REVIEW: CREAM (Canal Cafe Theatre) ★★★
Following on from the hugely successful NewsRevue, the Canal Cafe Theatre have launched a new show Cream, celebrating songs from lesser known musical theatre shows, that failed to make much of an impact either in the West End or on Broadway (essentially, the cream of the crap). I was expecting Cream to be a celebration […]
REVIEW: THE MISER (Garrick Theatre) ★★
It is fair to say that theatre is at its most likeable when it doesn’t take itself too seriously. Sean Foley’s modern revival of The Miser, Moliere’s 1668 comedy, takes things one step further. That is to say, this play is only remotely likeable when it is openly mocking its own failings. The Miser is […]
REVIEW: GUIDE ME O THOU GREAT REDEEMER (Camden People’s Theatre)
This is the premiere of Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer and is a part of Camden People’s Theatre, ‘Hotbed’ Season of Sex Theatre. It is advertised as a “site-specific” musical comedy which I suppose translates as “made up as you go along”. It was written by Paul Haworth and performed by trendy Scottish hipster, David […]
REVIEW: BILLY ELLIOT (Liverpool Empire) ★★★★★
There wasn’t a dry eye or an empty seat in the house, as the long awaited UK touring production of Billy Elliot danced into the Liverpool Empire Theatre this week. Elton John’s musical adaptation of the 2000 film, starring Julie Walters, ran for eleven years from 2005 in London’s West End, before runs on Broadway, […]
TREVOR NUNN to direct new play DESSERT at SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE
Following on from his success with Daytona at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket Oliver Cotton, has written a new play for our time, Dessert. Directed by Trevor Nunn the world premiere of this powerful, thought-provoking play about wealth, greed and the lengths to which people will go to claim what’s theirs, runs at Southwark Playhouse from […]
Colm Meaney joins the cast of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
Colm Meaney will join the previously announced Sienna Miller and Jack O’Connell to play Big Daddy in the Young Vic production of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof directed by Benedict Andrews. The twelve-week run in the West End at the Apollo Theatre begins previews on 13 July 2017 with press night on 24 July. […]
REVIEW: SOHO (Peacock Theatre) ★★★★★
This is the world premiere of Soho, a mixture of music, dance and athletic stunts. The members of the cast are each specialists in certain, circus style acrobatics. Think urban Cirque du Soleil without anything cheesy. This is not a circus, the cast are far too cool for that. This is more a modern ballet […]
Natalie Dormer and David Oakes to star in VENUS IN FUR at THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET
Natalie Dormer and David Oakes will star in the West End premiere of David Ives’ hit Broadway play Venus in Fur this autumn for a strictly limited nine week engagement at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. This critically-acclaimed two-hander will run from 6 October to 9 December. Enigmatic actress Vanda Jordan appears unannounced for an audition […]
Rehearsal images released for ON THE TOWN at OPEN AIR THEATRE
Danny Mac, Fred Haig and Samuel Edwards take the roles of the three sailors, Gabey, Chip and Ozzie, originally played in the film version by Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin. Siena Kelly, Lizzy Connolly and Miriam-Teak Lee take the roles of Ivy, Hildy and Claire, originally played in the film version by Vera-Ellen, Betty Garrett […]
REVIEW: DREAMGIRLS ORIGINAL LONDON CAST RECORDING
And I am telling you that tomorrow (Friday 12 May 2017), the Original London Cast Recording of the musical Dreamgirls is released and you’d better all be goin’ downtown in your cadillac car to get a copy to listen to! Recorded live at London’s Savoy Theatre over four performances, backed by a 14 piece band, […]