Boylexe at the Shadow Lounge
Twice monthly in the underground darkness of Soho’s Shadow Lounge, there is a room booming with sound and activity. Amid the relative gloom of the intimate space, a troupe of scantily clad performers circles its audience flaunting their enviable figures and smiling encouragingly while a rainbow of lasers whirls overhead. The audience, refreshingly, consists of […]
Forbidden Broadway
Forbidden Broadway (conceived and written by Gerard Alessandrini) was first performed in New York in 1981. A two night performance that became a sensation amongst musical theatre lovers, who loved to laugh at the naughty musical parodies of some of their favourite Broadway shows. Forbidden Broadway finally closed its doors in February 2014, after playing […]
The Great British Musicals – In concert
Placed in the sparse yet streamlined space that is the St James Theatre, The Great British Musical Concert invites audiences into its time-travelling world of themusical works of: Gilbert and Sullivan, Lionel Monckton, Vivienne Ellis, Noel Coward, Ivor Novello, Lionel Bart, Leslie Bricusse, Andrew Lloyd Webber and many more. All of these were […]
A Handful of Stars at Trafalgar Studios
Billy Roche’s play A Handful of Stars has transferred to the Trafalgar Studios after a successful run at Clapham’s Theatre 503. Set in a small Irish town, where you marry the girls you get pregnant and having a job, any job, is a God-send, the play focuses on the frustrations of masculinity being constrained in […]
Richard III at St Paul’s Actors Church
The discovery of Richard III’s skeleton has thrust him once more into the spotlight and there are several versions of the play making the rounds. Each of them is different, but Iris Theatre’s production is something else. Set in and around the church of St. Paul’s in Covent Garden, the audience are completely immersed in […]
Ctrl Alt Delete
A lot of young people today don’t give a f*** about politics. Amy Jones, on the other hand, does. 25 years old and living in Brixton, she’s got a lot of fings what she needs to talk abaht. Her life’s a mess, the country’s a mess and as for the government, well… That ‘twerp’ David […]
Laura Pitt-Pulford has Tea With Wilma
Can you tell me about some of your career highlights for anyone who may not be familiar with you work? Well, the most recent show I have been part of was ‘The Light Princess’ at the National theatre. This was most definitely a highlight for me. I have been so fortunate to have had the […]