REVIEW: UNDEAD BARD (Theatre N16) ★★★
Well, this was certainly a unique piece of theatre! Robert Crighton’s self-performed one-man show is a play of two halves, exploring the afterlife of William Shakespeare in all of its pantomime and woes. The first half, ‘The Shakespeare Delusion’, provoked laughter from the audience within seconds, continuing at this comedic pace throughout. Professor Ashborn, an […]
REVIEW: SUNNY AFTERNOON (Sunderland Empire) ★★★★★
Olivier Award winning SUNNY AFTERNOON rocks into Sunderland this week. A jukebox musical based on the life and music of The Kinks. Like THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY and JERSEY BOYS before, it’s a tale of dreams and aspirations, complex contracts, volatile relationships and, ultimately, success in the face of adversity. Written by Ray Davies and Joe Penhall this […]
REVIEW: LOST SOULS AND LUNATICS (The Hope Theatre) ★★★★★
The Hope theatre in Islington is betrayed by its name. A tiny box theatre above a trendy bar that is a champion of the ambition of some of London’s finest producers, directors and performers. Against the tsunami of commercialism in the West End and elsewhere, the triumphs of innovation are coming from London’s independent theatres, […]
Last chance to catch The Kinks musical SUNNY AFTERNOON in London
After almost 900 performances in London, and having been seen by over half a million people, audiences have just one month left to catch the multi-Olivier award-winning hit British musical, SUNNY AFTERNOON. The production will conclude its West End run on 29 October this year, after more than two years at the Harold Pinter Theatre. […]
Game Of Thrones star Charlotte Hope joins the cast of BURIED CHILD at Trafalgar Studios
Charlotte Hope (Game of Thrones, Allied, A United Kingdom), Jack Fortune (King Lear, Route Irish, Sparkling Cyanide), Barnaby Kay (A Streetcar Named Desire, The Real Thing, Wuthering Heights) and Gary Shelford (Twelfth Night, Angry Young Man) join the previously announced multi award-winning, international star Ed Harris (forthcoming HBO series from J.J. Abrams & Jonathan Nolan; […]
Check out these rehearsal images from MOBY DICK!
Not seen in the UK since 1992, Moby Dick! The Musical is now back. Originally produced by Cameron Mackintosh, Moby Dick! The Musical has a book by Robert Longden and music and lyrics by Longden and Hereward Kaye. Leading the cast of this saucy cult hit is 2015 X-Factor finalist and West End veteran Anton […]
Wilma Award winner Alexia Khadime to star in SLEEPING BEAUTY at Hackney Empire
West End’s leading lady Alexia Khadime (who won the award for Best Supporting Cast Member at the 2014 Wilma Awards for her role in The Book of Mormon) will be returning to the site of her stage debut to star as Princess Tahlia (Sleeping Beauty). She will be joined by Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke […]
MY LAND’S SHORE to receive its world premiere in Walthomstow
MY LAND’S SHORE – the passionate new musical from Wales is a tale of conflict, social injustice, moral dilemmas, guilt, love and heartbreak, with Music and Lyrics by Christopher J Orton (who recently played Tom Jones on the UK Tour of TOM: A STORY OF TOM JONES) and Book and Lyrics by Robert Gould. The show tells the […]
First picture released of the cast of CINDERELLA at the London Palladium
Qdos Entertainment’s production of Cinderella will run at the London Palladium for five weeks only over the Festive season from Saturday 10 December 2016 to Sunday 15 January 2017. Cinderella, the most enchanting rags-to-riches fairy tale of them all will grace the stage of the West End’s most famous theatre this Christmas as pantomime returns […]
REVIEW: THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE (Greenwich Theatre) ★★★★★
Jim Cartwright’s 1992 play Little Voice is famously known for the 1998 film adaption starring Jane Horrocks, Ewan McGregor and Michael Caine. It tells the story of the mouthy northerner, Mari Hoff, who lives in a derelict home and survives off of a diet of alcohol and sex. Her daughter LV (Little Voice) is a […]