Hay Fever review – Richard E Grant and Christine Baranski host Coward’s country house shenanigans
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? review – Gillian Anderson fights tooth and nail in marital meltdown
September 2026
‘They’ll never bring us dowwwwwwwn!’ Wicked’s stars pick their favourite songs from the smash hit
Million Dollar Quartet review – jumping jukebox show reignites rock’n’roll classics
Sacha Baron Cohen lined up for Quentin Tarantino’s West End playwriting debut
Nick Mohammed takes Claudia Winkleman’s role in stage version of The Traitors
‘We all have an expiry date’: Kimberly Akimbo, the achingly funny musical about a teen with a 64-year-old body
Curbs on vertical drinking in Soho pubs to go ahead as Khan criticises council’s ‘breathtaking arrogance’
August 2026
Autumn arts preview 2026
Tilda Swinton’s blast from the past, Kevin Bridges at large and a deepfake ballet: theatre, comedy and dance to see this autumn
The Greatest Showman musical to come alive on the West End stage in 2027
London mayor orders council to drop plan to ban new pubs and bars in Soho and West End
Council wants pubs in London’s Soho and West End to limit standing
Peter Gill obituary
The best theatre to stream this month
The best theatre to stream this month: Self Esteem dazzles with Teeth ’n’ Smiles
July 2026
Jesus Christ Superstar review – Sam Ryder raises the roof in rock opera turned up to 11
The Eurovision star leads a glittery production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s blockbuster but this booming show lacks context and clarity
Duke of York’s theatre to be renamed after Tom Stoppard
New name recognises the playwright’s huge impact on British theatre with producer Sonia Friedman saying he would be ‘tickled pink’
The best theatre to stream this month
The best theatre to stream this month: all rise for Rosamund Pike’s Inter Alia
The star delivers a breathtaking performance in Suzie Miller’s play about a judge under pressure, while Paddington gets everyone singing and Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy is back
June 2026
Dame Penelope Keith obituary
Hugely popular actor hailed for playing Margo in the BBC’s popular comedy series The Good Life and her many distinguished stage roles
‘A privilege – and pretty terrifying’: James Norton to play Hamlet in the West End
The Happy Valley actor is lined up as the lead in German director Thomas Ostermeier’s first Shakespearean play in English
The Truth review – Florian Zeller’s knotty comedy of deceit is a real delight
Stephen Mangan, Sarah Hadland, Ardal O’Hanlon and Janie Dee are seat-shakingly funny in this study of adultery
