RED BUS LONDINIUM

Welcome to Red Bus Londinium, celebrating the wonderful diversity of London’s theatre scene from the intimacy of a pub theatre to the extravagance of the West End. You will also find ideas on how to afford the theatre, so it can be enjoyed by all.

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  Review: Firebird, Southwark Playhouse ★★★★
  Review: A groomed teenager, an overstretched social worker and a system that only hears victims who behave. Firebird returns to Southwark Playhouse, still urgent.
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  Camden Fringe: Your Favo(u)rite American Woman
  Camden Fringe interview: Ciarlene Coleman discusses her solo show Your Favo(u)rite American Woman, exploring identity, migration and the colonial mindset through comedy and music.
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  Review: Oresteia, Bridge Theatre
  Review: Simon Stone reimagines Aeschylus’s Oresteia as a modern arms-dealer family drama at the Bridge Theatre, starring Mary-Louise Parker and David Morrissey.
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  Camden Fringe: Cowpokes in a Bunkhouse
  Camden Fringe interview: Oblique Theatre’s Faith McNeill and Saskia Monteiro discuss their immersive all-female Wild West show
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  Camden Fringe: Bringing Shakespeare’s Fairy Queen into 2026
  Camden Fringe interview: Nia Gwynne and Dictynna Hood discuss their new one-woman show Titania, reimagining Shakespeare’s fairy queen four centuries on, ahead of its August run.
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  Camden Fringe: Louis Linsey on Hathaleen: The Unexpected Journey to Palestine
  Camden Fringe interview: Louis Linsey on Hathaleen, a satirical black comedy rooted in the West Bank and Awdah Hathaleen’s murder.
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  Camden Fringe: Four Face Theatre on Making Mates, a Play About Four Mates Trying to Make a Play
  Camden Fringe interview: Four Face Theatre on Mates, a meta-comedy about four friends trying, and failing, to make a play.
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  Camden Fringe: Kaleidoscope Collective Arts launches with Biscuits for Breakfast
  Camden Fringe interview: Kaleidoscope Collective Arts on food poverty, working-class access to theatre, and their Hackney Foodbank partnership.
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  Camden Fringe: Bunmi Aworanti and Tolu Idowu on the Games We Play in Love
  Camden Fringe interview: Love vs Fear’s Bunmi Aworanti and Tolu Idowu on mobile games, Nigerian mothers and audience choice.
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  Pride, National Theatre (Dorfman) ★★★★
  Review: Pride at the National Theatre’s Dorfman. Warchus and Beresford bring LGSM’s 1984 story to the stage at the National: joyful, moving, occasionally overstuffed with plotlines.
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  Review: Good For Her!, The Other Palace ★★★
  Good For Her! at The Other Palace ★★★ Mollie Semple’s solo show puts the version of ourselves we usually hide on stage, and dares us to admit we’d recognise her. Uncomfortable, sharp in places, though the ending didn’t quite land for me.
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  Review: Here Comes J. Edgar!, King’s Head Theatre ★★★★
  Review: Bryan Batt stars as J. Edgar Hoover in a comedy musical exploring power, blackmail and hidden love at King’s Head.
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  News: Newcomer Benjamin Cain to debut in Private Peaceful UK Tour
  News: Newcomer Benjamin Cain takes on Tommo in Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful this autumn, touring the UK (including Wilton’s Music Hall in London).
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  Interview: Lee Farman on Ten Years of Watford Fringe
  Interview: Watford Fringe chair Lee Farman reflects on ten years of community, growth and Watford’s often overlooked creative energy scene.
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  Review: Abigail’s Party, Richmond Theatre (and on tour) ★★★★
  Review: Tamzin Outhwaite’s Beverly oozes flirtation, condescension and disdain in this touring revival of Mike Leigh’s 1970s suburban satire