The Sex Lives of Puppets review at Nottingham Theatre Royal – Blind Summit's hilarious, moving puppet show proves far more thoughtful than its title suggests.

Ralf Little leads a gripping, ★★★★☆ noir-infused adaptation of John le Carré's The Spy Who Came In From The Cold at Nottingham Theatre Royal.

Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty review at Derby Theatre – a fast-paced, visually inventive Holmes mystery with gripping momentum.

★★★☆☆ The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at the RSC review – Mark Gatiss leads a bold, Brechtian spectacle that impresses intellectually but struggles to fully engage.

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

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

★★★☆☆ 2:22 A Ghost Story UK Tour review is a polished, performance-driven thriller that entertains but struggles to surprise.

Death on the Nile UK tour review: a visually rich Agatha Christie adaptation with strong performances, but uneven pacing and weak tension.

★★★★★ Inter Alia review at Wyndham’s Theatre. Rosamund Pike delivers a powerhouse performance in this urgent, provocative new play.

Macbeth at Derby Theatre delivers bold visuals and strong performances, but does this post-apocalyptic adaptation lose clarity and cohesion?

Road review at the Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester — a bold, immersive revival of Jim Cartwright’s modern British classic. ★★★★★

★★★★★ The Glad Game is not simply a programming choice; it is an act of remembrance. Written and originally performed by Nottingham-born actor Phoebe Frances Brown, the piece chronicles her life following a diagnosis of an incurable brain tumour.

★★★★★ The Beekeeper of Aleppo, at Nottingham Playhouse, tackles one of the most urgent humanitarian issues of our time through intimate, character-driven storytelling. With striking performances and thoughtful staging, this production explores trauma, resilience, and hope. But with such a vital message at its core, does the production succeed as powerful and engaging theatre, or does the gravity of its subject turn it into a message-heavy TED talk with fabulous lighting?

★★★★★ There are some productions that remind you why theatre exists at all, not simply as entertainment, but as a deeply human act of shared storytelling. Lace Market Theatre’s production of Things I Know To Be True is exactly that kind of experience.

Tom Holloway’s stage adaptation of Double Indemnity brings James M. Cain’s crime novella out of the shadows and onto the stage, transporting audiences into a world of deception and ambition. With a bold visual style that nods to Billy Wilder’s legendary film while striving to forge its own theatrical identity, the production embraces the aesthetics of film noir.

★★★★★ Just when you think Mischief Theatre have scraped every last inch of material from the amateur dramatics barrel, they come bounding back with another festive offering in their ever-expanding Goes Wrong universe.

★★★☆☆ There’s something exciting about a ghost story staged just as the nights grow longer, and Francis Evelyn’s adaptation of The Signalman certainly leans into that allure.

★★★★☆ 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.

★★★☆☆ Single White Female offers a tense, thought-provoking evening that will only sharpen as the tour continues. If you’re looking for a psychological drama that’s slick, unsettling, and quietly entertaining, this is well worth seeing… imperfections and all.

★★★★☆ Lace Market Theatre opens its 2026 season with Steven Peros’s The Cat’s Meow, a glossy and unsettling play based on one of Hollywood’s most enduring unsolved scandals. As the first show of the year, it has clearly set a benchmark for what Lace Market hopes to achieve in the months ahead.