Dorian Gray review – Sarah Snook dazzles in daring one-woman Oscar Wilde reinvention | Theatre | Entertainment

London ticket prices, eh? At least for £395 you get to gawp at two Hollywood stars in Plaza Suite, with Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick on high form in a sub-par play just down the road (which is sadly not paved for most of us with precious metals). In this wildly radical, techtastic reboot … Read more

Hills of California review: Jerusalem genius Jez Butterworth almost does it again | Theatre | Entertainment

Don’t be fooled by the pink spangly costumes and cheesy grins. This gloriously written tragicomedy with sensational performances across the board is a piercing elegy to the ties that don’t just bind but suffocate down the years.   Set in the ‘public front room’ of the clapped-out Blackpool Sea View motel during the sweltering summer of … Read more

Catherine Tate in The Enfield Haunting will take some beating as the worst show of 2024 | Theatre | Entertainment

Look, I don’t give one star lightly. But to charge audiences £135 for barely 70 minutes (no interval) of incompetent plotting, dire dialogue, poor characterisation and some acting that wouldn’t look out of place on a bad 1960s sitcom is enough to make the entire Theatreland give up the ghost. I must stress that certain … Read more