The View from the Circle

It’s that time of year again... But before I launch into my frankly embarrassingly overthought top ten shows of 2019, a small personal ...

Welcome to my last review of 2019. As a little Christmas gift to you all, it will also be one of my shortest. You’re welcome. The show ...

As National Theatre marketing strategies aimed precisely at me go, the phrase ‘a new play by Inua Ellams after Chekhov’ was always going to...

Whenever I review a show at the end of its run I inevitably really love it and want everyone I know to see it. Honestly, every time. It'...

Lucian Msamati is the most underrated British actor around. He is amazing and should be in all the things. Or at least more of the things. ...

When you write about theatre, there’s a couple of types of play that make your heart sink slightly even as you watch them. Ones where your ...

The subgenre of plays that fall under the loose heading 'people sit and talk, nothing much actually happens' is one with which I hav...