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Nick Curtis is Chief Theatre Critic of the Evening Standard, a feature writer, columnist and award-winning interviewer. For the paper he has reported on mayoral campaigns, terror attacks and the 2012 Olympics, recreated the first scheduled commercial flight in a biplane, and opened Tower Bridge....
Nick Curtis is Chief Theatre Critic of the Evening Standard, a feature writer, columnist and award-winning interviewer. For the paper he has reported on mayoral campaigns, terror attacks and the 2012 Olympics, recreated the first scheduled commercial flight in a biplane, and opened Tower Bridge.
Sarah Hanly’s fizzy monologue marks her as a talent to watch, but feels confined to trusted narrative parameters
Sean Holmes chucks songs by The Smiths and speeches from Romeo and Juliet into this baggy production
A packed twelve months of big shows and big names await theatre audiences in the capital - here’s our guide to what to book
Lyndsey Turner’s revival of Caryl Churchill’s 2002 cloning drama brings two renowned actors back to the stage
Ria Zmitrowicz is transfixing in this madly ambitious new play from Alistair McDowall
This self-created star vehicle from the Downton actor needs a better script
London has been Gilbert & George’s muse for more than half a century. Here they tell Nick Curtis about the art they created for this issue and their enduring love of the East End
The big numbers are ravishing in this stage version of Baz Luhrmann’s high-camp 2001 film classic, but the romance doesn’t sizzle
Anthony Ofoegbu gives a great performance as a middle-aged black man wrestling with pain, but the writing is frustratingly oblique
It’s a bonkers idea to make a musical out of this wildcard WWII manoeuvre, but it just about works
This inept production won’t do much for the reputation of Israeli absurdist Hanoch Levin
It’s baggy in places, but Poirot fans will love this night of anecdotes from David Suchet
Michael Longhurst’s stage adaptation of Ruben Östlund’s 2014 film looks amazing - and acts out a big moral debate
This stiff production addresses questions about who owns a nation’s culture with clunking obviousness
London theatre made a triumphant return after a tough year - our critics choose the highlights
What a quiet 12 months! Oh wait… From England’s Euros heroes to Covid chaos and billionaires behaving badly, were you paying attention to the highs and lows? Nick Curtis brings you 18 fiendishly fun questions
The actress is captivating as the legendary literary agent Peggy Ramsay, but the play itself is hard to entirely care about
In farce, timing is everything, and the timing of this production is off
Wow. Just wow
James Graham traces the culture wars back to a series of 1968 TV debates - and the parallels are undeniable
Philip Pullman’s prequel to His Dark Materials makes for a breathlessly hectic jumble of events on stage