REVIEW: GLITTER PUNCH (Kings Head Theatre) ★★
After its short run at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Lucy Burke’s ‘Glitter Punch’ a play that focuses on love, sex and the difference between the two makes a swift return to the Kings Head. The narrative focuses on the life of sixteen year old ‘Molly’ (Charlotte Salkind) who like any teenager yearns to escape […]
Ben Forster extends run in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA to September 2017
Ben Forster will extend his run as ‘The Phantom’ until Saturday 2 September in the smash hit Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA”. Now in its 31st year at Her Majesty’s Theatre in the West End, the show also stars Celinde Schoenmaker as ‘Christine Daae’ and Nadim Naaman as ‘Raoul’. They are […]
REVIEW: Don Quixote in Algiers (White Bear Theatre) ★★
In Algiers between 1578 and 1580, Miguel de Cervantes (later the author of Don Quixote de La Mancha) was in custody. He had been a soldier who was captured by Barbary pirates and was being held captive in the city of Algiers until a ransom could be raised. Cervantes was not held in a prison […]
REVIEW: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (Jack Studio Theatre) ★★★★★
Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s infamous tale has been adapted into a straight 90-minute play by Arrow and Traps Theatre, skilfully transferring the novelist’s darkness from the page to the stage and leaving us satisfyingly chilled to the bone. Set in St. Petersburg, Russia, a young, impoverished ex-student by the name of Raskolnikov finds himself contemplating the justification […]
Death has a new face in James Gant who starts performances in DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY tonight!
A soaring story of the preciousness of life and the overwhelming power of love, Death Takes A Holiday continues it limited season to Saturday 4 March. From tonight, James Gant will take over in the central role of Death from Chris Peluso, who is leaving the production as planned for the UK tour of Funny […]
Full cast announced for Terence Rattigan’s LOVE IN IDLENESS at the Menier Chocolate Factory
With She Loves Me currently running at its home base, Travesties and David Baddiel: My Family Not the Sitcom taking up residence in the West End, and Funny Girl in rehearsals ahead of a major national tour, the Menier Chocolate Factory today announces full casting for their major new revival of Terence Rattigan’s Love in […]
INTERVIEW: London’s new Eponine HOLLIE O’DONOGHUE chats all things LES MIS
Originally from Limerick in Ireland, Hollie first trained at Centre Stage Theatre school before moving to London to train at The London School Of Musical Theatre (2010-2011). Prior to her training, Hollie reached RTE’s televised finals of Fame The Musical (Shinawil Productions). Theatre credits include onstage swing, u/s 1st Imelda in The Commitments (West End), […]