Emmie Newitt

Giving a voice to women in the justice and prison system, Baby is now officially open at Brixton House Theatre. Written by Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti and co-produced by Clean Break , a company founded by two women in prison wanting to give a voice to those criminalised, Baby follows our titular charact

A delayed train, a group of strangers, and a series of unsettling revelations: Speak of the Devil , written and directed by Elise Simond , has all the ingredients for an engaging theatrical experience.

Many people know Tom at the Farm through Xavier Dolan 's 2013 film adaptation, which he directed and starred in. Yet the work began life on the Montreal stage.

An all-male staging of Shakespeare's As You Like It at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre shatters stereotypes by challenging traditional ideas about gender, identity, and performance.

After three decades, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's Martin Guerre has returned to the London stage, but in a never-before-seen adaptation.

Jonathan Larson’s genre-defying musical RENT is back in London in what we hailed as a “ flawless revival ”. Recently opening at the Tom Stoppard Theatre and set during the 1990s in New York, RENT follows a group of young artists struggling with poverty, addiction, gentrification, and the HIV/AIDs

A play within a play within a play. The Play's The Thing , presented by Happy Cannibals, is an incredibly clever exploration of human relationships, miscommunication and the often uncomfortable truths we refuse to confront. Centred around the world of a small pub theatre production, the evening

Danny Lee Wynter’ s second play, Ilford Boy , follows his acclaimed debut Black Superhero , which premiered at the Royal Court in 2023. This autobiographical coming-of-age story is a worthy successor, charting mixed race teen Ted's journey through 1990s Ilford as he struggles to understand who he

There's something rather peculiar about being asked to review a show when, for a considerable portion of it, you were apparently somewhere else entirely.

The most difficult reviews to write are for shows which either feel incredible beyond words, or are best seen without any spoilers whatsoever.