When Dr Who (Matt Smith) asks the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time's hero Christopher Boone (Luke Treadaway) to stop Moriarty (Andrew Scott) spreading a virus you know there is something special going on. When Christopher is guided by supply teacher called Jude Law (yes that one), visits the Queen (Helen Mirren)…

"Punchdrunk has developed a phenomenal reputation for transformative productions that focus as much on the audience and the performance as on the performers and the narrative." And THAT is the problem with Drowned Man summed up by the people themselves. Based on Buchner's Woyzeck (apparently) it has an old Hollywood studio theme for the set…

There is a germ of good idea in James Morton's Britain Got Talons unfortunately it never really grows into its potential. The premise, a judge is murdered on a TV talent show and one of the contestants is in the frame, held potential for biting humour and a satirical look at obsession with celebrity and…

  And my first and second thoughts when I saw it back in March (second trip coming up in just a few weeks)

Really looking forward to seeing this tomorrow night at the Rose Theatre in Kingston – and my first experience as a pit-cushioner. Perhaps this is the way theatres should go with videos rather than trying to do trailers? I'd definitely be interested in seeing a series of shorts like this with different members of the…

…because I like this sort of thing oh and Jamie Lloyd talks about plans for the season http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1  

Ever since seeing the first performance of Peter and Alice I've been curious about what the critics would make of it. Chat on Twitter has been mixed – official channels naturally retweeting the effusive praise. I've also had three reasoned criticisms on my own review, which itself happened to be favourable. That the professionals reviews…

Rupert Goold steps into Michael Attenborough's shoes as Artistic Director at the Almeida Very exciting news this. Goold isn't a 'safe' director like the Michael Grandages and Trevor Nunns of the theatreland, with Goold you never know quite what you are going to get. He chooses classic plays and gives them a twist or new…

Had a teeny bit of a tip-off about Jamie Lloyd's futuristic setting for Macbeth when it was first announced but more details have emerged. In this nice long interview with the director during rehearsals he talks about why he's set the play 50 years into the future and why he chose a younger than traditional…

Bumper year for London Theatre SOLT (Society of London Theatres) released its 2012 box office figures for the West End revealing that the Olympics didn't have quite the adverse effect predicted by Sir Andrew Lloyd Musical – a 9% drop for the duration. Takings for the year overall were marginally up and apparently advanced bookings…