NIPA THAI
Nipa Thai is a restaurant inside the Lancaster Hotel, on top of Lancaster Gate tube station. Described as ‘a hidden away corner of Thailand in London’, this is quite apt as I found myself walking around in circles trying to work out exactly where the place was but I had certainly worked up an appetite […]
REVIEW: ALRIGHT BITCHES! (Above The Stag)
Alright Bitches! is a gay comedy play written by Martin Blackburn, currently playing at Above The Stag Theatre in Vauxhall (the UK’s only full time LGBT theatre). The premise is easy going and fun. Two groups of people, sharing an apartment complex in Grand Canaria for a week of sun, sea and shenanigans including […]
Last chance to see CLOSE TO YOU: BACHARACH REIMAGINED
New musical CLOSE TO YOU: BACHARACH REIMAGINED will end its limited West End run on Valentine’s Day, Sunday 14 February. Featuring Burt Bacharach’s songbook, CLOSE TO YOU broke box office records at the Criterion Theatre when it opened on 15 October, with the biggest advance in the venue’s history. Performed by a young, multi-talented cast […]
The Menier Chocolate Factory presents The UK première of THE TRUTH
With Funny Girl running at its home base in Southwark, Close To You – Bacharach Reimagined in the West End, and The Color Purple on Broadway, the Menier Chocolate Factory today announces the UK première of Florian Zeller’s The Truth in a new version by Christopher Hampton. Two couples. Friendship, suspicion, deceit….and the truth. Following […]
Broadway’s BERNADETTE PETERS to play 1st ever Scottish date at Edinburgh Playhouse
The triple Tony, triple Drama Desk and Golden Globe Award winning Broadway star Bernadette Peters will play her first ever Scottish date at the Edinburgh Playhouse on Tuesday 7th June 2016. The Edinburgh date will follow concerts at the Royal Festival Hall, London on Friday 3rd June 2016 and the Opera House, Manchester on Sunday […]
REVIEW: LORD OF THE FLIES (Richmond Theatre)
It is always interesting to watch a show once it has been transferred from its original venue as it poses so many challenges to the creative team. Will there be enough stage space? Are the wings big enough? Is there a Nandos in the town? This applies especially when drastically changing venue as Regent’s Park […]
BIG EASY
In the heart of Covent Garden, just off of the Strand is Big Easy the BBQ and Crabshack. Conveniently located by some of the West Ends big theatre’s The Adelphi, The Vaudeville and the Savoy, this is the perfect location for a pre-theatre trip meal. With a theatre dining menu priced at just £10 for […]
REVIEW: LINZI HATELEY – COLOURS OF MY LIFE (Crazy Coqs)
Linzi Hateley is no stranger to the West End, having had a fruitful career over the past twenty eight years. This marks her Crazy Coqs cabaret debut with a four night retrospective of her career. Opening and closing the show with a stripped back version Cyndi Lauper’s 80’s hit ‘True Colors’, Linzi makes her way […]
THE RINSE CYCLE condenses Wagner’s epic opera from sixteen hours to just two
Wagner’s epic Ring conditioned with comedy and shrunk to one evening Why do people go crazy about Wagner’s music? Is this the show that “ain’t over til the fat lady sings”? Does it have anything to do with The Lord of the Rings? Where are the Valkyries riding to? Is The Twilight of the Gods as ominous as it sounds? […]
REVIEW: CLICKBAIT (Theatre 503)
Today everybody is a paparazzo. And it is not even necessary to be a celebrity to find your most embarrassing moments on Facebook or YouTube – although it helps. Nicola Barker has a problem. After attending a group sex party whilst holidaying in Ibiza, she is informed that her sexual excesses have been filmed and […]