Theatre listings and reviews for the West End and Fulham fringe theatres

REVIEW: 4000 Miles, Print Room *** May 17 2013

REVIEW: 4000 Miles, Print Room ***Read

Theatre Review: Jenny Seagrove stars in Victorian mystery The Governess May 15 2013

The Governess is at The Theatre Royal, Windsor, until Saturday May 25. Contact the box office on 01753 853888 or www.theatreroyalwindsor.co.uk. Read

A journey of 4000 Miles starts and ends at The Print Room May 10 2013

Sara Kestelman, who stars in Amy Herzog’s 4000 Miles, tells Robert Cumber how preparations for the role took her on a trip down memory lane.Read

REVIEW: Rooms, Finborough **1/2 May 08 2013

I wasn't around for the punk invasion of the late 70s, that brief but bloody snarling fingers-up to authority.Read

The punk rocky road to romance May 03 2013

A musical about the anarchic world of punk may sound a strange choice for the Finborough Theatre, but Rooms – A Rock Musical comes with an impressive heritage, as Robert Cumber reveals.Read

Now for something completely different Apr 19 2013

Forget the wellies and emergency loo roll… Forest Fringe, which begins a two-week residency at Notting Hill’s Gate Theatre on Monday, promises to recreate that festival vibe on a single evening. Festival co-director Andy Field tells Robert Cumber more.Read

REVIEW, Nineveh, Riverside Studios **** Apr 19 2013

INSPIRED by the traumatic real-life stories of former soldiers, this could easily have turned into an exploitative exercise in terror tourism.Read

The Virgin In The Ice: Medieval murder mystery at Theatre Royal Apr 18 2013

THERE'S a chill wind blowing through The Theatre Royal, Windsor, this week.Read

All the fun of a festival, just without the mud Apr 12 2013

FORGET the wellies and emergency loo roll. Forest Fringe, which begins a two-week residency at Notting Hill's Gate Theatre on Monday (April 22), promises to recreate that festival vibe over the course of a single evening. Festival co-director Andy Field tells ROBERT CUMBER more.Read

Apartheid inspires thought-provoking production at Riverside Studios Apr 04 2013

THANDIWE Nofirst Lungisa and her family experienced the brutality of South Afria's apartheid regime when white farmers stole their cattle and tore down their huts.Read

REVIEW: Three Birds, Bush Theatre **1/2 Apr 04 2013

THERE'S something missing in Three Birds, and it's not just the mother of the young trio fending for themselves.Read

REVIEW: Steptoe and Son, Lyric Hammersmith *** Mar 26 2013

STEPTOE and Son's chirpy theme tune belies the casual cruelty in Galton and Simpson's much-loved 60s sitcom.Read

Steptoe and Son: Not just any old iron on this stage Mar 15 2013

THE love-hate relationship between Albert and Harold Steptoe had millions glued to their TV sets during the 1960s and ‘70s.Read

REVIEW: Mies Julie, Riverside Studios **** Mar 13 2013

THERE are only three characters in Yael Farber's modern day reworking of Miss Julie, but they walk a stage crowded with ghosts.Read

Curtain up on old comrades at Barons Court Theatre Mar 08 2013

As they hold the final meeting of the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers, four old communists say, ‘we did our best’.Read

Apartheid victim in acclaimed tale of South Africa's ongoing struggles Mar 08 2013

MIES Julie sees August Strindberg's classic tale of class, love and lust transposed to post-apartheid South Africa. Thandiwe Nofirst Lungisa, who provides the live soundtrack, talks to Robert Cumber.Read

REVIEW: Purple Heart, Gate Theatre, Notting Hill **** Mar 06 2013

THERE'S something of playwright Bruce Norris in the teenager Thor at the centre of his Vietnam War drama Purple Heart.Read

REVIEW: Facts, Finborough Theatre ***1/2 Mar 06 2013

THE MURDER of an archaeologist in the West Bank sparks this taut thriller, set amid the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, into life.Read

Doctor Who actor stars in The Woman In White at The Theatre Royal Mar 05 2013

A FORMER Time Lord is helping transport audiences back a century and a half at Windsor's Theatre Royal this week.Read

Theatre review: The Tailors’ Last Stand at Barons Court Theatre Mar 01 2013

As they hold the final meeting of the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers, four old communists say 'we did our best'.Read

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