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Cynthia Erivo in Dracula, Hugh Bonneville in Shadowlands, Jenna Russell, Laurie Kynaston
22/02/2026 | 49 mins.
The biggest show of the year so far has finally opened, with puns about sucking and biting in full flow. Yes it's Cynthia Erivo's one-woman Dracula, adapted and directed by Kip Williams, in which the Wicked star plays all 23(ish) parts. So as Nick, Nick and Nancy sink their teeth into their review, does it get their blood pumping? Or will they B negative?

Downton Abbey and Paddington treasure Hugh Bonneville plays CS Lewis in the West End transfer of Shadowlands. The inimitable Jenna Russell, who brings emotional charge and huge class to every show she stars in, talks to Nick Curtis about The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. And Laurie Kynaston, currently in Terence Rattigan's Man and Boy at the National Theatre, answers five questions.

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Harold Fry, Man and Boy, Chadwick Boseman's hip hop play
15/02/2026 | 49 mins.
This week the gang is talking about walking as they make a pilgrimage to Theatre Royal Haymarket for new musical The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, based on the beloved book by Rachel Joyce with music by Passenger.

They also had a dose of daddy issues with Terence Rattigan's little-revived play Man and Boy at the National.

Director, writer and theatremaker Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu talked to Nick Curtis about directing the late Chadwick Boseman's play Deep Azure at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse and Andor star Elizabeth Dulau answered five questions.

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Arcadia, Keala Settle, American Psycho the Musical
08/02/2026 | 48 mins.
A few months on from his death, Tom Stoppard's dazzling play Arcadia comes to the Old Vic and puts the brains of Nancy, Nick and Nick to the test - that's if Mr Clark is able to get across Albert Bridge and make it to the recording on time...

Then it's back to the eighties for shell suits, ripped bodies and all kinds of excess - and that's just from the LTR gang - as they review American Psycho The Musical at the Almeida.

Plus producer Tim talks to musical theatre icon Keala Settle, whose rendition of This Is Me from The Greatest Showman has been watched and streamed by hundreds of millions of people, about taking a break from musical theatre for the moment to star in her first straight play, Mrs President. She plays Mary Todd Lincoln at the Charing Cross Theatre.

And writer Miriam Battye answers five questions.

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Paranormal Activity, Arty Froushan, Guess How Much I Love You, Fiona Button
01/02/2026 | 38 mins.
Boo!! This week Nancy and the Nicks are cowering behind their large, slightly warm glasses of chardonnay as they experience the stage adaptation of supernatural horror Paranormal Activity. Two out of three critics were terrified - listen to find out who has nerves of steel.

The trio also take in Luke Norris's harrowing play Guess How Much I Love You at the Royal Court, and Nick Curtis talks to Fiona Button, currently starring in one of Tom Stoppard's masterpieces Arcadia at the Old Vic.

Plus, Arty Froushan takes a break from murdering people in a well-tailored suit as he plays Patrick Bateman in American Psycho: The Musical and answers our five questions.

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Oh Mary! Oh High Noon! Oh Rosie Sheehy!
25/01/2026 | 53 mins.
With pistols drawn and chaps on, Nancy and the Nicks review the stage version of classic Western film High Noon. It's been adapted by the legendary Hollywood screenwriter Eric Roth (Dune, Benjamin Button, Forrest Gump) and stars Billy Crudup and Denise Gough. Then it's back further into the American past with Oh, Mary!, Cole Escola's ridiculously silly Broadway smash play which very much does not tell the story of Mary Todd Lincoln. She may still be the wife of Abraham in Cole's telling, but she's also an alcoholic and frustrated cabaret star. But no fear, because Nick Clark talks to academic Catherine Clinton who has written a definitive biography of Mary Lincoln to get some of the facts straight. And Nick Curtis catches the brilliant actress Rosie Sheehy in a break from rehearsals for new play Guess How Much I Love You by Luke Norris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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About The London Theatre Review

Nick, Nick and Nancy are on hand with the latest news, honest reviews and big name interviews from the world of London theatre. Nancy Durrant is the former Culture Editor of the Evening Standard and before that an arts editor at The Times for many years. She is the creator of The London Culture Edit on Substack and writes across culture for The Times, Sunday Times, Observer, W Magazine, Opera Now and more, and appears regularly on Times Radio and BBC Radio 4 Front Row.Nick Clark was Head of Culture at The London Standard, covering the cultural landscape in the capital, and was previously features editor of The Stage and the arts correspondent of The Independent.Nick Curtis is Chief Theatre Critic of The London Standard and has written about theatre since 1989. Also a feature writer, editor and an award-winning interviewer, his work has appeared in most major British newspapers, as well as Radio Times, GQ, Harpers & Queen and Tatler, among others.Produced by Tim Bano Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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