57+ min ago   (823+ words) Plays International David Wootton on the South Bank ★★★☆☆ Written and set in 2003, Tracey Scott Wilson’s The Story concerns the world of print journalism, and examines its involvement in the coverage of the murder of a white male schoolteacher in a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (400+ words) Mark Brown at the Edinburgh Fringe ★★☆☆☆ 24 August 2026 A one-man show that plunges us into the work of the great, Prague-born poet and (fiction and non-fiction) prose writer Rainer Maria Rilke, One Million Words is an intriguing prospect. Created and performed…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (631+ words) Robert Schneider in Connecticut ★★★★★ 15 July 2026 The only thing I know to compare to a Gershwin musical is a well-turned double play in baseball. What is more, this type of “let’s put on a show” musical asks us to believe that…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago   (589+ words) Jeremy Malies in the West End 2 May 2026 ★★★★☆ “If you have to think why you’re doing a play, then don’t do it!” David Hare includes the line in his piece about the intense acting partnership between Henry Irving and Ellen Terry…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago   (432+ words) Jeremy Malies on the South Bank ★★☆☆☆ 4 April 2026 There is irony in the title of Winsome Pinnock’s new play and from now on I will never quite trust academic verdicts on the authenticity of primary-source historic material. So far so good,…...