WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Old Vic
WHEN: 27/2, press night 7/3, runs to 29/4
We see author Sir Tom Stoppard in the audience for this second preview of a production marking the 50th anniversary since his play was first staged at the Old Vic.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Harold Pinter Theatre
WHEN: 24/2, runs to 27/5
It’s 2am and the wife of a university lecturer has invited a younger couple back to their home for some after party drinks.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Young Vic
WHEN: 16/2, runs to 1/4
Q: Who has the toughest job in London’s Theatreland? A: The wardrobe department at the Young Vic working on this production set in a mudbath that would put last year’s Glastonbury Festival to shame.
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN: 15/2 (matinee), runs to 25/2
WHERE: Sheffield Crucible Theatre
UPDATE 21/6: JAMIE TRANSFERS TO THE APOLLO IN LONDON’S WEST END IN NOVEMBER: Tickets
We’re big fans of band The Feeling and frontman Dan Gillespie Sells has written the score for this new pop musical which we predict will transfer easily into London’s competitive West End.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Vaudeville Theatre
WHEN: 9/2 (matinee), runs to 18/2
We first saw this production last October at the Park Theatre and it was shortlisted for our monsta for Best Revival in 2016.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE Garrick Theatre
WHEN: 8/2 (matinee), runs to 25/2
The curtain is about to go up on this story of British government in the 70s when the woman next door leans over to our ear and whispers: ‘I had an affair with one of these MPs.’
WORTH A LOOK? ***
WHERE: Finborough Theatre
WHEN: 5/2, runs to 25/2
Fans of Ben Aldridge (in TV’s Our Girl and Fleabag) would do well to check him out in this 90-minute solo show at an intimate 50-seat venue.
WORTH A LOOK?: **
WHERE: Phoenix Theatre
WHEN: 31/1, runs to 22/4
When we ask at the bar why this new musical’s soundtrack is not available to buy in the foyer we’re told it has something to do with the charity it is fundraising for. Which seems unlikely.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Duke Of York’s Theatre
WHEN: 28/1 runs to 29/4
We’re sat in the dark at the end of the third row in the second half of this Broadway transfer and suddenly become aware that audience members around us are crying.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE: Aldwych Theatre
WHEN: 7/1 (matinee), runs to 22/7
Carole King can lay claim to the title of the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century with more than 100 US hits to her name between 1955 and 1999.
