BILLY ELLIOT set to close after eleven years in London
After 4,600 performances, due to the theatre’s previously announced refurbishment programme, the multi award-winning West End production of Billy Elliot the Musical will play its final performance at the Victoria Palace Theatre on 9 April 2016 as the production celebrates its eleventh birthday. The show has been seen to date by over 5.25 million people […]
REVIEW: HANGMEN (Wyndhams Theatre)
Playwright Martin McDonagh returns to the London stage for the first time since 2003 with this extremely black comedy that transfers to Wyndham’s Theatre after a sell-out run at the Royal Court and proves that it has been well worth the wait. Set in 1965 on the day that hanging is to be abolished in […]
REVIEW: MARGARET THATCHER QUEEN OF SOHO (Leicester Square Theatre)
Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988 enacted by Margaret Thatcher’s conservative government, stated that a local authority “shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality” or “promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship”. The legislation caused many […]
BLOG: Another look at Bend It Like Beckham
After seeing Bend It Like Beckham at the Phoenix Theatre earlier this year, I had less than favourable things to say about it. But after rave reviews from most of the major press, I was willing to admit I could possibly have missed something when I saw it back in June and so this week I […]