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Check out the Bee's reviews of the latest shows in the West End, Off West End and fringe.

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Review of The Other Place at the National Theatre: Hauntingly Ambiguous or Frustratingly Elusive?

Rated 🍯🍯 Alexander Zeldin’s The Other Place at the National Theatre is a rivetingly complex piece, a play so steeped in ambiguity that...

Theatre Bee

Oct 31, 20243 min read

Review of Sugarcoat at Southwark Playhouse Borough - Bold, progressive, but lacks depth

Rated 🍯🍯 Sugarcoat is an amusing musical, but the bee was left wanting when it came to specifics The show tries to portray new and...

Theatre Bee

Apr 19, 20233 min read

Review of The Great British Bakeoff Musical at Noël Coward Theatre - A half-baked hotchpotch

Rated 🍯🍯 It is ironic that a musical tribute to a TV series about decadent desserts and sweet treats should turn out to be so tasteless...

Theatre Bee

Mar 21, 20233 min read

Review of The Unfriend at Criterion Theatre - Stellar cast performances do not rescue banal writing

Rated 🍯🍯 On a cruise holiday, an English couple — Peter and Debra — meets an annoyingly talkative middle-aged American woman called...

Theatre Bee

Feb 5, 20233 min read

Review of Allegiance at Charing Cross Theatre - Bombastic musical does little justice to its cause

Rated 🍯🍯 "A Jap's a Jap" In the aftermath of Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, fearing a...

Theatre Bee

Jan 10, 20234 min read

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...

Theatre Bee

Jul 10, 20224 min read

Review - A Doll’s House Part 2 - Lacks novelty and depth

Rated 🍯🍯 If the bee had to pick its least favourite play among everything it has ever watched in London, sorry folks, but this one...

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Jun 23, 20225 min read

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Welcome to Theatre Bee's ultimate guide to London theatre on a budget.

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Wondering what to watch at the theatre?

Check out the Bee's reviews of the latest shows in the West End, Off West End and fringe.

​

Looking for cheap theatre tickets?

Theatre Bee's ultimate guide to cheap theatre tickets in London has everything you need to know. Check out the bee's theatre savings blog to save on your theatre visits. Learn about theatre rewards and ticket lotteries to get expensive seats for cheap. Or join the conversations on the forum!

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Looking for merchandise?

The Theatre Bee Store has you covered with quirky but thoughtful gifts and merchandise for theatre lovers, musical lovers, and of course, bee lovers.

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Review of The Other Place at the National Theatre: Hauntingly Ambiguous or Frustratingly Elusive?

Review of Sugarcoat at Southwark Playhouse Borough - Bold, progressive, but lacks depth

Review of The Great British Bakeoff Musical at Noël Coward Theatre - A half-baked hotchpotch

Review of The Unfriend at Criterion Theatre - Stellar cast performances do not rescue banal writing

Review of Allegiance at Charing Cross Theatre - Bombastic musical does little justice to its cause

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

Review - A Doll’s House Part 2 - Lacks novelty and depth

Theatre Bee's ultimate guide to cheap theatre tickets in London has everything you need to know. Check out the bee's theatre savings blog to save on your theatre visits. Learn about theatre rewards and ticket lotteries to get expensive seats for cheap. Or join the conversations on the forum !