Shakespeare In Love – Noel Coward Theatre
‘All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players’. These ‘players’ in Shakespeare in Love truly produced something extraordinary and fresh in theatre – making the past relevant and humorous for a modern-day audience. I have never seen the film, unlike, I’m sure, the majority of the audience. Going into the […]
The Full Monty – New Victoria Theatre, Woking
An audience comprised of 90% women? Hardly surprising when Gary Lucy is getting his kit off… Taking The Full Monty from screen to stage sounds like an easy task, but unlike the 1997 film there is much less scope for a set. Based in the old factory/warehouse where Gaz (Gary Lucy) and Dave (Martin Miller) […]
Anything Goes – New Wimbledon Theatre
I love Cole Porter and I really wanted to love the current touring production of ‘Anything Goes’, playing until 7th February at the New Wimbledon Theatre. First performed on Broadway in 1934, the show focuses on the love story between Hope Harcourt (Zoë Rainey) and Billy Crocker (Matt Rawle) and his efforts to subvert her […]
Tiffany Graves has Tea With Wilma
West End star Tiffany Graves sat down with me for a little chat and a cup of tea to talk about the exciting things she has coming up including The Producers UK tour and her upcoming cabaret show ‘The Desperate Divas’. Can you tell me about some of your career highlights for anyone who may […]
Kinky Boots comes to London
The UK premiere of Kinky Boots, the feel-good multi award-winning musical, will open in the West End on 15 September at the Adelphi Theatre, with previews from 21 August 2015. With a book by four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein, music and lyrics by pop icon Cyndi Lauper, and direction and choreography by two-time Tony Award-winner […]
Di and Viv and Rose – Vaudeville Theatre
Di and Viv and Rose tells the story of friendship between three women who meet at university and grow up together. Following a successful run at the Hampstead Theatre, the show is now in the West End for a limited time, playing at the Vaudeville on the Strand. Act One is set over the first […]
Happy Ending – Arcola Theatre
To fight or not to fight, that is the question. Happy Ending is a gritty hospital drama about a group of cancer patients and their choices about how they want to die. It’s a question most people have probably asked themselves over the years. Is it better to retain the dignity you have by refusing […]
Molly Wobbly – Leicester Square Theatre
Walking into the theatre, I was greeted by the selfie-taking, non-stop texting usher who told me “We had a small fire earlier and that’s why there’s a bit of smoke. Everything should be good … but if your chair breaks please don’t sue us.” Don’t worry – he’s apart of the show. When the lights […]
Bad behaviour at the theatre, or just the way of the world today?
When you go to see a show that appeals to children, you expect to have to grin and bear the talking and kicking the back of your chair occasionally. But what you don’t expect to have to deal with is being surrounded by adults who don’t know how to behave at the theatre. What is […]
The Ruling Class – Trafalgar Studios
There is no such thing as a classless society. If Animal Farm teaches us anything, it is this: someone is always more equal than another. Most of us fall somewhere in the middle – we look down on part of society and envy another. Peter Barnes’ satire The Ruling Class explores the concept of the […]