REVIEW: Russian Dolls (King’s Head Theatre)
Russian Dolls was shortlisted for the Bruntwood Prize in 2013 before winning the Adrian Pagan award last year. Based on the real-life story of an Islington version of Hilda, Kate Lock’s new drama about an unlikely friendship discusses how society treats its most vulnerable members – the very young and the old. HIlda is in […]
REVIEW: I LOVED LUCY (Jermyn Street Theatre)
Lucille Ball, the sitcom duchess of the 50’s was known for her excellence in physical comedy, her ability to make the implausible seem possible and as the scatter brained wannabe in her and her husband’s sitcom, ‘I Love Lucy’. But what was she really like? Although one of the American sweethearts during the golden age […]
REVIEW: HAMLET (Cockpit Theatre)
As this year marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, we are likely to see a myriad of Hamlets – Adam Stott has been announced for a production at the Almeida and Paapa Essiedu is currently playing the Danish prince at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Nicholas Limm’s Hamlet, in a production by Ilissos Theatre […]
REVIEW: THE MAN IN THE WOMAN’S SHOES (Tricycle Theatre)
Ireland, 1978. Pat Farnon is quietly giving an entire new level of meaning to the phrase “walk a mile in someone else’s shoes”. Or at least, he’s quiet on the outside. Inwardly, this man, who is mute and middle-aged who lives alone and repairs shoes in a rural cottage, is alive with chatter and intelligence […]
REVIEW: RADIOMAN (Old Red Lion Theatre)
Last night, tucked away in a small theatre above the Old Red Lion pub, a masterpiece was unveiled. Radioman is one of the most beautiful, intelligent and innovative pieces of theatre I have seen in years. Very rarely does writing, sound, lighting and set come together so seamlessly that you don’t see them as different […]
REVIEW: BILLY ELLIOT (Sunderland Empire)
Billy is coming home declares the publicity and what a triumphant home-coming it was. The theatre-goers at Sunderland Empire certainly thought so, rising as one to give a very much deserved standing ovation at the end. Set in Easington, less than 10 miles away from the Empire and we were entertained by Easington Colliery […]
REVIEW: LABELS (Theatre Royal Stratford East)
Labels is about immigration, racism and why we feel the need to file each other into neat little categories. Is it fear? Curiosity? Or can labelling be a case of intelligent and wilful emotional manipulation? A one man show that has enjoyed an award-winning run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Labels has a stint at the […]
REVIEW: ALL OR NOTHING (THE VAULTS)
All Or Nothing: The Mod Musical by Carol Harrison and directed Tony McHale is based on the rise and fall of famous 1960’s band The Small Faces. Kenney Jones, Ian Mlagan, Ronnie Lane and Steve Marriot begin life as a band as talented teenage boys with passion, humour, and a touch of attitude leading them […]
Go behind the scenes with the JERSEY BOYS
Four new Seasons joined the cast of JERSEY BOYS at the Piccadilly Theatre last month. This is the first time since the show opened in London that all four Seasons have changed. Jersey Boys is firmly established as one of the longest running and most popular shows in the West End. Take a look at […]
REVIEW: The Wonderful Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster (Greenwich Theatre)
‘The Wonderful Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster’ at the Greenwich Theatre is an interpretation of Thomas Potts infamous account of a series of English witch trials that took place in the summer of 1612. The play revolves around the accounts regarding the Pendle witches, who, among the twenty men and women under […]