Game Theory – Tristan Bates Theatre
The Tristan Bates theatre is one of those delightful little venues you find in central London. Understated and rather hidden away, a diamond of a place. Tonight’s event was a pair of plays with a scientific backdrop. The first ‘Membrane’ is about a women seeking a hymen reconstruction from a doctor whom it turns out […]
Two Leading Ladies In Concert – Kerry Ellis and Louise Dearman
West End stars, Kerry Ellis and Louise Dearman have announced that they will be joining forces for a one-off concert at the Prince Edward Theatre in London’s West End on Sunday 27 September 2015. Kerry and Louise have known each other for nearly 20 years and have not duetted since leaving Laine Theatre Arts in 1998. Between them they have played […]
Follow Spot: Proud Cabaret – Sophia Ragavelas and Zoe Curlett
PROUD cabaret in the heart of the city is a return to good old fashioned entertainment with a contemporary feel. Walking down the mirrored stairwell you feel like you’re entering a hidden mystical location and you’re certainly not disappointed with the luxurious yet understated decor and ambience provided at Proud. Although slightly late […]
Chocolate making and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Two things that most of us will agree on are a love of theatre and chocolate. So I squealed with joy when I was invited on a choctastic day out with my pal Rebecca Felgate from Official Theatre for an afternoon of chocolate making, followed by a performance of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. […]
Happy sweet sixteenth birthday to Mamma Mia!
The global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! at London’s Novello Theatre celebrates its 16th birthday in London on Monday 6 April. From West End to global phenomenon, MAMMA MIA! is Judy Craymer’s ingenious vision of staging the story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs with an enchanting tale of family and friendship unfolding on a Greek […]
Stephen Sondheim attends opening night of Sweeney Todd at ENO
Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson lead the cast as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett in Lonny Price’s production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, A Musical Thriller at the London Coliseum. Joining them are Matthew Seadon-Young as Anthony Hope, Katie Hallas Johanna Barker, Philip Quast as Judge Turpin, Jack North as Tobias Ragg, Alex Gaumond as Beadle Bamford, Rosalie Craig as Beggar Woman and John Owen-Jones as Pirelli. Sweeney […]
The Curious Incident of Onesie Wednesday
The cast of the National Theatre’s multi-award winning production of The Curious Incident of Dog in the Night-Time at the Gielgud Theatre have worn onesies in support of Onesie Wednesday™ today (1 April), part of World Autism Awareness Week 2015, organised by the National Autistic Society to encourage everyone to wear their onesies or pyjamas to work in order to stand out for autism. Cast members […]
No Sex (in the front row) Please, We’re British
In 1971, the British Farce No Sex Please, We’re British opened in London’s West End (starring Michael Crawford) and ran for sixteen years. Last night I went to see a performance of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown at the Playhouse Theatre. A musical comedy farce about four separate women’s disastrous love lives. […]
West End Stars perform ELEGIES FOR ANGELS, PUNKS AND RAGING QUEENS in aid of MADTrust
Elegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens is a song cycle with music by Janet Hood and lyrics and additional text by Bill Russell. The work features songs and monologues inspired by the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River Anthology. Each of the monologues is written from the perspective of characters who’ve […]
Creditors – Brockley Jack Studio
I was relatively unfamiliar with Strindberg’s lesser known play Creditors, I only knew that the sensational Anna Chancellor had starred at the Donmar Warehouse in Alan Rickman’s production (can’t believe I missed that one!) back in 2008. So I was interested to catch it at the Brockley Jack Studio – who recently took home the […]