Edgar in the Red Room continues at the Hope Theatre, London until 14 February 2026. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ A humorously macabre musical that mixes everything together.
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Rosie’s Brain – Hope Theatre
Rosie’s Brain continues at the Hope Theatre, London until 8 February 2025. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ Evelyn Rose’s gentle, low-key show does exactly what its title claims. It gives us insights into Rosie’s brain – which has “issues” – in a 60-minute musical and spoken monologue.
Bury the Hatchet – Hope Theatre
Bury the Hatchet at the Hope Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Lizzie Borden has been the subject of ballets, a full-length opera and films. The events that took place over a century ago continue to engage the public. Sasha Wilson and her co-creators have fashioned a concise theatre piece, less […]
Her Aching Heart – Hope Theatre
Her Aching Heart continues at the Hope Theatre, London until 23 December. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ What a glorious revelation and riot of fun this revival of Bryony Lavery’s Her Aching Heart is. Marvellously directed by Matthew Parker, and meticulously produced as always by Andrea Leoncini’s LWL Entertainment (this time […]
The House of Usher – Hope Theatre
The House of Usher continues at the Hope Theatre, London until 5 November. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ A tale by Edgar Allan Poe, the American Romanticist, is a great choice to open the Hope Theatre’s Gothic season. The Fall of the House of Usher is one of his many short […]
Her Aching Heart to play Islington’s Hope Theatre
Bryony Lavery’s gothic parody Her Aching Heart will open at Islington’s Hope Theatre at the end of next month. A satirical version of a traditional Mills & Boon bodice-ripping romance, the show will run from 29 November until 23 December. Co-produced by LWL Entertainment, the venue’s third in-house production this year features original music by […]
Nude – Hope Theatre
Nude continues at the Hope Theatre, London until 21 May. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ A bare cube, all fluorescent edges, and grey, geometric furniture, is the setting for Paul Hewitt’s one act piece that follows the romantic life of a couple, and explores how much of their life events are dictated by fate. […]
Hello Again – Hope Theatre
Hello Again continues at the Hope Theatre, London until 7 November. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ It’s almost as if there is a version of La Ronde running every week somewhere on the London Fringe. Adaptations of Arthur Schnitzler’s cyclic play come in various shapes and sizes from David Hare’s renowned […]
TODAY! Top West End performers support Hello Again revival
Today performers from some of the West End’s biggest shows will join forces for a special concert to raise funds for the first British revival of Michael John LaChiusa’s Off-Broadway musical Hello Again at The Hope Theatre, Islington next month. Proceeds of the concert entitled Lust and Love at the Actors’ Church in London’s Covent Garden […]
