Tim Walker
02 May 2023
The test of the moral man
A new play about Sidney Poitier is a fitting allegory for our immoral times
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Theatre Review: Private Lives is the Donmar at its very best
Noel Coward's play is funny now in a way that is tragic
Read the full article29 March 2023
Theatre Review: This Winnie the Pooh is a bear necessity
This musical is a joyous explosion of colour, light and good humour
Read the full article29 March 2023
Theatre Review: Black Superhero is good-looking but skin deep
There’s almost certainly a great play to be written about gay black and mixed-race men but this sadly isn’t it
Read the full article21 March 2023
Theatre Review: Anarchic comedy is disturbingly timely
It’s nothing short of terrifying that Tom Basden has managed to shift a story of Italian police corruption so effortlessly and convincingly to a metropolitan police station in this country
Read the full article21 March 2023
Theatre Review: This Marjorie is in her prime
A triumphant production about life, love, growing old and dying has absolutely restored my faith in theatre
Read the full article14 March 2023
Theatre Review: Ensemble cast shines in slice-of-life drama
Sleepova is one of those free-flowing, slice-of-life dramas that, with a no-frills staging, places a vast amount of pressure on the individual actors to make something of their parts
Read the full article14 March 2023
Theatre Review: This Bonnie & Clyde is criminally time-consuming
It’s clear everyone has tried very hard to make this show work. They failed
Read the full article07 March 2023
Theatre Review: Shirley Valentine revival serves up stale taramasalata
The story of a bored Liverpudlian housewife finding love on a holiday to Greece now feels very dated
Read the full article07 March 2023
Theatre Review: This Oklahoma! is so not a beautiful evenin’
This has been said to be a dark reimagining of the old classic, but it is taking the word too literally
Read the full article28 February 2023
Theatre Review: An arrogant attempt to rewrite Shakespeare
If we’d been allowed to judge it on own terms, Rachel O’Riordan’s production works perfectly well as a slice-of-life drama
Read the full article28 February 2023
Theatre Review: Trouble in Butetown is intelligent and compelling
This is an atmospheric drama set during the second world war in a claustrophobic boarding house not far from Cardiff Docks
Read the full article23 February 2023
Brexit has wrecked your enterprise
Star Trek actor George Takei still finds much about British politics highly illogical
Read the full article23 February 2023
Theatre review: Casting a wider light on the history of Britain
This musical set on an estate in Sheffield charts the changing times of these islands
Read the full article23 February 2023
Theatre review: Beverley Knight shines in misfiring suffragette musical
Sylvia fails to live up to its billing as the serious rival to Hamilton it was originally intended to be
Read the full article14 February 2023
Theatre Review: Phaedra collapses under the weight of its own pretentiousness
With its central theme of doomed, forbidden love, it is also a pretty odd play to put on around the time of Valentine’s Day
Read the full article14 February 2023
Theatre Review: The Lehman Trilogy is three hours of perfection
This play is a joyous celebration not just of great writing and acting, but also of the art of theatricality
Read the full article07 February 2023
Theatre Review: This lemon lacks zest
Two big names can't mask the fact that Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons is ponderous, pretentious piffle
Read the full article07 February 2023
Theatre Review: This is quirky, idiosyncratic, brave – and great fun
Rob Madge's moving story of their relationship with their father is a reminder of Kenneth Williams
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Theatre Review: This joke isn’t funny anymore
A comedy which seemed fresh and inventive many years ago now seems limp and hackneyed
Read the full article24 January 2023
Theatre Review: Allegiance is greater than the sum of its parts
A musical inspired by George Takei's early life has a tremendous emotional charge
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Theatre Review: The Shawshank Redemption shows the power of friendship
No one knows more about touring than Bill Kenwright and his production of The Shawshank Redemption is a typically accomplished affair
Read the full article17 January 2023
Theatre Review: Watch on the Rhine is a warning from history
This production of Lillian Hellman’s play once again makes the point that the Donmar Warehouse is a centre of theatrical excellence
Read the full article10 January 2023
Theatre Review: Kerry Jackson is Carry On Class Warfare
This play seems to want to challenge stereotypes, but inadvertently and ridiculously reinforces them
Read the full article05 January 2023
Theatre is going to need grace under pressure in 2023
It looks as if it’s going to be another challenging year for theatre, but there is certainly a lot to look forward to
Read the full article20 December 2022
Theatre Review: Paradise Now! is too much of a good thing
There isn’t a member of the cast who isn’t firing on all cylinders but, at two-and-a-half-hours, this portrayal of telesales women feels much too long
Read the full article20 December 2022
Theatre Review: This As You Like It is spirited and sexy
The play divides critics, but this production will convert any punters
Read the full article13 December 2022
Theatre Review: Hex is less a magic spell, more of a curse
The National's Christmas folie de grandeur is simply unforgivable
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Theatre Review: Orlando is a gleeful probe into gender
This adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s novel is funny, seditious, intelligent, courageous and beautiful
Read the full article06 December 2022
Theatre Review: I just went along for the Glory Ride
The writing in Glory Ride – A New Musical feels raw and so do the lyrics, but this show has a fascinating yarn to tell
Read the full article06 December 2022
Theatre Review: This Othello just lacks humour
It is genuinely startling and shocking that this is the first Othello from a black director at a major venue
Read the full article29 November 2022
Theatre Review: This Elf should be left on the shelf
No amount of effort can get over this dime-a-dozen children's show's innate tiredness
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