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
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 35
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Minisode: Buy tickets for our very exciting live recording at the Royal Court in September!
Yes we're on a summer break but we need to tell you that our live show at the Royal Court on September 20th at 12pm is selling fast and if you want to buy a ticket you'd better do it sharpish!
The gan…
Burlesque, Jeevan Braich from Starlight Express, Inter Alia
In the big, sexy season finale the gang review Burlesque the Musical at the Savoy Theatre. Are the rumours about its troubled previews true? Susie Miller's new play Inter Alia follows her huge hit Pr…
Michael Sheen in Nye, Beth Steel, The Merry Wives of Windsor
Noughts and Crosses, Stereophonic's Zachary Hart, Til The Stars Come Down
Zachary Hart from hit play Stereophonic - about a 70s rock band recording their second album - tells Nancy what it's like to play a drug-addicted, alcoholic bass player while also performing live mus…
Evita, Janie Dee and Intimate Apparel...but mostly Evita
Zizi Strallen, Emma Kingston, Hercules, A Moon For The Misbegotten
Ruth Wilson, Stereophonic and 4.48 Psychosis
Star of His Dark Materials, Luther and so much other stuff, the incredible Ruth Wilson, talks to Nick Curtis about starring in a very little-revived Eugene O'Neill play A Moon For the Misbegotten. Sh…
Live Aid Musical, Anoushka Lucas, Miss Myrtle's Garden
Profane rockstars, metaphorical elephants and childish innuendoes - don't say we don't bring the variety on LTR. This week, with Mr Clark away, producer Tim steps in to review Just For One Day the Li…
Fiddler, Spies and Heartstopper's Tara
Mrs Warren's Profession, After the Act and John O'Farrell
Kevin McHale from Glee takes on Frogs
Why Sondheim Matters, Beverley Knight, and 1536
For the last time ever, it's a brand new musical from Stephen Sondheim. Here We Are has just opened at the National Theatre, the show Sondheim was working on for almost a decade, and which he finishe…
The Big Friendly Season Three Opener
After a lovely break, thanks for asking, the gang have taken their seats in the stalls once again to bring you the best (and sometimes the less than best) that London theatre has to offer.
To kick of…
The Big Oliviers Season Finale With Billy Porter And Marisha Wallace
We've reached the end of the second season, and to celebrate we're dropping a day early with a bumper Olivers special edition so that you can listen to this episode before the Olivier Awards ceremony…
Julie Hesmondhalgh, Retrograde, The Women of Llanrumney
The warm, wise and completely wonderful Julie Hesmondhalgh talks to Nancy about playing Joan Scourfield, the woman whose son was killed with a single punch in 2011, in James Graham's incredibly movin…
Clueless The Musical, Tom Burke, Dracula A Comedy Of Terrors
Another iconic 90s movie gets the musical treatment as KT Tunstall and Amy Heckerling turn Clueless into a stage show. Nancy and the Nicks review. And there have been more than 200 adaptations of Bra…
Cate Blanchett in The Seagull, James Graham's Punch, Ivanno Jeremiah
As Thomas Ostermeier's very starry Seagull hits the Barbican - Cate Blanchett, Tom Burke, Emma Corrin and more! - Nancy and Producer Tim give their opinions. Nick Clark and Nick Curtis join Nancy to …
The Score, Alterations, Arinzé Kene
The great Brian Cox transforms himself into Johann Sebastian Bach for Oliver Cotton's play The Score at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Music to our ears, or a bum note? Nick, Nancy and Producer Tim giv…
Jonathan Bailey in Richard II, KT Tunstall, Backstroke
From dashing prince to hopeless king, Jonathan Bailey leaves the world of Wicked behind - for a few months at least - as he takes on one of Shakespeare's trickier tyrants in Richard II at the Bridge …
Much Ado About Nothing, Unicorn, Omari Douglas from It's A Sin
Not even Sigourney Weaver could save Jamie Lloyd's The Tempest from its gloom spiral - but Lloyd is back for the second part of his Shakespeare at Drury Lane season with a Marvel special, turning Lok…