★★★★☆ The Choir of Man at Nottingham Theatre Royal is a high-energy celebration of music, community and connection. Read our 4-star review.

PUBLIC – The Musical at Curve Leicester is a witty, pop-rock character study packed with heart, humour and a stunning set. Read our 4-star review.

★★★★☆ Little Shop of Horrors review: Derby Theatre’s vibrant revival delivers stunning design, remarkable puppetry and a standout Seymour.

Review: Jane Upton’s Scenes from a Friendship at Nottingham Playhouse is a funny, deeply human two-hander packed with warmth and emotional honesty.

Northern Ballet’s Gentleman Jack at Nottingham's Theatre Royal is a stylish, sensual four-star ballet led by bold choreography and a magnetic central performance.

★★★★☆ Frankie Goes to Bollywood review at Derby Theatre. Dazzling choreography, camp spectacle, and a bold Bollywood musical with heart. Four Stars!

Small Island Nottingham Playhouse review: a bold, emotionally charged adaptation with standout performances and urgent political resonance.

Priscilla Queen of the Desert at Nottingham Theatre Royal dazzles with spectacle, standout performances, and camp energy in this 4-star review.

Explore a captivating review of Hansard at Lace Market Theatre. Discover how Hansard's political drama unfolds in this Nottingham performance.

★★★☆☆ Austentatious at Nottingham Playhouse delivers sharp improv, big laughs, and chaotic charm. A witty, four-star Austen parody review.

★★★★☆ An honest review of The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind from the Royal Shakespeare Company. But can a story driven by hope generate enough theatrical energy to sustain an almost 3-hour musical?

★★★★☆ At Derby Theatre, Conrad Murray’s Pied Piper arrives not with a flute and doublet, but with a mic and the fierce power of beatbox. Billed as a family musical, it reimagines the folk tale through rhythm, rap and raw vocal dexterity. The question is: is a stripped-back beatbox musical of a classic story the new blueprint for family theatre, or do children still need glitter cannons and fairy-lit spectacle to stay entertained?

★★★★☆ With Hadestown approaching its second anniversary at the Lyric Theatre in London’s West End, the question is this: has this contemporary musical cemented itself as a cult favourite that audiences return to time and time again, or is it still trying to court new fans beyond the devotees of its Grammy-winning score?

★★★★☆ The Hunger Games: On Stage is not just a theatrical adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s dystopian blockbuster, but also a bold experiment in bringing a sprawling, cinematic narrative into an immersive live arena.

★★★★☆ At The Swan Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company has taken on a daunting task: staging John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga in two expansive parts.

★★★★☆ Nottingham Playhouse's new play for 3- to 8-year-olds takes us beneath the waves to the home of Marina, a young mermaid eager to explore the world above the sea.

★★★★☆ Derby Theatre’s Christmas play takes us back to Dickensian times for Deborah McAndrew’s adaptation of “Oliver Twist”. Featuring a mix of nursery rhymes, Christmas carols, and original musical numbers, this heartwarming tale is brought to life by director Sarah Brigham and a talented cast of actor-musicians who take on multiple roles throughout the story.

There are few annual traditions as delightfully British as a Christmas pantomime, and Nottingham Theatre Royal’s Cinderella arrives with all the flourish, glitter, and nonsense an audience could hope for. But here’s the question: with such a media-saturated star at the helm, can this production deliver more than a celebrity cameo? Does this Cinderella truly sparkle, or does it rely too heavily on sequins and Strictly lingo?

★★★★☆ Every Christmas, Leicester’s Curve Theatre forgoes the glitter-drenched world of pantomime in favour of something a little warmer and more substantial: the annual Christmas musical.

★★★★☆ Lace Market Theatre brings Arthur Miller's The Crucible, an intricate tale of humanity and desperation, to life, as the accused discover the lengths they will go to survive.