The Community (The Lion and Unicorn) ★★★★
The Community is Gaël van den Bossche‘s debut show at the Camden Fringe showing at The Lion and Unicorn Theatre. An extract of the play was performed last year at Southwark Playhouse as part of Soggy Brass, Velvet Trumpet’s evening of short comedy plays. The Community presented here is an underground society of the last […]
REVIEW: The Local (Greenside @ Infirmary Street) ★★★★
The Local is a new musical inspired by the disappearance of local pubs from towns and villages across the country. This is the tale of Liz, who has spent her whole career working in pubs, first for her father and now running her own pub in a small town where the locals come to drink […]
REVIEW: Gazing at a Distant Star (Assembly George Square Studios) ★★★
Gazing at a Distant Star, written by Sian Rowland made its debut at Greenwich Theatre in January 2017 and gained excellent reviews for the sold out run. The play’s Edinburgh run is at Assembly George Square in a small studio space. The play follows three characters: Arun, working a soul destroying job in a call […]
The Exorcist set to open in London’s West End
INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS “I’m telling you that ‘thing’ upstairs isn’t my daughter…” Forty-five years after William Peter Blatty’s best-selling novel terrified an entire generation, The Exorcist will be unleashed onto the West End stage for the very first time in a uniquely theatrical experience directed by Sean Mathias and adapted for the stage by […]
Willy Wonka’s Jonathan Slinger to star in Trouble In Mind at the Print Room
Today, Print Room at the Coronet announce the full cast for the London transfer of Alice Childress’ Trouble in Mind. Following a critically acclaimed run at in the Ustinov Studio in November 2016, Trouble in Mind will run in Notting Hill from 14th September to 14th October 2017, directed by Laurence Boswell with Tanya Moodie […]
REVIEW: Education Education Education (Pleasance Dome) ★★★★★
Education Education Education is written and devised by The Wardrobe Ensemble, a Bristol based group of artists working to write and tour new plays. Formed in 2011 they have produced work that has toured nationally and internationally. Taking its title from Tony Blair’s speech committing his new government to investing in schools, Education Education Education […]
REVIEW: Prom Kween (Underbelly Cowgate) ★★★★★
Prom Kween is a musical inspired by Matthew, the first boy to win the title of Prom Queen at his school, written by award winning musical comedy writer, Rebecca Humphries. The show centres on the battle between Matthew and the glamorous Lexi for the title of Prom Queen. Taking references from American High Schools in […]
REVIEW: Iconic: A Brief History of Drag (Underbelly Festival) ★★★★★
There are few Drag Queens who can call upon not one, but two celebrity guests to perform in a tent, but such is the acclaim of Vema Celli that calling on a couple for her show Iconic: A Brief History of Drag at Underbelly Festival was no problem. Velma Celli, AKA Ian Stroughair – who […]
REVIEW: Apologia (Trafalgar Studios) ★★★★
Apologia: a formal written defence of one’s opinions or conduct They say you should never wash your dirty laundry in public, but if your mother writes her so-called memoirs, you’d probably expect a mention. Renowned art historian Kristin (Stockard Channing) however, does not give one sentence to either of her sons (both played by Joseph […]
EastEnders’ Aaron Sidwell set to dance through life on the WICKED UK&I Tour
WICKED, the West End and Broadway musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is delighted to announce that EastEnders star Aaron Sidwell will play Fiyero on the forthcoming return engagement of the spectacular, critically acclaimed and multi record-breaking UK & Ireland Tour in 2018. Aaron Sidwell is currently playing […]