTIME: 90 minutes (without interval)
A war correspondent in Ukraine blames himself for the maiming of his photographer, is demoted and sent to interview a New York influencer turned actress he has little interest in.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN? Tuesday 19 August, opens 26 August and runs through 4 October 2025 RUNTIME: 165 minutes (including 2 intervals)
What do you get if you cross the desire for self-sufficiency of TV’s The Good Life with the farming techniques of wilding and regeneration seen in Clarkson’s Farm?
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN? Saturday 16 August, opens 2 September and runs through 1 November 2025 RUNTIME: 90 minutes (without interval)
Will they or won’t they? There’s real sexual tension between Gatwa’s roistering mentor Kit Marlowe and Bluemel’s in awe fanboy Shakespeare.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN? Monday 4 August, opens 11 August and runs through 20 September 2025 RUNTIME: 135 minutes (with a 20-minute interval)
This outdoor setting is the perfect venue for this updated musical of 2 crashed World War Two airmen who stumble across a Scottish Highlands village seemingly suspended in time and not on any map.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN? Friday 1 August, opens 6 August and runs through 21 September 2025 RUNTIME: 100 minutes (no interval)
Sean Hayes won the 2023 Best Actor Tony for this portrayal of comedian and pianist Oscar Levant and here makes his London debut in a show which takes a peek behind the curtain of the exploitation of mental illness for entertainment.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
WHEN? Saturday 26 July 2025 RUNTIME: 90 minutes (no interval)
Like all of the greatest actors, Jack Lowden (Measure For Measure, Donmar) is absolutely unrecognisable as Scottish incel Luka here compared with the role of flawed hero River Cartwright he is perhaps best known for in Apple TV’s fine Slow Horses.
By Aline Mahrud
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN? Saturday 26 July, runs through 9 August 2025 RUNTIME: 145 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)
Jack Thorne (The Motive And The Cue, National Theatre) recently described Lynn Nottage, the author of this play, as ‘the closest thing to a living Shakespeare we have’ and on the evidence of this production it’s easy to see why.
WORTH A LOOK?: *** (review ticket)
WHEN?: Friday 25 July 2025 (press night), runs through 16 August 2025 RUNTIME: 90 minutes (without interval)
The best thing about this story of the rejuvenation of 1 of London’s greatest venues is its cast playing instruments evoking punk, reggae, rave and rock filling the listener with belief that music at its best really can change the world.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN? Saturday 12 July (matinee), runs through 15 July 2025 RUNTIME: 150 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)
Ana wants closeted girlfriend Lori to join a lesbian choir to find some shared pride in their relationship.
