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Leila Farzad as Shied (Photo: Marc Brenner)

REVIEW: Under the Shadow, Almeida (2026)

Post author:Malcolm Beckett
Post published:11 June 2026
Post category:London but not West End Play Review

Dark Things Lurk “A woman should be more scared of exposing herself than anything else.” Mrs Fakur Leila Farzad as Shied (Photo: Marc Brenner) Under the Shadow is a horror play…

Adam Bond as Ensemble, Matthew /steer as Dr Spivey and Olivia Williams as Nurse Ratched (Photo: Manuel Harlan )

REVIEW: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Old Vic (2026)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:16 April 2026
Post category:Play Review West End

Have we really progressed in psychiatric care? "It's a madhouse . . . they're all psychopaths."Dale Harding Aaron Pierre as Randle P McMurphy and Giles Yerera as Dale Harding and…

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REVIEW: Hamlet, Lyttelton Theatre National (2025)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:3 October 2025
Post category:London but not West End Play Review

Confusing and Unfocussed Hamlet "If it be now, 'tis not to come: if it be not to come, it will be now:if it be not now, yet it will come:…