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Hope Has a Happy Meal review – dystopian comedy balances wit and nightmares

Set in a future police state, Tom Fowler’s play sees two women go on the run in a feverish reimagining of Thelma and Louise

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2023

‘I can’t breathe’: New York air quality forces Jodie Comer to end Broadway performance after 10 minutes

Air quality in New York City was ranked number one for the worst air quality in the world on Wednesday afternoon

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023

‘I can’t breathe’: Jodie Comer halts Broadway show due to New York air quality

Air quality in New York City was ranked number one for the worst air quality in the world on Wednesday afternoon

The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023

‘Did I watch my ex on I’m a Celebrity? No – I was busy doing a five-star play’: Rebecca Humphries on love, heartbreak and Blackout Songs

Almost a year after publishing her self-worth memoir, ‘Why Did You Stay?’, the actor talks to Ellie Harrison about moving on, and her subversive stage romcom

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2023

The week in theatre: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead; Accidental Death of an Anarchist; Berlusconi – review

Complicité’s masterly take on Olga Tokarczuk’s eco-thriller is unforgettable; Daniel Rigby excels in Fo’s all too timely classic; and Silvio Berlusconi is in dire need of some good tunes

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2023

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof review – Succession-style scheming in the deep south

Modern-day version casts Tennessee Williams’s steamy melodrama in a new light, with a focus on the corruptibility of wealth

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2023

Enter stage right: the new wave of musicals taking on the West End adaptations

With everything from Bake Off to Pretty Woman putting bums on seats in Theatreland, launching an original homegrown production is harder than ever. But might salvation be at hand in the unlikely shape of Silvio Berlusconi?

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2023

Oh Silvio! The making of the naughty, noisy and dark new musical about Berlusconi, coming to London

The controversial former Italian prime minister and self-styled ‘Jesus Christ of politics’ gets the musical treatment

Evening Standard · Mar 28, 2023

Wildfire Road review – comedy and terror on the path to climate hell

A strong cast and plenty of physicality bolster Eve Leigh’s hour-long, plane-set takedown of climate-crisis apathy

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2023

Sleepova at the Bush Theatre review: you can’t help but fall in love with this joyous, exuberant show

A glorious young cast brings authentic energy to a coming of age tale of female friendship

Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2023