Saturday, May 9

Guest Five-Word Review of: Dido, Queen of Carthage (National Theatre)

Marlowe should've stuck to spying.


Guest review by: Annie Drynan

Tuesday, February 24

Five-Word Review of: Twelfth Night (Wyndham's Theatre)

Jacobi is faultless as Malvolio.

(Starring Derek Jacobi.)

Monday, February 16

Five-Word Review of: The Taming of the Shrew (Royal Shakespeare Company, Novello Theatre)

Satisfying resolution eludes raunchy modernization.

Sunday, February 15

Guest Five-Word Review of: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Royal Shakespeare Company, Novello Theatre)

Acting overcomes "Mad Max" faeries.


Guest review by: Candace Kuss

Monday, January 12

Showstopper (King's Head Theatre)

Musical improv - an audience pleaser.

Sunday, January 11

Five-Word Review of: Hamlet (Royal Shakespeare Company, Novello Theatre)

Tennant’s back(!) with justified hype.

(Starring Patrick Stewart, David Tennant.)

Friday, January 9

Five-Word Review of: Roaring Trade (Soho Theatre)

Resonates with a roaring "CRUNCH"!

Saturday, December 13

Five-Word Review of: Hamlet (Royal Shakespeare Company, Novello Theatre)

Bennett masters Hamlet. Tennant, who?


(Starring Patrick Stewart.)

Monday, November 24

Five-Word Review of: Ivanov (Wyndham's Theatre)

Engaging production of depressing material.

(Starring Kenneth Branagh.)

Friday, November 14

Five-Word Review of: Waste (Almeida Theatre)

Fine acting portraying English stuffiness.