Fleabag
There are some one woman shows where it feels like watching paint dry would be more interesting than sitting in the audience. In fact, some are so dire (you know, the ones where the actress sits there in a black turtle-neck jumper listing every wrong that was ever done to her) that it feels like […]
Earthquakes In London
Earthquakes In London passes through three different time scales (the past, the present and the future) to explore the effect that human beings have on the environment. The main focus point under the umbrella of ‘pollution’ is that of airplanes and their effect on the financial and economic climates in Britain and throughout the world. […]
David Ribi has Tea With Wilma
David Ribi is no stranger to having Tea With Wilma. I first interviewed him when he was playing the lead role of Bobby in Dreamboats and Petticoats at the Playhouse Theatre. He is about to take on the very different role of camp fairy Zanna in Zanna Don’t at the Landor Theatre. Watch my interview […]
Danielle Hope and Jon Robyns have Tea With Wilma
Danielle Hope and Jon Robyns are about to star in a production of Jason Robert Browns musical, The Last Five Years, at Greenwich Theatre. I had a quick chat with them over a cup of tea about the show and themselves. For those who may not be familiar with you work, can you tell […]
Somewhere Under The Rainbow – The Liza Minelli Story
It was no great surprise to see a healthy turn out from the cast of The Commitments at last nights press night for Somewhere Under The Rainbow – The Liza Minelli Story at the Landor Theatre, as the star of this one woman show, Sharon Sexton, is also currently performing in the west end musical. […]
How to Build a Better Tulip
I’m not particularly into gardening or botany, although (perhaps because of my time spent in the Netherlands) I am fond of tulips and of Mark Giesser’s writing. Loosely based on The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas, Giesser has brought the story into the present day where genetic modification is rife and bizarre plant breeding is […]
New cast of Billy Elliot musical start tonight
BILLY ELLIOT CELEBRATES NINTH BIRTHDAY AS NEW BILLY, DEBBIE AND MICHAEL JOIN WEST END CAST Today, 12 May 2014, nine years to the day since Billy Elliot the Musical officially opened at the Victoria Palace Theatre, eleven year old Matteo Zecca (Billy) and ten year old Kyria Cooper (Debbie) will have their first performance alongside new cast […]
Other Desert Cities
The Old Vic Theatre’s latest offering is the European Premiere of Jon Robin Baitz Other Desert Cities (one of Americas most performed plays of recent days). The Old Vic Theatre has been transformed for this production so that it can be played in the round. Seats surround the stage giving a much more intimate feel to […]
A Handful of Stars
A Handful of Stars is the gorgeous Theatre 503’s latest offering as part of its ‘Second Look’ programme. Billy Roche’s play captures the mood of a small Irish town where you marry the girls you get pregnant and having a job, any job, is a God-send. It focuses on the frustrations of masculinity being constrained […]
DAVID HUNTER AND JILL WINTERNITZ LEAD CAST IN 2014 OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING O N C E
David Hunter and Jill Winternitz will lead the cast as Guy and Girl respectively in the Olivier award-winning production of Once. Hunter, who originally joined the show in July last year understudying the role of Guy, and Winternitz have their first performance together on 12 May 2014. Last month Once was the winner of two […]