Shrek The Musical, Eventim Apollo, review: a cheap attempt to cash in on a cult favourite
A forgettable score, indecipherable lyrics and excess toilet humour soil the original magic of Dreamworks’ first Shrek film
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A forgettable score, indecipherable lyrics and excess toilet humour soil the original magic of Dreamworks’ first Shrek film
The star raises the roof without breaking into a sweat – it’s a performance that reaffirms her as one of British theatre’s greats
Each night this brilliant meta-theatrical experiment is tackled by a new high-profile actor, from Toby Jones to Emilia Clarke
The plot’s lightweight and the songs so-so, but this comedy about French marital infidelity here gets an undeniably spirited revival
The South American troupe is back in Britain with a show that’s part thrill-ride, part theatre-rave
Set aside the hype – Jeremy O Harris’s risqué Broadway hit feels more like a valuable work-in-progress about US race relations
The RSC’s fun revival of this 1777 comedy of manners is given a modern and very pink gloss
Naoshi Arakawa’s manga, a smash-hit story of love and wasted talent, is now a West End musical. The performances are great, the music not
This highly anticipated staging of Dominique Morisseau’s 2016 play emerges as a trenchant critique of the excesses of capitalism
Set at an Oxbridge college, this excellent play exposes the inherent contradictions within the absolutist language of social media
Written in six weeks, Waterloo East’s musical has an impressively high gag rate and a polish that belies its short gestation
Simon McBurney’s play remains unique experimental theatre which lingers in the mind long after its conclusion
Suicide – or sinister plot? Despite a whiff of Agatha Christie, this whodunnit pulls apart Monroe’s death to increasingly gripping effect
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre proves an ideal setting for a take on the 1911 novel that preserves its magic while making it feel up to date
This snarky adaptation of the hit 2004 film never allows a dull minute, even if its general thrust is cosily predictable
This well-intentioned play about the story behind the climate change protocol is more like a Ted talk than a drama
Corden reintroduces himself as a dialled-down funnyman and it’s good to have him back on the British stage
This inventive, entrepreneurial adaptation by Sarah Gobran and Matt Pinches will leave you with a spring in your step
Siân Docksey’s exuberant Soho Theatre show melded surreal comedy with observations about life and some impressive pole dancing sequences
A year on, Gabriel Vick remains on fire as the out-of-work actor and separated father who has a not-so-bright idea, and the show is a joy