Bean Vs the Robots: A solo show Musical 4****

This solo sci-fi musical is written and performed by Michelle Lema. Welcome to space, as you enter you are now aboard Bean’s spaceship. Do you know the meaning of Redacted, well you will soon find out as the self-proclaimed ‘worst … Read More

Already Here 3.5***

Susan’s a middle-aged writer from West Virginia who lost her husband Clayton to cancer 7 years ago and struggles to cope with the lack of companionship and love, she has a young daughter but misses intimacy yet has reservations about … Read More

Dracula: Lucy’s Dream 5*****

A gothic fever dream, Dracula: Lucy’s Dream takes Bram Stoker’s tale and flips it 180 degrees, a choreographed, inhuman puppet show like no other, putting Lucy Westenra front and centre in a dark exploration of desire, sensual control and psychological … Read More

Slim for Life 4****

Anyone who’s ever been in a slimming group knows that they can be a little bit cult-y. The ritualistic weighings, the confessing of “sins” and the strict adherence to rules to live a good life can feel all too religious. … Read More

Ludwig: Unfinished Business 4****

The show combines music, storytelling and comedy to create an affectionate and entertaining portrait of a remarkable musician. Rather than presenting a conventional biography, it allows its central character to look back on a life shaped by music, ambition and … Read More

Operation Blank 4****

George Grant’s Operation Blank is an ambitious piece of absurdist comedy that takes the familiar frustrations of the modern workplace meeting and places them against the rather more pressing backdrop of an international catastrophe.

A junior government minister finds himself … Read More

Gridlock 5*****

Gridlock is a play written by Kathryn Mincer about a charming couple, Alexa and Thomas played by Annika Foster and Ibrahim Bakhait, who’s seven-year relationship has fallen into Gridlock. Ironically the play begins with Alexa and Thomas stuck in their … Read More

Come Back Home-4****

Fadi Murad gives an emotional and mesmerising performance in Come Back Home, a deeply personal exploration of grief, memory and displacement.

Using a combination of video, music and spoken word, Murad takes us through the devastating experience of losing his … Read More

We Had Fun – 4.5****

We had Fun is a thoughtful and deliberately uncomfortable exploration of consent, friendship and the troubling space between two very different recollections of the same night.

Oscar and Ella are work colleagues and friends. When Ella arrives at Oscar’s flat … Read More

Sherlock Holmes: The Death and Life   4****

There is something particularly appropriate about seeing Sherlock Holmes: The Death and Life performed at the Arthur Conan Doyle Centre itself. The performance takes place in a beautiful room in the West End’s Victorian building, and the setting has the … Read More