INTERVIEW: Harriet Thorpe chats about THE DRESSER
You have performed in some amazing shows over the years and also been a regular fixture on TV shows like Ab Fab and The Brittas Empire. What have been some of your career highlights? I’ve been incredibly lucky to be able to work with some of the best directors around. John Doyle, Franco Zeffirelli, Nick […]
REVIEW: THE RESURRECTIONIST (Etcetera Theatre) ★★★
Well, firstly, don’t expect a story with a deep message. This is a horror story stripped of most of it’s Hammer House of Horrors nonsense. No crudely stitched scars, no bolt through the neck and definitely no funny, stiff legged walk. So, what is it? It is a plain, good old fashioned chiller. The play […]
REVIEW: Manifesto (The Space Arts Centre) ★★★
Manifesto is a new play by award winning playwright Sebastian Rex showing at The Space, a performing arts centre based in a converted church on the Isle of Dogs. The Space is dedicated to nurturing artists and frequently programmes emerging talent at the start of their careers. The venue launched their in-house company, Space Productions, […]
REVIEW: REMOTE LONDON ★★★★
The Remote London. The starting location was withheld until the day before so as not to spoil the surprise. We met on a nice sunny day in the park. To my left, the creepiest statue that ever existed. All dirty yellow stone and long drapes. It looks as though it belongs in Highgate Cemetery not this […]
REVIEW: BIT OF SUNSHINE (Theatre 503) ★★★★
Bit of Sunshine is a one character play written by and featuring the ridiculously talented Nicole Zweiback. This play was the winner of the Best Play at the Lost Theatre One Act Festival, 2016. The play concerns a gifted teenager, Kira who has an ambition to attend Oxford University. However, the eating disorder from which […]
REVIEW: NEVER THE SAME (Bridewell Theatre) ★★★★
Lunchbox Theatre at The Bridewell Theatre offers 45 minute plays that you can fit in your lunch hour. NEVER THE SAME is the latest offering from Hatstand Productions, set up by childhood friends Lily Lowe-Myers and Robyn Cooper with the aim of creating works with strong, complex and entertaining female roles. Never The Same doesn’t disappoint. […]
Hit comedy JEST END returns to Waterloo East Theatre this November
Jest End returns to Waterloo East Theatre after its sell-out season in 2015 29 Nov – 18 Dec The hit comedy musical show exploring and ‘exposing’ the hits, flops and gossip of Theatreland, returns to Waterloo East Theatre after its sell-out season in 2015. Labeled as London’s answer to Forbidden Broadway, Jest End has been […]
JERSEY BOYS set to close in London’s West End in March 2017
One of London’s best loved musicals, JERSEY BOYS, will close at the Piccadilly Theatre on Sunday 26 March 2017 following nine amazing years in London. JERSEY BOYS is currently the sixth longest musical running in the West End. The producers are very proud that London has taken the show to its heart and they are […]