2026 So Far

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• Guess How Much I Love You? at the Royal Court
• Our Town at the Rose Theatre in Kingston-upon-Thames
• Dance of Death at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond-upon-Thames
• Ballad Lines at the Southwark Playhouse
• Gerry & Sewell at the Aldwych Theatre
• Marie & Rosetta at the Soho Place Theatre
• Arcadia at the Old Vic
• Man and Boy at the National Theatre

Top Shows of 2025 and What’s Ahead in 2026

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Jodi and I each choose our top three shows of 2025, and look ahead to what we are excited to see in the coming weeks.

Spring 2025 Roundup

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Jodi and I review a selection of shows that we’ve seen this Spring, including:
1536 at the Almeida
Giant at the Harold Pinter Theatre
The 5th Step at Soho Place
The Brightening Air at the Old Vic
Marie and Rosetta at the Rose theatre, and coming to Chichester and the Bristol Old Vic.
My Master Builder at Wyndham’s theatre
An Oak Tree at the Young Vic
Here We Are at the National theatre.

Dealer’s Choice

by Patrick Marber

Directed by Matthew Dunster

Donmar Warehouse, London

May 2025

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Jodi and I review the 30th anniversary production of Patrick Marber’s play Dealer’s Choice, that is currently playing at the Donmar Warehouse in London.

Playhouse Creatures

by April de Angelis

Directed by Michael Oakley

Orange Tree Theatre, London

March 2025

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Jodi and I review Playhouse Creatures, by April de Angelis, at the Orange Tree theatre in Richmond-upon-Thames.

Also in this episode, reviews of James Graham’s hard-hitting play, Punch, at the Young Vic, and Cate Blanchett in The Seagull at the Barbican.

The Seagull

by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Duncan Macmillan

Directed by Thomas Ostermeier

Barbican Theatre, London

March 2025

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Jodi and I review Cate Blanchett and a stellar cast in Thomas Ostermeier and Duncan Macmillan’s adaptation of The Seagull at the Barbican theatre in London.

Also in this episode, reviews of James Graham’s hard-hitting play, Punch, at the Young Vic theatre, and Playhouse Creatures at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond-upon-Thames.