Puzzling gaps in the story … Willy Hudson in Welcome Home.Puzzling gaps in the story … Willy Hudson in Welcome Home.StageReviewSoho theatre, London
This intergalactic show about sexuality and religious homophobia boasts a charismatic star in Willy Hudson but tips into chaos
Willy Hudson’s “queer sci-fi epic” has an interstellar theme and rocket-fuelled energy, even if it ultimately remains grounded. A boyfriend breakup at the start brings a Nasa-sized rupture in Hudson’s life as he returns home to his Christian parents and remembers the homophobia served up by church elders which branded him with a lasting shame. Read More...
What to say aboutTheatreReviewDoes this new play about A-level students chalk up top marks from the critics? Or is it double detention for the prolific playwright?A new play about young people? Marvellous! The internet generation! More relevant than ever! Just the sort of thing to slot into one's next conversation on contemporary theatre. Let's just hope it isn't awful. Fortunately for well-meaning theatre types everywhere, Punk Rock isn't.
Indeed, the critics' favourable verdicts on Simon Stephens's new play are so closely aligned that they might as well have gone home with each other's notebooks. Read More...
Tennis This article is more than 2 months oldBen Shelton sees off Aslan Karatsev in Tokyo to capture first career ATP titleThis article is more than 2 months oldShelton beats Karatsev 7-5, 6-1 to win first tour-level titleAmerican, 21, will climb to career-high No 15 in rankingsAmerican rising star Ben Shelton won his first ATP Tour title on Sunday, beating Russian Aslan Karatsev 7-5, 6-1 in the final of the Japan Open. Read More...