Tim Bano

Theatre

Punch at the Young Vic: a true story turned into devastating theatre

The true story of a young man who killed another young man with a single punch is here transformed into a play that truly hits home

11 Mar 2025
Theatre

Body Show at Pleasance Courtyard: a flickering For You page of a show

From Barbenheimer to Bake Off, the show is a comedic take on deeper issues

11 Aug 2023
Theatre

The British musicals hoping to ‘do a Six’ at the Edinburgh Fringe

One’s a dystopian love story with a backdrop of Jamaican soundsystems, one’s challenging the stereotyping of South East Asians, one’s set in a toilet...

8 Aug 2023
Music

Idina Menzel: ‘I’m tired of apologising for being dramatic’

The musical theatre legend on being the original Elsa, the importance of being an LGBTQ+ ally and her new disco album Drama Queen

6 Aug 2023
Comedy

Edinburgh Festival 2023: the best theatre and comedy to book

Our critics pick 20 of the must-see shows for those travelling north of the border for the world’s biggest this summer

31 Jul 2023
Theatre

A Strange Loop at the Barbican: thrillingly strange and hilarious

Stuffed with catchy tunes, it’s messy, exhausting and spectacular

29 Jun 2023
Theatre

Accidental Death of an Anarchist: an uproarious and savage farce

The supporting cast is great but this is Daniel Rigby’s show – he doesn’t just perform the exquisite script, he blows every line up

27 Jun 2023
Theatre

Mrs Doubtfire at the Shaftesbury: just don’t think too hard about it

Fun farce and silly comedy make this perfect for kids, if you don’t worry too much about the whole email hacking thing...

22 Jun 2023
Theatre

A Strange Loop’s Michael R Jackson: ‘I wrote it as a little lifeboat’

The creator of the multi-award winning Broadway show on being credited with reinventing the American musical, his run-in with Liz Phair and why he’s fed up with modern TV

22 Jun 2023
Theatre

Frank and Percy at Theatre Royal Windsor: a radical odd-couple romance

If you want to hear Ian McKellen make jokes about deep-throating a cucumber, this is the show for you

14 Jun 2023
Theatre

The Comedy of Errors at Shakespeare’s Globe – bawdy and boisterous

Amid all the nonsense, you find yourself falling for the idiots in one of Shakespeare’s earliest plays

19 May 2023
Dance

Deaf dancer Chris Fonseca on turning sign language into art

Fonseca’s new show is about the experiences and obstacles that have made him who he is today

17 Aug 2022