Articles by Mark Fisher

The Scouse Christmas Carol review – knockabout comedy with a potty mouth

Paul Duckworth’s sweary Scrooge has romantic history with Marley’s widow in a pun-heavy festive show

The Wizard of Oz review – Dorothy follows the yellow brick road from the Lake District

All the major characters are present in Sonia Jalaly’s update, but this is also a journey of self-realisation with brisk songs and cartoonish humour

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Big Ange review – divided Britain faced down by a dinner lady

Jamie Eastlake’s morality tale addresses the forces pushing a young man towards the far right – and the school meals supervisor set on saving him

Nov 13, 2025

A Piano Full of Feathers review – White Christmas origin story struggles with pitch

This show aims to represent composer Irving Berlin’s much-loved song in human form. But while that idea lacks coherence, the sketches and medleys are buoyantly performed

Oct 26, 2025

Scrooge gets a hip-hop spin and the RSC does the BFG: 20 of the best UK stage shows this Christmas

From musical versions of Pinocchio, Treasure Island and Sherlock Holmes to a comedy about banana-loving beach-dwellers … dive into our selection box of festive theatre

Oct 16, 2025

Maybe Tomorrow review – a lifetime of regret behind the razzle-dazzle

In this new musical, a bitter performer is visited by her sparkling younger self and confronts her disappointments

Oct 7, 2025

Night Waking review – sleepy take on Sarah Moss’s novel about parenthood

The 2011 book about a mother’s struggle to pursue a career while looking after her children becomes a very routine drama

Oct 2, 2025

Cheapo review – tense two-hander about teens under the influence of online misogyny

Katy Nixon’s unsettling play explores the shadowy rules adolescents live by as friends navigate manipulation, secrets and the pressures of conforming

Oct 1, 2025