REVIEW: RAT IN A BOX (Tristan Bates Theatre) ★★★★
For the average 20-something Londoner of this century, things can be pretty bleak. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, you’ll be aware of rocketing house prices, extortionate rents, matchbox-sized bedrooms going for stupid money and living standards going down the toilet. Hence the creation of Abe Buckoke’s ‘Rat In […]
REVIEW: 2 BECOME 1 (Underbelly) ★
I loved the 90’s. It was all about women feeling empowered and equal to men. ‘Girl power’ was a term coined by the 90’s pop sensation Spice Girls who ruled the musical world and helped change history in the music business. When I read about this show 2 Become 1 at the Edinburgh Fringe, I […]
REVIEW: GROWING PAINS (Underbelly) ★★★★
Growing Pains was commissioned by Battersea Arts Centre and is written and performed by Tom Gill. Gill has acted in film (he was in Eden Lake with Michael Fassbender) and theatre; this is his debut solo show as a spoken word artist and singer songwriter. Gill has created an intimate and honest piece of storytelling […]
REVIEW: JESS ROBINSON: IMPRESSIVE (Pleasance Courtyard) ★★★
When you think of female impressionists, two names come to mind. Broadway actress and YouTube sensation Christina Bianco and Jess Robinson. Jess is best known for playing the multi voiced character LV in the UK tour of Little Voice. In the show she impersonates a plethora of different voiced divas, from Judy Garland to Julie […]
REVIEW: EXACTLY LIKE YOU (Underbelly) ★★★★
Exactly Like You is a one woman show written and performed by actress and spoken word artist Lotte Rice and directed by Fringe First award winner Kirsty Patrick Ward. It’s a tale of a young woman’s experiences of life, work, love and loss told through clever wordplay and the songs of Nina Simone. Rice tells […]
REVIEW: ALLEGRO (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★★
Allegro has yet to be seen in London, essentially meaning it’s been a 69 year long wait from its original Broadway production. With the show following the success of Oklahoma! (1943), and Carousel (1945), Rodgers and Hammerstein’s third collaboration didn’t quite make the splash they had planned in New York, but this new production at […]
REVIEW: LET’S TALK ABOUT TAX (Gilded Balloon) ★★★
Dominic Frisby has come to the Edinburgh Fringe to tell us about tax. He knows what he’s talking about as a MoneyWeek commentator, Bitcoin expert and writer for financial websites: “taxation is what holds society as we know it together, and yet there is a dearth of media on the subject”. Frisby has taken it […]
REVIEW: SOOZ KEMPNER – QUEEN (Underbelly) ★★★
I love Sooz Kempner. Her hilarious musings on Facebook brighten up my daily life and I can see us sitting in a pub together, laughing at all the bizarre things about life. Sooz the comedian returns to the Edinburgh Fringe this year with her five star sketch show A Bit Of A Character and also […]
REVIEW: STEEL MAGNOLIAS (HOPE Theatre) ★★★★★
Robert Harling wrote Steel Magnolias based on real-life family experiences. Following the death of his sister due to diabetes, related complications after delivering his nephew and a failed liver transplant from a family member, a writer friend advised Harling to write his experiences into a short story for his young nephew to better understand the […]
BLOG: Are all reviews an honest review?
Despite what some people think, I do actually write positive reviews sometimes. There is nothing more lovely than receiving a message from an actor, writer or producer thanking me for a wonderful review of their show. However it’s always an amusing notion that they are thanking me, when all I have done is talk about […]