Theatre! Theatre! Summer Shows: Out Now!
ALT A REVIEW has your April theatre covered, so sit back and relax while reading this roundup. From small runs to big West End shows, there is everything you need for pure indulgence, entertainment, and education. Deep Azure pulls at the emotional heartstrings, while The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind tells a tale of triumph over adversity and brings to the stage an exciting new musical. Jaja’s African Hair Braiding delivers powerful female energy and speaks to the culture and there is so much more below!!!.
WIN TWO TICKETS: @sohoplace: The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind
Based on the international best-selling memoir, this bold and uplifting new musical tells the extraordinary true story of William Kamkwamba. In drought-stricken Malawi, a 13-year-old boy dreams of saving his village. Nobody has faith in him, can William defy expectations and harness the power of the wind to bring energy, life, and hope to his people?
Donmar Warehouse: Evening, All Afternoon
Jennifer is about to become Delilah’s stepmother. She wants so badly to connect, but they couldn’t be further apart. Witty and heartbreakingly human, Evening All Afternoon is a story about things lost and things remembered and how sometimes, in order to live, you have to face what’s no longer there.
Shakespeare Globe Theatre: Deep Azure
Azure, whose world spirals after her fiancé, Deep, is killed by police, a story inspired by the real-life 2000 murder of Howard University student Prince Jones. Written by Chadwick Boseman, this lyrical infused, hip hop drama explores loss, love and the struggle against systematic injustice. MORE HERE
REVIEW: Theatro Technis: Burnt Up Love
In House Review: Directed and written by Ché Walker, Burnt Up love is an intimate play centred around redemption, rage and violence. Set in the inner city, the play explores the complex characters of Mac, Scratch and JayJayJay. READ HERE
RSC with Kiln Theatre, announce full cast for Driftwood by Martina Laird
The Royal Shakespeare Company, in association with Kiln Theatre, today announces the full cast for its forthcoming production of Driftwood, a deeply evocative new play by Martina Laird, directed by Justin Audibert. The production will run at The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon from Friday 17 April to Saturday 30 May 2026, before transferring to Kiln Theatre in London from Wednesday 3 June. The full cast comprises: Shane David-Joseph (Seldom); Ziggy Heath (Tom); Martins Imhangbe (Diamond); Roger Ringrose (Mansion); Ellen Thomas (Pearl); and Cat White (Ruby). MORE HERE
Lyric Theatre: Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Jaja’s is a Harlem braiding salon where neighbourhood womeThe new season of Bridgerton Season 4 is now streaming on Netflix.n come to have their greatest hairstyle dreams come true, all in the hands of a lively group of West African, immigrant braiders. Across one hot summer day, these women experience everything in the pressure cooker of the sweltering shop: from demanding customers to secrets and lies, laughter and betrayal. BOOK HERE
Hexagon Theatre: Jamaica Love
Nominated for best musical theatre production at the Black British Theatre Awards, this theatrical triumph celebrates the 78th anniversary of Windrush, weaving together the rich tapestry of British and Jamaican history. BOOK see list of shows.
@sohoplace: Marie and Rosetta
This intimate musical drama celebrates the lives of Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight, pioneers of rock ‘n’ roll and gospel music. It follows their 1946 meeting in a Mississippi funeral parlor, where an ambitious Rosetta convinces a hesitant Marie to join her on a tour of the segregated South.
Stratford East: The Harder You Come
Based on the cult classic film that brought reggae to the world, this play tells the story of Ivan, an aspiring singer who arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, determined to live out his dreams on his own terms and make it as a music superstar. This unmissable show transports audiences to 1970s Jamaica and asks us the question: “What is the personal cost of fighting against systemic injustice?” BOOK HERE
Donmar Warehouse: Mass
In a quiet room of an Episcopal church, two couples meet to have a conversation no parent should ever have to face after a traumatic event. As defences fall away and memories surface, they attempt to reach across a divide carved by violence.
Old Vic: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
In a psychiatric institution, inpatient Chief Bromden, long presumed deaf and mute, has vanished into the margins. His story, and those of his fellow patients, remain buried under the strict and dehumanising regime led by the coldly efficient Nurse Ratched.
The National Theatre: The Authenticator
Soon after inheriting her family’s stately home, eccentric artist Fenella Harford discovers a stash of hidden diaries and enlists a young academic, Marva, to confirm their authenticity. Joined by Marva’s brilliant but overlooked mentor, Abi, the three women come together to seek the truth, soon realising that secrets at the heart of Harford Hall were darker than they could have imagined. READ MORE:
