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Review of Park Theatre's The End of the Night - Ben Brown's script is intense and gripping

Rated 🍯🍯🍯🍯 Towards the end of Hitler's reign, one of the most powerful chesspieces of the oppressive and barbaric Nazi war machine...

Review of Julius Caesar at Shakespeare's Globe - A fun experiment with gender

Rated 🍯🍯🍯 The play opens with Brutus inspecting the statue of Caesar — the only thing to adorn the stage other than a purple carpet...

Review of Oklahoma! at The Young Vic - Reinvention ruins original for uninitiated

Rated 🍯🍯 It is impossible to enjoy the Young Vic’s revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical Oklahoma! if one has not been exposed...

Review of Britannicus at Lyric Hammersmith - An appealing modern take on a beloved classic

Rated 🍯🍯🍯 It is easy to go wrong with Jean Racine’s Britannicus. First, it is hard to design a set that’s redolent of ancient Rome, a...

Review of Jitney at The Old Vic - Strikingly evocative, absolutely unmissable

Irresistibly rated 🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯 August Wilson’s Jitney at The Old Vic, masterfully directed by Tinuke Craig, is a bold and beautifully...

Review of That Is Not Who I Am - Royal Court shenanigans

Rated 🍯🍯🍯🍯 Before you read, the bee recommends that if you haven't watched the show yet but plan to, then stop right here! Go in with...

Review of The Glass Menagerie: A little too gentle to be evocative

Rated 🍯🍯🍯 Set in St. Louis in 1937, Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie is called a memory play, ostensibly because all its action...