Tim Walker
23 May 2025
Imelda Staunton and Jenny Seagrove, the great pretenders
Two of our British theatre’s finest are outstanding in Mrs Warren's Profession and The Anastasia File
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Corny country musical Shucked is no Book of Mormon
The Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s US hit is a sub-prime Oklahoma
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This role will win Tamsin Greig a best actress Olivier award
Lindsay Posner’s revival of The Deep Blue Sea understands the power of silence
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Why did they bother with this mis-shaped monument to Sondheim?
The posthumously completed Here We Go has no songs, no story and no reason to be on stage
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Jessie Buckley and the worst night of theatre in 50 years
Tim Crouch’s An Oak Tree is a boring, self-indulgent mess
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The critics love Chris O’Dowd’s new play. They’re wrong
Conor McPherson’s The Brightening Air is a slow-burner without much to say
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Ewan McGregor is superb as Ibsen meets Succession
My Master Builder is a twisting climbing frame of revenge and misery
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The play that gets Oscar Wilde right
The Importance of Being Oscar is a personal triumph for actor Alastair Whatley
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Review: You wait ages for a great role for a woman.. in Backstroke, two come at once
Celia Imrie and Tamsin Greig are funny, tragic and unforgettable
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Review: Tom Hiddleston’s CBeebies Shakespeare is a waste of space hopper
Hayley Atwell can’t save a witless update of Much Ado About Nothing
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Vulnerable, terrifying Rami Malek will have you in rhapsodies
The man who played Freddie Mercury stuns in an Oedipus revival
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Terence Rattigan’s mainline to the human condition
A revival of two of his best-loved plays from the 1950s have plenty to say today
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A Bad Sister’s very good stage return
The Little Foxes confirms Anne-Marie Duff as a true great
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What’s the point of reproducing this Mel Brooks classic?
Patrick Marber’s unremarkable revival delivers polite laughs only
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An Oscar Wilde reboot that’s not earnest enough
Max Webster's production of The Importance of Being Earnest fails to commit to doing something truly innovative
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Only a humbug could resist John Simm’s Scrooge
The Old Vic’s Dickens classic still carries a powerful message about poverty and greed
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What’s the point of the Dr. Strangelove revival?
Yes, it’s amusing - but Steve Coogan is no Sellers and this can’t match the Kubrick classic
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A Greek king stalks the West End
A new production of Oedipus shows how it should be done
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Lehman Brothers collapses… again
A good show first time round is back for an ill-advised encore
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Theatre review: Felicity Kendal shows she is still on top of her game in Filumena
A play that’s as light and refreshing as a glass of champagne
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May Godot forgive me, but Beckett is a bore
Ben Whishaw delights his fans, but the yawnometer goes off the scale
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A close Encounter with a classic romance
The Noel Coward play that became a hit film gets a new lease of life
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You can get by without this revival of The Real Thing
Tom Stoppard’s play now seems irredeemably dated
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It’s time for Mandrake to say goodbye
After 25 years, our diarist lays to rest the nation’s most feared and revered diary column
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Closing Time gives you hope for theatre’s future
The third Death of England play is funny and dazzling.. even watching its audience is a joy
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A spoof that succeeds without a Hitch
There’s plenty of life in the latest 39 Steps revival
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A show to make spirits soar in our summer of strife
Fiddler On The Roof is theatre at its best
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The Grapes Of Wrath is a terrible three-hour endurance test
A dull and thankless endeavour makes you feel sorry for audience and actors
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Portraits of rage.. and how we heal
The Death Of England is cutting-edge theatre that doesn’t care who it offends
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An eyemask, a leaf, a lecture… is this really theatre?
A spirited revival of Mnemonic can’t hide its flaws
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A greater showman than Trump
If you want a night of exuberant entertainment, vote for Barnum
Read the full article20 July 2024
Kiss Me Kate is flawed but irresistible
Line Of Duty’s Adrian Dunbar delights in a clever and seditious classic
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