REVIEW: ANIMAL FARM (Courtyard Theatre)
Using simple storytelling and puppets of the main animal characters, this production brings Orwell’s landmark book to life. When Old Major the boar gathers the animals of Manor Farm together to share his vision of a farm owned and run by themselves, the pigs formulate his ideas into an entire school of thought that […]
MOTOWN THE MUSICAL announces booking extension after first sold out preview
Following last night’s first preview of the West End production of Motown the Musical, due to public demand, a further 200,000 tickets are released for sale taking bookings at the Shaftesbury Theatre to 18 February 2017. With music and lyrics from the legendary Motown catalogue and book by Motown founder Berry Gordy, Motown the Musical is directed by Charles Randolph-Wright and […]
REVIEW: THE WHISTLEBLOWER (Waterloo East Theatre)
Whistleblower, written by Richard Roques, returns to Waterloo East Theatre after a successful run in 2014. This play tells the story of Snowden who exposed the extent of government surveillance of civilians in the summer of 2013. The play begins with Snowden holed up in a Hong Kong hotel room, haunted by the words […]
REVIEW: JANIS JOPLIN: FULL TILT (Theatre Royal Stratford East)
Janis Joplin is a name I am familiar with, primarily for her being a member of the tragic ’27 Club’, secondly for that catchy acapella rejection of consumerism that is ‘Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz?’. Joplin was a Psychedelic rock icon of the 1970s, a true showwoman, a tour de force of […]
REVIEW: Footloose The Musical (The Orchard Theatre, Dartford)
Footloose The Musical tells the story about a city boy Ren, played by Luke Baker, who is forced to move to Bromont, a town in America where dancing is banned. It isn’t long before he decides to break the rules and soon after, despite some resistance, he has the town on their feet. The […]