Lyn Gardner

Lyn Gardner brings her insight and passion to highlight the best of West End and fringe theatre, sharing her picks, opinions and commentary.

When director Nadia Fall offered Tamzin Outhwaite the chance to play Beverly, the monstrous hoste...

17 Jul, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

In Love’s Labour’s Lost (Shakespeare’s Globe), four earnest young men set up a women-free zone in...

13 Jul, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

In 1906 a 19-year-old actress called Tilly Newes was given the role of Lulu in a Vienna productio...

9 Jul, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Heathers is the cult musical that refuses to fade away. First seen in the West End in 2018, it re...

6 Jul, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

When director Lynette Linton is watching her production of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind at @soh...

30 Jun, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

David Morrissey, Mary Louise Parker, Rosie Sheehy, and Tom Glynn-Carney star in The Oresteia at t...

29 Jun, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Not long ago somebody called writer and director Simon Evans, whose beguiling and funny hit RSC p...

24 Jun, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner