BLOG: One person’s trash is another person’s treasure
I say it a lot but I’ll say it again. The beauty of theatre is that one person’s trash is another person’s treasure (I’m not sure I can say ‘man’ anymore in this PC world we live in). Reviews can vary drastically for show’s, there are those who love and those who loathe the same […]
REVIEW: Boys In The Buff (Stockwell Playhouse) ★★★★
You’ve heard of never judge a book by its cover? Well while watching Boys in the Buff I learned to never judge a show by its title. To say I was apprehensive entering the Stockwell Playhouse was an understatement, I mean we were greeted by a bare chested man in a top hat! However, Boys […]
Watch my interview with Elaine Paige’s love child Sister Mary McArthur
Sister Mary McArthur rumoured to be the secret love child of Elaine Paige is heading back to the Edinburgh fringe festival with her new show – Sister Mary’s Playtime! A variety- cum- chat show showcasing the diversity and breath of the talent appearing at this year’s festival. Sister Mary loves a good show tune, the […]
Cast announced for SALAD DAYS at the Union Theatre
63 years after its first London production, Salad Days returns in an exciting revamp of the much-loved classical musical. Reimagined for the Union Theatre, Bryan Hodgson’s new production is the highlight of this year’s off West-End season running from 16 August to 9 September 2017 at the Union Theatre. The cast of Salad Days will […]
Check out these pictures of the new Wicked cast!
WICKED, the West End musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, has released the first pictures of Alice Fearn (Elphaba), Sophie Evans (Glinda), Bradley Jaden (Fiyero), Melanie La Barrie (Madame Morrible), Andy Hockley (The Wizard) and Jack Lansbury (Boq) who will lead the new London cast from 24 July […]
REVIEW: Committee (Donmar Warehouse) ★★★
‘The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee takes oral evidence on Whitehall’s relationship with Kids Company’ (known as “Committee” for short, thank goodness) is a brand new production written by Josie Rourke, Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse, and Hadley Fraser, established actor of both stage and screen. This is Fraser’s writing debut and with […]
REVIEW: Legally Blonde (Polish Theatre) ★★★★
The irresistibly heart-warming, iconic story of ‘Legally Blonde‘ was spectacularly brought to life by City Academy this past week, retelling the tale of Elle Woods, a young Malibu girl dedicated to holding on to the love of her high school sweetheart by all means necessary – which in her case, is all the way to […]
REVIEW: A Tale of Two Cities (Open Air Theatre) ★★★
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” The opening lines of Charles Dickens‘ A Tale of Two Cities are among the most famous in literature and this haunting story of love, loss and hope during The French Revolution […]
Hold on to your bin lids! Stomp has extended booking to April 2018
STOMP has now extended its booking period until 15 April 2018 at London’s Ambassadors Theatre, where it has broken all previous box office records. STOMP was created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas and was first performed in 1991 in Edinburgh. The show played Sadler’s Wells Theatre in January 1994 and won the Olivier Award […]
Bertie Carvel to star in West End transfer of INK at the Duke Of York’s Theatre
Fleet Street. 1969. The Sun rises. A young and rebellious Rupert Murdoch asks the impossible and launches The Sun’s first editor’s quest: to give the people what they want. No matter the cost. Following a sell-out season at the Almeida, Ink, written by James Graham (This House) and directed by Rupert Goold (King Charles III), […]