The Devil Wears Prada at the Dominion Theatre ★★★★
SIGN UP NOW FOR NEWS, COMPETITIONS & DISCOUNT TICKETS Join the West End Wilma mailing list! SIGN UP Loading… SIGN UP Loading… Welcome! You are now subscribed. Elton John’s new musical The Devil Wears Prada struts off of the runway and into London’s Dominion Theatre Opening in the West End in December 2024 The Devil Wears […]
THE STORY at National Theatre, Review ★★★★
Like any great play, The Story at National Theatre asks more questions than it answers. Truth has taken on a flexible persona in the last 10 years. News outlets reporting on the decline of it while themselves manipulating narrative, has become the kind of Black Mirror-esque metaverse we have resigned to normality. Journalism and objectivity […]
Cate Blanchett stars in National Theatre’s Electra/Persona – Review
Electra/Persona at the National Theatre – Cate Blanchett stars in this muddled Greek tragedy that left me bored You can’t move in London’s West End right now without stumbling into a Greek tragedy. Hadestown retelling the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, The Oresteia at the Bridge Theatre, and just last year Brie Larson starring in […]
Trans People Are Awful (Edinburgh Fringe Review) ★★★★
Trans People Are Awful – what a brilliantly uncomfortable and intriguing title that should surely never be said aloud? But why not? Aren’t trans people just like everyone else? Well, that’s the whole point. Written and performed by Ros Watt, this pitch-black comedy thriller is a provocative piece of new theatre that was born from […]
Bliss (Edinburgh Fringe Review) ★★
Advertised as ‘the biggest new musical of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026’, Bliss sees a seventeen-strong cast take to the stage at Pleasance Grand, one of the largest venues at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It’s also probably one of the worst venues, for sound at least. I’ve made a point not to comment on sound […]
The Big Bad Wolf (Edinburgh Fringe Review) ★★★★★
When I walked into the hotel lobby and saw a sea of screaming children, I realised I hadn’t been thinking properly when I booked to go and see a show called The Big Bad Wolf at eleven-thirty in the morning. But fifty minutes later, I left the performance as one of the adults who had […]
Woody Sez: (Edinburgh Fringe Review) ★★★★★
Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie, is an internationally celebrated musical built around the songs and writings of American folk icon Woody Guthrie. If you’re a fan of Bob Dylan or Johnny Cash, then this is the show for you – a portrait of one of America’s defining folk voices. Originally developed […]
Muse – The Shakespeare Mayhem Musical Edinburgh Fringe Review ★★★★★
Edinburgh Fringe Festival breakout hit from 2017, SIX the Musical, is a popular format for new musicals to try to follow. Put a bunch of historical figures on stage together and let them battle it out in some kind of competition to decide who is the best. But this isn’t a new format for a […]
Spin Cycle Edinburgh Fringe Review ★★★
Spin Cycle: The Lesbian Laundrette Play brings a queer absurdist story to the stage. Following acclaimed performances in London, Oxford and New Hampshire, London-based theatre company Berserk Theatre, founded by queer American-Irish artist Zofia Zerphy and Rhiannon Bell (also the two stars of the show), makes its Edinburgh Fringe debut, bringing a queer absurdist story […]
Escape Room The Musical Edinburgh Fringe Review ★★
Escape Room The Musical at Edinburgh Fringe – an anxiety-inducing hour where no one seems to care about the ticking clock Six friends find themselves in an escape room that seems to be raising emotions high and adrenaline even higher. They have 60 minutes to escape or who knows what might be revealed? Who will […]