What do Henry VIII, Marie Antoinette, Mansa Musa and Sophia Duleep Singh have in common? Apparently they all need therapy. I caught up with co-writer Joshua Poole ahead of Monarchs Anonymous at The Other Palace later this month.

http://redbuslondinium.uk/2026/06/07/joshua-poole-discusses-his-new-comedy-monarchs-anonymous/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Mass at the Donmar asks can you love a child who did something unforgivable? Four parents, one room, no interval, no easy answers.

http://redbuslondinium.uk/2026/06/06/review-mass-donmar-warehouse-%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

A teenage boy in drought-stricken Malawi, forced out of school and surrounded by sceptics, builds a windmill from scavenged parts and library books, and changes his village forever. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a true story told with warmth, invention and real theatrical heart.

http://redbuslondinium.uk/2026/06/04/review-the-boy-who-harnessed-the-wind-sohoplace-%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Ben Onwukwe's Red is worth the ticket alone. The production doesn't quite unlock everything Shawshank is capable of, but the devoted Shawshank fan I travelled home with was absolutely enraptured. Sometimes that says it all. ★★★½

http://redbuslondinium.uk/2026/06/03/review-shawshank-redemption-richmond/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Two gay Pakistani men. Two very different Britains. One story that will stay with you.
The P Word is back at the Bush Theatre and it is both a delightful rom-com and a rallying cry for justice. Warm, sharp, funny and at moments devastating. Running until 27 June.

http://redbuslondinium.uk/2026/06/01/review-the-p-word-bush-theatre/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

War is good for business. In 2026, Brecht's Mother Courage at Shakespeare's Globe feels less like history and more like a warning. ★★★★

http://redbuslondinium.uk/2026/05/31/review-mother-courage-and-her-children-shakespeares-globe/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

In 2021, I read Planet Omar to my class on Zoom. Parents and siblings kept creeping into the frame to listen. Now it's on stage at the Unicorn Theatre and it is every bit as joyful as the books. 🚀

http://redbuslondinium.uk/2026/05/29/review-planet-omar-unicorn-theatre-%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

There is heat in it: the particular, heavy, fragrant heat of the tropics, where life spills out of doors and onto the street because the walls cannot contain it." Four stars for The Harder They Come at Stratford East. Link in bio. 🌴

http://redbuslondinium.uk/2026/05/29/review-the-harder-they-come-theatre-royal-stratford-east/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Interview: Playwright Hongwei Bao on friendship, identity and the politics of sharing a meal: his debut play HOT POT opens at Playhouse East this June

http://redbuslondinium.uk/2026/05/29/hongwei-bao-new-play-hot-pot/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Review: 1536, three Tudor women in an Essex field watch a queen fall. Fierce, funny, and devastating.

http://redbuslondinium.uk/2026/05/28/review-1536-ambassadors-theatre-%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social