By Andrew Mosley
WHEN? Friday 10 October, tour runs through 19 October 2025
It’s almost 40 years since I first clapped eyes on and lent ears to the wonder of The Go-Betweens.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ***
WHEN? Saturday 11 October, opens 16 October and runs through 29 November 2025 RUNTIME: 120 minutes (no interval)
Walker (Unicorn, Garrick Theatre) plays mother Miriam Wright whose teenage schoolboy son has gone missing and is determined to leave no stone unturned to find him.
It’s been quite the year, it’s almost Christmas and what would the festive season be without some recognition of the best of 2025? Over the next 3 months we’ll shortlist five nominees in each of 17 categories for our Oscars, or monstas if you will, of 2025.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK? *****
WHERE? BFI Southbank, film released in the UK Friday 10 October 2025
‘Shame is such a wonderful thing to play as an actor,’ says Tovey as he reflects on how his part in Angels In America next door at the National Theatre saw him cast here.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK? ****
WHEN? Saturday 4 October 2025, tour runs through 26 March 2026
Setlist: London, Can You Wait?; Be My Light, Be My Guide; We Could Be Kings; Your Love, It Lies; Where Are They Now?; Truth, Rest Your Head; Long Sleeves For The Summer; Stop; Sleep Well Tonight; Rising For Sunset; Save Me, I’m Yours; O Lover; Speak To Me Someone; A Car That Sped; Walking In The Shallows; The British Disease; Haunted By You; Olympian; For The Dead; You’ll Never Walk Again; Sick, Sober and Sorry; Fighting Fit; I Can’t Help Myself; Somewhere In The World; Who Said This Was The End?
Does absence make the heart grow fonder?
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN? Tuesday 29 September, opens 8 October and runs through 1 November 2025 RUNTIME: 90 minutes (no interval)
Oscar winner Susan Sarandon makes her London stage debut in a play which looks at a woman’s life across 7 decades and 11 scenes.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: *****
WHEN? Saturday 28 September 2025, runs through 10 January 2026 RUNTIME: 165 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)
Stephen Fry returns to the West End stage as Lady Bracknell for the 1st time since being nominated for a Tony for his Malvolio in 2012’s Twelfth Night and appearing as The Narrator in the Rocky Horror Show in 2015.
By Aline Mahrud
WORTH A LOOK?: **
WHEN? Friday 26 September, runs through 11 October 2025 RUNTIME: 170 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)
Last year this venue had a big hit with Eline Arbo’s play The Years which transferred to the West End and looked at the life of 1 woman at different stages across 65 years featuring multiple actresses, winning 2 Oliviers in the process.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ***1/2
WHEN? Tuesday 23 September, opens 24 September and runs through 1 November 2025 RUNTIME: 105 minutes (no interval)
Author Nima Taleghani (Romeo And Juliet, Duke Of York’s Theatre) is perhaps best known as gay teacher Mr Farouk in Netflix’s Heartstopper and with this his play becomes the 1st debut work on the Olivier Theatre stage.
By Neil Durham
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN? Monday 22 September, opens 24 September and runs through 8 November 2025 RUNTIME: 140 minutes (including a 20-minute interval)
Stephens plays the titular Sloane, a would-be lodger, interviewed by Outhwaite’s (Stepping Out, Vaudeville Theatre) lonely landlady Kath who reveals she had an illegitimate son she gave up for adoption who would be Sloane’s age now.
