Category: By region

Musical of the Year, Lost Theatre, London ★★★★

Musicals through the ages are lampooned in this often hilarious show

Cathy, Pleasance Theatre, London ★★★★

Cardboard Citizens updates Cathy Come Home to 2016

Lunch & The Bow of Ulysses, Trafalgar Studios 2, London ★★★★

Nigel Harman directs two related Steven Berkoff one-act plays

Murder Ballad, Arts Theatre ★★★★

A new one-act musical takes the narrative murder ballad style and crafts an enjoyable, if short, mystery

Conviction, Above the Arts, London ★★★½

Conviction in one’s own beliefs leads to drastically different lives in Rebecca Morgan’s 1950s drama

Out There, Union Theatre, London ★★★★

Intergenerational discord meets smalltown upheaval in this new musical from the writers of Loserville

Wanting the Moon, Bread and Roses Theatre, London ★

An interesting, under-recognised woman is not served well by this monologue

Dirty Dancing, Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury ★★★

You won’t have your time of your life at an adaptation which is more of an onstage transcript

John and Jen, Union Theatre, London ★★★

A woman’s relationship with her brother and son fails to connect

Little Shop of Horrors, Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury ★★★★✩

The big green musical from outer space continues its tour

27: The Musical, Cockpit Theatre, London ★★

Greek mythology is mashed up with rock star cliché in Sam Cassidy’s misfiring musical

Assisted Suicide – The Musical, Southbank Centre, London ★★

Liz Carr’s “TED Talk with songs” is commendable, but doesn’t quite work