The Odyssey: It’s a Really, Really, Really Long journey review – dynamic retelling of Homer for all ages
Breathtaking set design and transportive music drive a family-friendly musical of the epic Greek myth
March 2024
The Odyssey: It’s a Really Really Really Long Journey review – Behold, Telemachus the mummy’s boy!
The best theatre to stream this month
The best theatre to stream this month: Peaky Blinders, Prima Facie and more
August 2023
Matyelok Gibbs obituary
Director and actor who played Auntie Muriel Weasley in Harry Potter and served as artistic director of the Unicorn theatre
July 2023
The Tempest Re-imagined for Everyone Aged Six and Over review – revels just beginning
Child-friendly adaptation that features an airborne chicken takeaway and Prospero casting spells with an iPad is a lovely introduction to Shakespeare
June 2023
Play time
The Invisible Man review – an ingenious show you’ll want to see again
The best theatre to stream this month
The best theatre to stream this month: Blues for An Alabama Sky, Macbeth and more
March 2023
The Three Billy Goats Gruff review – captivates right to the final bleat
Musical for over-threes has belting solos, full-throttle yodelling and an operatic troll with a whiff of Lloyd Webber’s Phantom
February 2023
The Trial of Josie K review – kidding around with Kafka
Inspired by the classic novel, this play for children leads its young heroine through surreal encounters with bureaucracy – and a giant rabbit
January 2023
Chichester Festival theatre appoints Justin Audibert as new artistic director
Audibert, who runs the Unicorn children’s theatre in London, will replace Daniel Evans who is moving to the Royal Shakespeare Company
December 2022
The best theatre to stream this month
The best theatre to stream this month: Age of Rage, A Scary Little Tempest and more
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Ivo van Hove’s epic, boisterous family fun and a dance fable for Christmas
November 2022
Christmas in the Sunshine review – a jolly holiday of a show
Playwright Yasmin Joseph and director Ola Ince team up for a drama that captures the warmth of a family reconnecting in Jamaica
Pinocchio review – a truly bold take on Carlo Collodi’s classic
Mosquitos, cats and smartly defined morals feature in a complex and well-crafted reimagining of the beloved tale
Watch out for snowball-firing robots! 25 of the best UK stage shows this Christmas
Ian McKellen in Mother Goose, Robin Hood as a rock’n’roll panto, a circus spin on The Little Prince and glitter galore … it’s our selection box of festive theatre
March 2022
Gulliver’s Travels review – bedroom voyage to the world of Jonathan Swift
Bewitching video and ingenious sets combine in a staging that turns the 18th-century adventure into an escape for a troubled student
November 2021
The Bolds review – Julian Clary’s hyena family will have you in cackles
Clary’s joke-filled books make for a vibrant stage show, replete with slapstick laughs, daft songs and a wholesome message
June 2021
Arielle Smith: ‘In ballet I’d die of a broken heart or wait for a man to save me’
The rising choreographer on the restrictions of classical roles, our need for whimsy and her new film Let Loose, which encourages children to get moving after lockdown
April 2021
Regent’s Park Open Air theatre to launch summer season with Romeo and Juliet
Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel will also be staged along with two children’s plays as industry begins to reopen
December 2020
Lockdown culture
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