REVIEW: The Phantom Raspberry Blower (St James Theatre)
This comedy has quite a history stretching back to 1969 when Spike Milligan conceived the idea as a possible vehicle for television for his former fellow Goons Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe. Sellers’ filming commitments meant that never happened and the script was eventually taken up by Ronnie Barker in 1971 for a one-off episode […]
REVIEW: Piaf (The Bridewell Theatre)
Edith Piaf would have turned 100 this year so it seems fitting to perform Piaf, the tale of her life written by Pam Gems in 1978. The cast of multi- talented actors and musicians bring to life the laughter, loves, tragedies and most importantly the songs of Piaf’s world. Piaf’s life was full of drama […]
REVIEW: The Magic Hour (Grand Royale Hyde Park)
After all the obvious stuff like love, friendship, good health and chocolate, magic ranks very highly on my list of Favourite Things. As I strolled into the Grand Royale hotel last night, I was concerned that The Magic Hour wouldn’t live up to my ridiculously high expectations but my concerns quickly vanished in a […]
REVIEW: Cats (London Palladium, REVIEW, 2015)
As a theatre-kid, growing up on the other side of the world in New Zealand was tough. I never got to discover shows by seeing a live performance. Instead I would use dial-up internet (when my parents didn’t want to use the telephone) to research the composers and musicals of the day. Early on I […]