<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Harshini Shanker]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guide to London theatre on a budget. Reviews of the latest shows and guides to get the best seats for cheap.]]></description><link>https://www.theatrebee.com/home</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:21:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.theatrebee.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Hercules: The Gospel According to Spectacle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rated  Production photo of Hercules. Photo credit: Johan Persson The bee arrived at Hercules armed with unfair expectations. This was, after all, Greek mythology: the great warehouse of human catastrophe. 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The Big Bite-Size Show does no such thing. It serves its...]]></description><link>https://www.theatrebee.com/post/bite-sized-theatre-big-existential-crises-review-of-the-big-bite-size-show-at-the-pleasance-theat</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67ce1de28ef59d75d3214d3f</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 23:11:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e63211_4db991590afe42588b3d13a1a10276ef~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Theatre Bee</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miss I-Doll at The Other Palace: A Reality Check on Reality TV]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rated  Daisy Steere in Miss I-Doll. Photo by Mariano Gobbi The bee is blissfully unaware of reality television. Or at least, it...]]></description><link>https://www.theatrebee.com/post/miss-i-doll-at-the-other-palace-a-reality-check-on-reality-tv</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67befe57bd5fc27b205ae3ec</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:55:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e63211_5412e9b01dcb454ca84782bb4da562d9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Theatre Bee</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Screen Test at Seven Dials Playhouse: Laughing Through the Collapse]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rated  Bebe Cave as Betsy Bitterly in The Screen Test. Photo by Kat Gollock There is a particular kind of theatre that sneaks up on...]]></description><link>https://www.theatrebee.com/post/the-screen-test-at-seven-dials-playhouse-laughing-through-the-collapse</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67b036d3baae5963aaf9c21d</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2025 06:58:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e63211_6340634d5bf5414c9feacdb1217e2ae7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Theatre Bee</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review of Posh Girls at King’s Head Theatre: A Nostalgia-Laced Collision of Memory and Privilege]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rated  Posh Girls production image. Photo: Emily Patrick Judging by its title, Posh Girls seemed poised to deliver a blend of...]]></description><link>https://www.theatrebee.com/post/review-of-posh-girls-at-king-s-head-theatre-a-nostalgia-laced-collision-of-memory-and-privilege</link><guid isPermaLink="false">679cd1dda03a49258d9edff1</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 13:54:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e63211_73ea3d836c5140999eeec121b3116dec~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_645,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Theatre Bee</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Month in Theatre: February Watchlist for the Whimsical Thespian]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s February, and while some people are busy planning their Valentine’s evenings (good luck with that, truly), the bee is far more...]]></description><link>https://www.theatrebee.com/post/the-month-in-theatre-february-watchlist-for-the-whimsical-thespian</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6797c329d0d2f00ad9e18fe0</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><category><![CDATA[tickets]]></category><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 18:23:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e63211_bf03dd19867e4bd182f5d3931f90607a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_800,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Theatre Bee</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review of The Little Foxes at Young Vic: The Endearing and Evergreen Allure of Venomous Family Ties]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rated  Cast of The Little Foxes at curtain call at the Young Vic What is a family if not a web of lies and deceit? Lillian...]]></description><link>https://www.theatrebee.com/post/review-of-the-little-foxes-at-young-vic-the-endearing-and-evergreen-allure-of-venomous-family-ties</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67912219b64e0286f4334a82</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><category><![CDATA[tickets]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:53:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e63211_d14bcb7c1f3244fb815c3c1dde0c4c63~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Theatre Bee</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four Steve Coogans walk into a War Room...]]></title><description><![CDATA[No, it’s not the start of a bad joke—it’s Dr. Strangelove (rated  by yours truly), where nuclear apocalypse has never been so...]]></description><link>https://www.theatrebee.com/post/four-steve-coogans-walk-into-a-war-room</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6786ae3e3b6c9edec628f496</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2025 18:30:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e63211_37395bdbeb9c4673a3e11c2d3a5a06ae~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_667,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Theatre Bee</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review of The Tempest at Theatre Royal Drury Lane: Flat, Strange, and Somehow Still Enchanting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rated  Sigourney Weaver plays Prospero in The Tempest at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane. 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The bee was glued to its...]]></description><link>https://www.theatrebee.com/post/wolves-on-road-at-the-bush-theatre-an-expasperated-bee-s-manifesto-against-digital-snake-oil</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6732530e31756b3948d7b84c</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:32:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e63211_019f66b8df284df6ab8ba8155911ad66~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_393,h_295,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Theatre Bee</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stampin’ in the Graveyard at The Cockpit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rated  Stampin’ in the Graveyard  at The Cockpit is, at its heart, a fragmented exploration of memory, love, and loss. 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How fitting...]]></description><link>https://www.theatrebee.com/post/finding-wonder-in-waiting-for-godot-at-theatre-royal-haymarket</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6724dd0ec305e53527b63348</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 14:16:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e63211_9298993b96ee46f9b62de471c1537308~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_393,h_295,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Theatre Bee</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review of The Other Place at the National Theatre: Hauntingly Ambiguous or Frustratingly Elusive?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rated  Alexander Zeldin’s The Other Place  at the National Theatre is a rivetingly complex piece, a play so steeped in ambiguity that...]]></description><link>https://www.theatrebee.com/post/review-of-the-other-place-at-the-national-theatre-hauntingly-ambiguous-or-frustratingly-elusive</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6723097fc305e53527b50fcc</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 20:01:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e63211_87d92aa6a55b4dcea2b0c78d0969fa0b~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_393,h_295,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Theatre Bee</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: A Review of Coriolanus at the National Theatre]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rated  Theatre Bee is abuzz with intrigue and irony after Lyndsey Turner’s starkly monumental Coriolanus at the National Theatre,...]]></description><link>https://www.theatrebee.com/post/no-good-deed-goes-unpunished-a-review-of-coriolanus-at-the-national-theatre</link><guid isPermaLink="false">672273553b2cccd224e07b45</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><category><![CDATA[tickets]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:07:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e63211_6030fa02d76942b1b3ebbb9c9fdad8ee~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Theatre Bee</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review of A Face in the Crowd at the Young Vic: Immersive, Nostalgic, and Uncomfortably Real, Part 3 of 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is part 3 of a series of reflections triggered by the musical, A Face in the Crowd, playing at the Young Vic Theatre. 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Less review...]]></description><link>https://www.theatrebee.com/post/a-face-in-the-crowd-at-the-young-vic-how-it-forces-a-reckoning-with-the-monster-we-made-part-2-of-3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">671422f547e3c32cb5804393</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2024 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e63211_db8983065c1d44749402408390553ec5~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_393,h_295,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Theatre Bee</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Allure of the Entertainer: Introducing A Face in the Crowd at the Young Vic, Part 1 of 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is part 1 of a series of reflections triggered by the musical, A Face in the Crowd, playing at the Young Vic Theatre. Less review...]]></description><link>https://www.theatrebee.com/post/the-allure-of-the-entertainer-introducing-a-face-in-the-crowd-at-the-young-vic-part-1-of-3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6714145b47e3c32cb5803860</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2024 21:16:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e63211_b2ba5b6c43854251b290d2cb563fc0e5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_393,h_295,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Theatre Bee</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>