If you click «Log in with Facebook» and are not a Culture Whisper user, you agree to our Terms & Conditions and to our Privacy Policy, which includes our Cookie Use
-
Tried and Tested
Theatre
Elle While’s sorcery-led production explores The Dream’s darker undertones, with Globe boss Michelle Terry delivering a nightmarish Puck
-
Tried and Tested
Theatre
Sean Holmes's stripped back production of The Comedy of Errors at Shakespeare's Globe is raucously entertaining and joyously funny
-
Book Now
Theatre
Brokeback Mountain looks the part and is fronted by two worthy stars, but this mechanical production fails to capture the intense longing of the story
-
Book Now
Musicals
Ola Ince’s revival of Olivier-winning musical Once On This Island is performed with gusto at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
-
Tried and Tested
Musicals
SpitLip’s World War II-set musical comedy Operation Mincemeat triumphs on the West End stage, coupling pre-loved performances with a design glow-up
-
In the Know
Theatre
A well-timed revival of the Italian satire, riddled with contemporary references to the ongoing scrutiny of London’s Metropolitan Police
-
We love
Musicals
Operation Mincemeat creators SpitLip speak to Culture Whisper about the show's West End ascension and why, as musical theatre sceptics, they decided to write one
-
Book Now
Theatre
With his latest play Retrograde, trailblazing writer Ryan Calais Cameron takes us behind the scenes of Sidney Poitier’s struggles in racist 1950s Hollywood
-
Book Now
Theatre
London's love affair with musicals shows no sign of abating, with beloved revivals and fresh arrivals landing this May. Elsewhere, outdoor theatres reopen!
-
Book Now
Theatre
Philip Ridley’s critically acclaimed 2007 play Leaves of Glass is revived at the Park Theatre in a new production starring Bridgerton's Geraldine Alexander
-
Book Now
Theatre
From the National Theatre to the West End: Lyndsey Turner's production of The Crucible is back on stage with a new cast including Milly Alcock and Brian Gleeson
-
In the Know
Theatre
Nina Segal and Anthony Lau's modernised take on Brecht’s The Good Person of Szechwan is entertaining and incisive, but at times over-embellished
-
Book Now
Musicals
Lynn Nottage’s musical adaptation of The Secret Life of Bees buzzes onto stage at the Almeida where it’s sweetened by a cast of powerful vocalists
-
Book Now
Theatre
Katie Mitchell’s compelling production of Rebecca Watson’s novel Little Scratch returns to the stage, performed by a tight cast at the New Diorama
-
In the Know
Theatre
Michael Longhurst’s fresh look at Noël Coward’s Private Lives, playing at the Donmar, is a reminder of how far our views on gender equality have come in the last century
-
In the Know
Theatre
Proving the public’s interest in the Vardy V Rooney trial still hasn’t waned, Liv Hennessy’s dramatisation of it returns to the West End, before tackling a national tour
-
Book Now
Theatre
Ivo van Hove’s A Little Life is as relentless and harrowing as you’d expect, but artfully staged and led by a breathtaking central performance from James Norton
-
Essential
Theatre
Complicité’s Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, led by the formidable Kathryn Hunter, is a lesson in the power of good storytelling
-
In the Know
Theatre
The 2023 Olivier Award winners in full, plus interviews with Jodie Comer, Marisha Wallace, My Neighbour Totoro's Tom Morton-Smith and more
-
In the Know
Theatre
Grange Hill co-stars Ricky Simmonds and Simon Vaughan miss the mark with their musical Berlusconi about the three-time Italian prime minister, media mogul and sex pest
-
In the Know
Theatre
It's a starry month on the London stage (see The Motive and the Cue and Private Lives in particular), and there's revivals aplenty celebrating the classics
-
Essential
Theatre
Strong performances manage to bring home the Young Vic's revival of Zinnie Harris's Further Than the Furthest Thing, which feels burdened by narrative cargo
-
Book Now
Musicals
Director Nicholas Hytner, designer extraordinaire Bunny Christie and a team of tip-top musical theatre talent make this immersive Guys and Dolls a rip-roaring sensation
-
Book Now
Kids
From musical revivals to quality kids' shows, here's what you can see at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre this summer
-
Preview
Kids
The Tempest has been reimagined to give little ones aged 6+ their first taste of Shakespeare at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre this summer
-
Book Now
Kids
Booker Prize-winner Ben Okri's first kids' novel Every Leaf A Hallelujah has been adapted for the stage, hoping to delight little theatregoers at Regent's Park this summer
-
Book Now
Musicals
No soggy bottoms here: TV favourite The Great British Bake Off has been kneaded and rolled into a musical – and it rises pleasingly on the West End stage
-
Book Now
Theatre
From award-winning revivals to fresh work from Complicité and a new musical pitched as 'Evita on acid', we round up the best new theatre opening in London this month
-
In the Know
Theatre
Lulu Raczka’s period play parody brims with bright ideas, but too many ingredients prevent this potion from leaving us spellbound
-
Book Now
Theatre
Callum Scott Howells and Rosie Sheehy are riveting in playwright Gary Owen’s new play Romeo and Julie, a Bard-inspired story of working-class love in Wales
-
Book Now
Theatre
Showing at the Donmar, playwright Diana Nneka Atuona’s Trouble in Butetown is both a heartwarming and heartbreaking look at WWII life in multiracial Tiger Bay
-
Book Now
Theatre
Sophie Okonedo and Ben Daniels are stunning in Dominic Cooke’s stripped-back and static take on the ancient Greek tragedy of Medea