REVIEW: HERE’S HOPING (Ovalhouse) ★★★
This is a thought provoking piece of theatre on the theme of hope in a seemingly hopeless world. Do we have hope, do we need hope, do we hope for the right things and do we always understand the effect of actually getting what we hope for? I personally hope that HERE’S HOPING will prove […]
REVIEW: FLIT (The Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts) ★★★
FLIT is a show that aimed to be more than just a gig at which stories are told between songs, so it incorporated stop-motion animation as an integral part of the music and storytelling. By Martin Green, FLIT explores the theme of migration amongst humans and other animals; with a strong focus on birds because […]
INTERVIEW: Ian Stroughair has Tea With Wilma chatting about his new show ICONIC – A Brief History Of Drag
You have performed in some amazing shows so far in your career. What have been some of your highlights? That’s a hard one. You know what I have been so fortunate to work on some the most successful shows of all time. CATS was always my dream show as a kid so I must say […]
Imogen Poots and Luke Treadaway join the cast of WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Imogen Poots and Luke Treadaway will join the previously announced Imelda Staunton and Conleth Hill in the new production of multi Tony and Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Edward Albee’s WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?, directed by James Macdonald. The production will play at the Harold Pinter Theatre for a limited season of 13 weeks from 22nd […]
Gina Beck and Jason Robert Brown lead star studded gala celebrating 40 years of National Youth Music Theatre
The National Youth Music Theatre is to celebrate its 40th birthday in style – with ENCORE: 40 Years of NYMT, a star-studded West End gala night at the Adelphi Theatre. ENCORE will feature appearances from past, present, and future NYMT students including Lily James, Gina Beck, Jason Robert Brown, Lara Pulver, Ben Barnes, Simon Thomas, […]
REVIEW: AMADEUS (National Theatre) ★★★★
Before the curtain rose for Michael Longhurst’s main stage debut at the National Theatre, Rufus Norris and Nicholas Hytner paid tribute to the late Howard Davies, one of the great theatre directors of his generation, who will be sorely missed. Davies’ long association with the National Theatre spanned 28 years and 36 productions, beginning with […]
MAMMA MIA! extends booking period to October 2017
The global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! at London’s Novello Theatre is now extending its booking period until 14 October 2017, taking the show through to its 19th playing year in London. MAMMA MIA! will celebrate its 18th birthday in London on 6 April 2017. The London cast of MAMMA MIA! stars Linzi Hateley as […]
Kerry Ellis has Tea With Wilma chatting about MURDER BALLAD
You are currently starring in the musical Murder Ballad at the Arts Theatre. For anyone who may not be familiar with the show, what it is about and what character do you play? The show is a four-hander rock musical, there is a murder of course but it’s mainly about the relationships between the four […]
REVIEW: SIDE SHOW (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★★
SIDE SHOW is the true story of Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins from the early 1900’s who’s mother sold them to a woman who took them on a traveling freak show around the world, exploiting them for money. When Vaudeville producers saw the duo singing, they helped them fight the courts to free themselves […]
REVIEW: THE HOTEL CERISE (Theatre Royal Stratford East) ★
Bonnie Greer’s new piece inspired by Chekhov’s ‘The Cherry Orchard’ attempts to present a glimpse at the broken cogs of America in the here and now. In the trudging plod to the ever closer Trump/Hilary election, and the first black president preparing to leave the white house, we see an African American family saying goodbye […]