theatre review Articles

James Graham's play, This House, exploring the working-class heroes in the whips' office –  who fought the Tories and hard left to keep a Labour government in office – feels more poignant now than when it first opened in 2012. Reopening at the Garrick Theatre,...

Actor Paul Higgins moves seamlessly from foul-mouthed and over-confident Downing Street operator in the Thick Of It to his latest role as contorted local councillor in Jack Thorne's latest play, Hope. Always the bridesmaid and never the bride, Higgins is number two...

With a star-studded cast, This May Hurt a Bit at London's St James' Theatre is the perfect mix between a party political broadcast from Michael Foot's Labour party and a Guardian reader’s dinner party. While the actors were second to none, their script was simplistic...

It's a very strange experience to leave your place of work, head across the river to the National Theatre and see your place of work portrayed by actors on the stage there. To see the very room you just left recreated for the audience to see. To hear the language that...