This May Hurt A Bit
Stella Feehilys new production of This May Hurt A Bit portrays an unabashedly pro NHS story in a witty and comical way. This is a creative production with the use of digital media, flashbacks, songs, dances, audience interruptions, weather forecasts and flashbacks featuring Winston Churchill and Aneurin Bevan which creates intrigue and variety throughout this […]
Positive
Positive – a new play about living with HIV and the stigma that surrounds the condition. Following rave reviews at last years Edinburgh Fringe Festival and then a special one-off performance for World Aids Day in December 2013, Positive is back for a three week run at Waterloo East Theatre. The thing that intrigued me […]
In the Heights
This show set in the mainly ethnically populated district of New York City known as Washington Heights picked up Best Musical, Best Score, Best Choreography and Best Orchestrations from its 13 Tony nominations in 2008, plus a Pulitzer Prize nomination for Best Drama. So, no pressure, then, for the company bringing it to the Southwark […]
Bash Latterday Plays
The already gaping ravine that stretches between those who celebrate gender liberation and cultural diversity and those condemning such ideals has undoubtedly grown even wider over the past few years. Neil LaBute’s semi-confessional Bash Latterday Plays heavily satirises the worryingly large groups entrenched in prejudice and demonstrates how a blinkered approach to life ultimately brings about one’s […]
The Pajama Game
A lot of musicals at the moment are trying too hard to be different and quirky – full of nudity and the shock factor. These have all failed. So it’s brilliant to see The Pajama Game – a 50 year old musical – make a comeback. Yet unlike others that have tried to return and […]
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. […]