THIS MUST BE THE PLACE makes its London premiere at The Vaults
In an exhilarating first time collaboration between Pinter Commission winning Brad Birch and BAFTA-nominated Kenneth Emson, This Must Be The Place makes its London premiere at Vault following an acclaimed debut performance at Latitude Festival 2016. The production is staged by Poleroid Theatre – the company behind triple Off West End Award nominated Free Fall […]
New production of Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy HENCEFORWARD… heads out on tour
A BRAND NEW production of Alan Ayckbourn’s classic comedy Henceforward… comes to Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre where it will play from Thursday, January 19 to Saturday, January 28. All alone, high up in an isolated, derelict suburban tower block, avant-garde composer Jerome struggles vainly to complete his life’s masterwork about love. With the help of […]
REVIEW: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Lyceum Theatre) ★★★★★
For one night only, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future invaded the Lyceum Theatre – on the exact day that Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” was originally published in 1843. The London Musical Theatre Orchestra brought Alan Menken’s and Lynn Ahrens’ musical to the UK for the first time and aligned a stellar cast […]
REVIEW: JOE STILGOE (Lyric Hammersmith) ★★★★
The Chance to see one of the country’s foremost big band leaders performing at one of London’s most prestigious venues was an opportunity I seized upon with gusto and despite a ticket mix up almost scuppering the perfectly Christmassy event, Joe Stilgoe and his band were able to leave me with a feeling of joy, […]
REVIEW: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET (Royal Festival Hall) ★★★★★
In 1956, four legends – Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley – all ended up in the same recording studio together for what became a star-studded impromptu jam session. Talk about a ‘fly on the wall’ type situation… Lucky for us, we are given a glimpse into what this could’ve looked […]
A YEAR FROM NOW comes to the VAULT Festival
14 VOICES. 5 ACTORS. ONE YEAR. This new production from RedBellyBlack Theatre is a fascinating combination of verbatim and physical theatre, using movement and audio narrative, that asks 14 people ‘where do you see yourself a year from now?’. Children, nonagenarians, new parents and trauma survivors talk to the audience about their perspective on the […]
Dirty Dancing perform the iconic ‘lift’ on ice for the first time
DIRTY DANCING CELEBRATES A FANTASTIC CHRISTMAS WEST END SEASON WHILST LOOKING AHEAD TO INTERNATIONAL DATES & A NINE MONTH UK TOUR IN 2017 Lewis Griffiths (‘Johnny’) and Katie Hartland (‘Baby’) celebrated the London season of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage by performing the iconic lift on the ice (for the very first […]
REVIEW: MORIARTY’S GAME ★★★
‘Professor James Moriarty invites you to celebrate the finest minds of London by solving his cryptic challenge, which he has personally prepared. Your goal is to find his safe house. Succeed and he will present you with an offer you won’t refuse.’ And with an offer like that, how could I refuse the chance to […]
LETTERS TO WINDSOR HOUSE comes to the Soho Theatre
LETTERS TO WINDSOR HOUSE by Sh!t Theatre is set to play at London’s Soho Theatre 31 Jan – 11 Feb 2017 A loophole in the Postal Services Act says you can open other people’s mail under certain circumstances. This is that certain circumstance… The multi award-winning duo, SH!T THEATRE, follow up their smash-hit show Women’s […]
Musical whodunit MURDER FOR TWO to open at the Watermill Theatre
The Watermill Theatre announces the cast for the British premiere of Murder For Two, the first production in The Watermill’s 50th anniversary year, celebrating its national and international success as a producing theatre. A recent Off-Broadway hit, Murder For Two will be directed by Luke Sheppard, whose previous productions include the Olivier award-winning musical In […]