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Coven at Kiln Theatre review: 'Witchcraft musical needs work'

2/5 The songs work in this musical about witch trials in the 1600s but not a great deal else

Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2025

The Maids at Donmar Warehouse: 'If you're prepared to surrender, it's a wild ride'

4/5 This adaptation of Jean Genet’s play by Kip Williams makes use of phones to project the fantasy world of two sisters wishing to murder a terrible mistress but the true power is in the performances

Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2025

Clarkston at Trafalgar Theatre review: 'Joe Locke is fine but this is pure American cheese'

2/5 The Heartstopper star will bring the crowds but the play is too generic and static to go anywhere

Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2025

Dracula at the Lyric Hammersmith review: Umi Myers is magnetic in this clever feminist take on the classic

4/5 There are plenty of scary moments in this reworking that asks whether vampires or the patriarchy are the real monsters

Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025

Dracula rises again: Umi Myers on a new show with its teeth on the pulse

A new production of Dracula at the Lyric Hammersmith tells the classic horror through a female perspective and aims to cleverly explore contemporary fears while scaring the old school pants off you

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2025

The Merry Wives of Windsor at Shakespeare’s Globe: rare London revival is a treat

4/5 Led by George Fouracres at Falstaff this is full of zest

Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2025

Ignore the haters, Rachel Zegler is an absolute smash in Jamie Lloyd's Evita at London Palladium

5/5 The balcony scene is a bravura piece of social commentary from Jamie Lloyd, while Fabian Aloise’s muscular choreography is charged with sexual allure

Evening Standard · Jul 1, 2025

Stereophonic at Duke of York’s: 'a fine-grained, audacious work'

4/5 The Broadway hit about a Seventies band trying to record their new album, hits the West End in (flared) style

Evening Standard · Jun 16, 2025

Fiddler on the Roof at the Barbican: 'This is a must-see'

5/5 The Broadway classic revival transfers from Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre to the Barbican, and manages to retain all of its magic

Evening Standard · Jun 4, 2025

‘Fiddler on the Roof is in my DNA’: how the West End revival dances on the edge of tradition

INTERVIEW: After winning five-star reviews and 13 Olivier nominations, Jordan Fein’s earthy take on the 1964 musical is transferring to the Barbican ahead of a UK tour. Alice Saville speaks with the director and the cast about transplanting their Jewish shtetl

The Independent UK · May 24, 2025