Full Cast Announced for Cloud 9 at the National Theatre, Starring Charlotte Ritchie
Full casting has been announced for Cloud 9, Caryl Churchill’s landmark 1979 play, which lands on the National Theatre’s Lyttelton stage this November in a bold new production directed by Dominic Cooke. Cloud 9 runs at the Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre, from 2 November 2026 until 13 January 2027, with press night set for Tuesday […]
THE STORY at National Theatre, Review ★★★★
Like any great play, The Story at National Theatre asks more questions than it answers. Truth has taken on a flexible persona in the last 10 years. News outlets reporting on the decline of it while themselves manipulating narrative, has become the kind of Black Mirror-esque metaverse we have resigned to normality. Journalism and objectivity […]
Cate Blanchett stars in National Theatre’s Electra/Persona – Review
Electra/Persona at the National Theatre – Cate Blanchett stars in this muddled Greek tragedy that left me bored You can’t move in London’s West End right now without stumbling into a Greek tragedy. Hadestown retelling the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, The Oresteia at the Bridge Theatre, and just last year Brie Larson starring in […]
Sandra Oh is gloriously furious in The Misanthrope – Review
The Misanthrope at the National Theatre is Martin Crimp‘s bold new version of Molière‘s 17th-century classic, updated to the present day and starring Sandra Oh (Killing Eve, Grey’s Anatomy) in the title role – reimagined here as Alice, a brilliant novelist rather than Molière’s original male protagonist Alceste. Bursting onto the stage, misanthropic Alice is […]
War Horse gallops back to National Theatre – Review ★★★★
Based on Michael Morpurgo’s book, War Horse has returned to its original home at the National Theatre nearly two decades after its debut, following a recent acclaimed tour of the UK and Ireland. The show received its world premiere at the National Theatre on 9 October 2007, before transferring to the New London Theatre (now […]
REVIEW: THE AUTHENTICATOR at National Theatre – April 2026
The Authenticator – a gripping new play at the National Theatre that reckons with Britain’s colonial past. Written by Winsome Pinnock and set against the legacy of Britain’s colonial past, the story begins in 1756, when Henry Hartford leaves England for Jamaica. In just seven years, he builds a vast fortune through plantation ownership, before […]
SUMMER FOLK at the National Theatre (Review: March 2026)
SIGN UP NOW FOR NEWS, COMPETITIONS & DISCOUNT TICKETS Join the West End Wilma mailing list! SIGN UP Loading… SIGN UP Loading… Welcome! You are now subscribed. Maxim Gorky’s 1904 play Summerfolk was first staged in 1905 in Russia, offering a biting look at upper-class society and how they occupy their time when work is […]
REVIEW: MAN AND BOY at National Theatre (Dorfman) ★★★★
Crooked corruption in the corporate world and the razzle dazzle game that the big dogs play in order to win Terence Rattigan’s 1963 play Man and Boy tells the story of ruthless businessman Gregor Antonescu, who turns up at the New York apartment of his estranged son, Basil, just as news breaks of a major […]
National Theatre announce 2026 Season and A-List Casting
Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss, Lesley Manville, Francesca Mills, Sandra Oh, and Letitia Wright lead an incredible year of programming in 2026, as the National Theatre ramps up its local, national and global reach The National Theatre today announces its full slate of programming for 2026 featuring world-class talent in both reinterpreted classics and ambitious new […]
REVIEW: HAMLET (National Theatre) ★★★★
Hiran Abeysekera returns to the National Theatre following an Olivier Award Winning performance in Life Of Pi. Shakespeare is not my area of speciality when it comes to theatre – he didn’t write many musicals. I only remember studying Romeo and Juliet at school and I wasn’t enthralled to delve deeper into the works of […]