London theatre: the best family shows to book now
Looking for inspiration? Check out our picks of the best West End and other London family shows – from toddlers to teenagers
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Looking for inspiration? Check out our picks of the best West End and other London family shows – from toddlers to teenagers
Shakespeare’s obscure picaresque pantomime is a bold choice, but it’s one that has paid off with this triumphant production
Our critics review the hottest theatre and sketch shows in Edinburgh, including Cyrano and A History of Paper
This triumphant revival of the classic musical at Regent Park’s Open Air Theatre is a masterclass in balancing innovation with tradition
The actress at the centre of the Strictly controversy is the best thing about this strangely pallid play at the Park Theatre
Watching this troupe soar together in Michael Bennett’s classic musical about the travails of jobbing dancers on Broadway is mesmerising
Playing Ernaux through the ages, Romola Garai, Gina McKee and Deborah Findlay brilliantly extracted the drama’s emotional heft
The Edinburgh Fringe’s most controversial new show is absorbing and novel in parts, but is hardly a masterpiece for the cancel-culture age
The National’s carefully restrained yet searing production of Steinback’s bleak Depression-era classic exerts an iron grip