Sarah Crompton
- Journalist and reviewer
Press clippings
Inside No. 9: Stage/Fright review
Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton deliver an all-encompassing adaptation.
Sarah Crompton, What's On Stage, 29th January 2025The Importance of Being Earnest review
The carnival-like curtain call is as loud and over the top as the rest of the evening. It's all very enjoyable and I wouldn't want to put anyone off seeing it when it screens in cinemas in February. But it is as if Max Webster, faced with his debut at the National, has decided to use every trick in the box and see what works.
Sarah Crompton, What's On Stage, 29th November 2024Dr Strangelove review
Steve Coogan delighting in the war room.
Sarah Crompton, What's On Stage, 29th October 2024Pandemonium review
Patrick Marber's staging of Armando Iannucci's new satire runs until 6 January.
Sarah Crompton, What's On Stage, 12th December 2023The Pillowman in the West End review
All the shocks, but uneven performances.
Sarah Crompton, What's On Stage, 22nd June 2023Review: Private Lives starring Stephen Mangan
There is a danger of dismissing Noël Coward as a man of bon mots and sophisticated dressing gowns. But beneath the silken sleeve lies a fist of powerful emotion.
Sarah Crompton, What's On Stage, 14th April 2023Shirley Valentine review
Sheridan Smith's glorious return to the West End.
Sarah Crompton, What's On Stage, 2nd March 2023Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons review
For all Aidan Turner and Jenna Coleman's energy, you never quite get to know this couple, so the play feels less profound and less moving than it should.
Sarah Crompton, What's On Stage, 31st January 2023The Unfriend review
Under its comic surface, The Unfriend does in fact have quite a few darker themes, not least how little we know about the people we meet, and the methods by which we judge them. Or how tempting it is to kill someone.
Sarah Crompton, What's On Stage, 20th January 2023Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] at Park Theatre - review
However amiable this new show by Harry Hill and Steve Brown may be, it doesn't have anything new to add to the debate.
Sarah Crompton, What's On Stage, 9th June 2022