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FringeReview UK 2025
There’s nothing more charming or endearing in the West End this summer.
There’s a rapt self-communing in this production of Three Sisters. A must-see, it glows long after you’ve left it.
Sassy yet profound, probing yet exuberant, it asks all of us: No, don’t look at me. Look at you. A quiet must-see this summer.
Easily the most joyous musical we’ll see this side midsummer, Cry-Baby in this production blazes fit to set another fire in Dalston
Its claustrophobia overwhelms and moves, whilst leaving Dead Centre room for yet another slant on Ilya Kaminsky’s imaginary.
Steve Coogan reigns supreme, and a cast like John Hopkins then Giles Terera are a gift to both Coogan and the show.
There’s every reason to see this rare gem, now added permanently to Rattigan’s finer plays.
Everything built up, like a corset, is unloosed. What we thought we knew we don’t. Outstanding.
Natasha Cotriall (God Save My) Northern Soul
Time will deepen the shadows and writer/actor Natasha Cotriall shows this in the very last moment.
Natasha Cottriall (God Save My) Northern Soul
Time will deepen the shadows and writer/actor Natasha Cottriall shows this in the very last moment
When Doll Common claims “Life’s like a storm. Don’t get in its way” one thinks of the stoicism of those in the eye of it, and their audience. A consummate revival.
It begs questions: what couldn’t we do, if placed outside our own comfort station in life? Essential theatre. essential questions. A gem.
A transfixingly beautiful production, with often superb acting, especially from Lara Manela
Sean Holmes has conjured the most intelligently re-thought Merry Wives of recent years with a convincing take on Mistress Ford. The last few gestures in this show change everything that might follow.
The most joyous musical of the summer. And it has a summer heart that never cloys. A sizzling must-see.
The most exuberant Shakespeare out there, and a summer last-blast to make Malvolio weep.
