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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.... MORE

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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.

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Purple Snowflakes and Titty Wanks review: an impressive debut

Sarah Hanly’s fizzy monologue marks her as a talent to watch, but feels confined to trusted narrative parameters

Feb 4, 2022
Theatre

Hamlet review: brummie Hamlet gets lost in sea of wild concepts

Sean Holmes chucks songs by The Smiths and speeches from Romeo and Juliet into this baggy production

Feb 4, 2022
Theatre

The best London theatre to book in 2022, from Prima Facie to Henry V

A packed twelve months of big shows and big names await theatre audiences in the capital - here’s our guide to what to book

Feb 2, 2022
Theatre

A Number review: A tour de force from Paapa Essiedu and Lennie James

Lyndsey Turner’s revival of Caryl Churchill’s 2002 cloning drama brings two renowned actors back to the stage

Feb 2, 2022
Theatre

The Glow review: a beguiling, baffling ride for the mind

Ria Zmitrowicz is transfixing in this madly ambitious new play from Alistair McDowall

Jan 28, 2022
Theatre

Ava: The Secret Conversations review: a lazy portrait

This self-created star vehicle from the Downton actor needs a better script

Jan 26, 2022
ES Magazine

Gilbert & George on why they’ll never gossip about the royal family

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

Jan 24, 2022
Theatre

Moulin Rouge! the musical review: not quite spectacular spectacular

The big numbers are ravishing in this stage version of Baz Luhrmann’s high-camp 2001 film classic, but the romance doesn’t sizzle

Jan 24, 2022
Theatre

Conundrum review: this near-monologue is maddeningly opaque

Anthony Ofoegbu gives a great performance as a middle-aged black man wrestling with pain, but the writing is frustratingly oblique

Jan 20, 2022
Theatre

Operation Mincemeat review: a larky fringe hit with surprising depths

It’s a bonkers idea to make a musical out of this wildcard WWII manoeuvre, but it just about works

Jan 19, 2022
Theatre

The Rubber Merchants at the Old Red Lion review: stupefyingly awful

This inept production won’t do much for the reputation of Israeli absurdist Hanoch Levin

Jan 13, 2022
Theatre

David Suchet - Poirot and More... review: gentle and self-deprecating

It’s baggy in places, but Poirot fans will love this night of anecdotes from David Suchet

Jan 7, 2022
Theatre

Force Majeure review: this trip down the slopes is a treat

Michael Longhurst’s stage adaptation of Ruben Östlund’s 2014 film looks amazing - and acts out a big moral debate

Jan 6, 2022
Theatre

Folk review: folk music play hits a bum note

This stiff production addresses questions about who owns a nation’s culture with clunking obviousness

Jan 5, 2022
Theatre

The best theatre of 2021

London theatre made a triumphant return after a tough year - our critics choose the highlights

Dec 29, 2021
Insider

Starter for 10 — it’s your big fat quiz of the year!

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

Dec 21, 2021
Theatre

Peggy For You at Hampstead Theatre: Tamsin Greig elevates this in-joke

The actress is captivating as the legendary literary agent Peggy Ramsay, but the play itself is hard to entirely care about

Dec 20, 2021
Theatre

Habeas Corpus review: Alan Bennett revival feels outdated

In farce, timing is everything, and the timing of this production is off

Dec 14, 2021
Theatre

Best of Enemies review: James Graham’s latest is dynamic and arresting

James Graham traces the culture wars back to a series of 1968 TV debates - and the parallels are undeniable

Dec 10, 2021
Theatre

The Book of Dust - La Belle Sauvage review: wonder and confusion

Philip Pullman’s prequel to His Dark Materials makes for a breathlessly hectic jumble of events on stage

Dec 8, 2021