jack holden – First Night Magazine

The 50 best shows of 2025

In the run-up to 2026’s exciting new offer, we’re taking a final trip down review lane to gather the most enduring shows of the year. Discover which ones have made the cut out of hundreds of press performances and how close it gets to your own selection. 50. Antigone On Strike Action, politics, and philosophy…

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29 December, 2025

English contents, Reviews, Sin categoría

a christmas carol, a man for all seasons, a midsummer night's dream, adult panto, antigone on strike, arcola theatre, as you like it, asa butterfield, bbc proms, beauty and the beast panto, best shows 2025, bridge theatre, callum scott howles, cassidy janson, charie stemp, charing cross theatre, charles dickens, charlie stemp, cinderella, clarkston, dear annie i hate you, double act, dracapella, english national ballet, every brilliant thing, fantasia orchestra, gay panto, ghost stories by candlelight, ghosts ibsen, giselle, glyndebourne, goodnight oscar, jack holden, jobsworth, Joe Locke, John Partridge, jonathan bailey, just for one day, live aid musical, manhunt, marriage of figaro, martin shaw, mendelssohn, minnie driver, mischief, more life, mozart, murder she didn’t write, musicals, My Fair Lady, open air theatre, other palace, panto, park theatre, richard ii jonathan bailey, romeo and juliet, roxie rocks chicago, royal albert hall, royal court, salty brine, sean hayes, second best, shitfaced shakespeare, shucked, tarantula, tchaikovsky, tending, the chaos that has been and will no doubt return, the code, the comedy about spies, the deep blue sea, the fit prince, the glass menagerie, the globe, the great christmas feast, the magic of christmas, the mill at sonning, tracie bennet, west end
Review of ‘KENREX’: “Angry-mob narrative secures a happy crowd”

Following its initial success at the Southwark Playhouse, Jack Holden’s true-crime show returns to the London scene for a limited run at The Other Palace. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know if this murderous act is bound to make a killing. Snitches get stitches. In the end, however, bullies…

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11 December, 2025

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jack holden, john patrick eliott, ken rex mcelroy, kenrex, kenrex review, kenrex the other palace review, off west end, richard mcfadin, southwark playhouse, the other palace, trena mcelroy, true crime, west end
Review of ‘The Line of Beauty’ (Almeida 2025): “Promising AIDS-themed storyline ends up in a slight crisis”

The stage adaptation of Alan Hollinghurst’s queer novel celebrates its world premiere, featuring a script by Jack Holden and direction by Michael Grandage. Guillermo Nazara shares his views on the show to let us know if its depiction of gay life during the Thatcher era ends up in the right section. The word ‘struggle’ seems…

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31 October, 2025

English contents, Reviews, Sin categoría

aids crisis, Alistair Nwachukwu, almeida theatre, Arty Froushan, charles edwards, Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, jack holden, jasper talbot, leo suter, michael grandage, thatcherism, the line of beauty almeida, the line of beauty almeida review