Bertie Carvel is a marvel. Back at The RSC fifteen years on from his unfoegettable Trunchbull, he gives us a vigorous, credible, deeply felt Leontes in The Winter's Tale. A misty, mythic production pleases theatrecat.com up now.

Catching up on Lionesses on train after Winters Tale premiere The RSC (theatrecat.com rvw is up) I sleepily start conflating Michelle Agyeman's wild equalizer with Aicha Kossoko's Paulina turning on Leontes...a top female-energies night. Black female energies at that..

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY back The Old Vic . Bought seat for matinee(saw 4 times original cast, 1x tour, 1x Broadway filmed). Happy to say it still triggers much, much feeling. In a good way.

The Sandie Peggie employment tribunal is currently exposing, as perhaps no court case to date has, the issue of class as it relates to the top-down imposition of gender identity ideology in the workplace. 'Diversity officer' Isla Bumba has now admitted in court that she didn't

Waited 18 hrs to review National Theatre INTER ALIA to let irritation subside into proper judgement. Result now up in theatrecat.com y’welcome

From an Afghan woman to Dear J.K. Rowling , I am writing to you as an Afghan girl whose only crime is being born a woman in a land where womanhood is punished. Here, we are not allowed to speak loudly. Even our voices are considered threats. We are locked inside our homes,

A wild young prince of Denmark in the dusk...do not miss Red Rose Chain HAMLET at Sutton Hoo these coming weeks. Review up, theatrecat.com loving its clarity, energy and, of course, 20ft-tall ghost

As she should be.

Tom Gauld. Scottish cartoonists Love his work ‘The Tart’ made me smile as did the Nudist! Back soon. Helen 📚🌸⛵️.

Bravo! Operatic alleycat is charmed by THAT BASTARD PUCCINI Park Theatre ..review up now, allegro! On theatrecat.com

Outright colonial imposition! Of their national royal colour!

Found this recently. All of these tips are actually really good.

Rishi’s getting a load of racist crap in his replies, but I for one wish him happy Yorkshire day and send him all my best as a fantastic MP and, like me, a second generation bloke born here who loves this place.

Indeed. Proper gent. Wrote so in The Times and The Sunday Times 24/2/25 after Hart memoir.

Wow. Bet a woman wrote it.

A Ricardian rom-com playing with golden age crime...rathee enjoyed Tey's Inspector agrant in PJs in The Daughter of Time CharingCrossTheatre .. rvw up, theatrecat.com

Anyone else a bit fed up with columnists - British, established voices - telling us repeatedly how rubbish Britain is to live in, when they don't actually deign to live here at all? But whinge from Portugal, Dubai, USA, Israel?

A ROLE TO DIE FOR Marylebone Theatre is very good fun, short, sharp and teasing. Which is not the way James Bond is used to being received... theatrecat.com enjoyed it. Rvw up.

Fabulous. Though as a Pachelbellite I winced once…

Two interesting plays this week (non-Edinburgh, can't afford it!) - theatrecat.com went to see THE DAUGHTER OF TRUTH CharingCrossTheatre and sweaty A ROLE TO DIE FOR Marylebone Theatre James-Bonding it out with generational angst..both fun. Rvws up, y'welcome.