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.

Tim Burton's iconic movie Beetlejuice, about ghosts who get stuck in their house after an untimel...

18 May, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Growing up in the 1990s, theatre maker Paula Varjack was a huge fan of Janet Jackson. “She was a ...

14 May, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

Head over to the Menier for Equus, Peter Shaffer’s undeniably entertaining and powerful story—ins...

11 May, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

When I ask director Nicholai La Barrie, associate director of the Lyric Hammersmith, if rehearsal...

6 May, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

We can be certain that whenever there is a war, someone is turning a buck. I know it, you know it...

5 May, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

When actress Liv Hill first read Ava Pickett’s 1536, which arrives at the Ambassadors Theatre thi...

28 Apr, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner

It is 1536 (Ambassadors), and far away in London, Anne Boleyn, the Queen of England, has been arr...

27 Apr, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner