Overall, this is a thoroughly enjoyable hour of theatre which brings well-deserved attention to a remarkable woman from Alaskan history. Down to Chance is a surprisingly cheerful story of incredible ...

The Bafta-winning play-turned-film East Is East appears at the Citizens’ Theatre this season, thirty years after first appearing at Birmingham Rep in 1996.

Reading Time: 2 minutes“Stella Chen’s bright, elegant timbre is luminous and heart-shaking” Opening ASMF’s 2026/27 London season, violinist Stella Chen joined the orchestra for Beethoven’s Violin ...

Reading Time: 2 minutesAt the Linbury Theatre, Northern Ballet presents a new work and two revivals so different in tone as to suggest three separate evenings, though the dancers navigate deftly from ...

As a product of Thatcher Britain, Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister, although set at No. 10 Downing Street, remains relatively apolitical in its aesthetics and taste: intellectually refined, subtle, ...

Leaving Edinburgh’s Monkey Barrel on Friday night, I messaged a friend “I don’t know what I’ve just seen, but I think I really liked it”. I’m not quite sure who Mr Chonkers is for, or how to do it ...

Every few years, a show arrives that shakes things up. It changes the game, elevates the theatre scene and enriches the community. A show that can draw in the masses yet still feel deeply personal to ...

Rating: 5 out of 5. “Sketch Comedy at its best: assured performances and hilarious skits” James Trickey and Ted Milligan come together as Burger and a Pint, and showcase their sizable comedic ...

Rating: 4.5 out of 5. “A comedy-thriller about ambition and womanhood” Good For Her! follows 27-year-old Iris as she aspires to become successful in her acting career. However, alongside her fear of ...

It’s a privilege to open the doors of a world-renowned conservatoire like Guildhall School to as many people as possible. One of the things I love most about our short courses programme is that we ...

Blackbox, written by the only tenured hip-hop professor in America, Rickerby Hinds, follows the true story of an enslaved US man, Henry ‘Box’ Brown. In 1849, Brown mailed himself to freedom from ...

A feel-good cheezefest if ever there was one, “Now That’s What I Call a Musical” delivers a nostalgia-packed ride through the 80s, all wrapped up in a heartwarming—if predictable—story of friendship.