Tickets now on sale for Barnum at the Menier Chocolate Factory
Roll up, Roll up, for the Greatest Show on Earth coming to the Menier this Christmas! Public booking is now open for the Menier Chocolate Factory’s major revival of Barnum. Gordon Greenberg’s production opens on 5 December, with previews from 25 November, and runs until 3 March 2018. Gordon Greenberg is joined by musical director Alex […]
REVIEW: Flashdance (Sunderland Empire) ★★★
The 3rd biggest movie of 1983 (behind Return of the Jedi and Terms of Endearment) gets its leg warmers back on for a high octane dance fest filling theatres and delighting dance fans of all ages. Since Tom Hedley penned the story of a dancing welder in Pittsburgh, way back in the early 80’s the […]
REVIEW: From Dust (Gilded Balloon) ★★★★
Last year my Pick of The Fringe was Lion House’s Every Wild Beast, so I had high expectations for From Dust, Lion House’s Edinburgh Fringe Show this year. I was most definitely not disappointed. The show follows Gilly (Sullivan Brown) and Jessie (Tom Coliandris) in an unlikely and completely accidental friendship that slowly (and most […]
REVIEW: Tom Hiddleston in Hamlet at RADA’s Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre ★★★★★
Tom Hiddleston stars in Hamlet, directed by Kenneth Branagh. It is being performed for a limited three week run in a small space, with just 160 seats. Few more than 3000 bums on seats throughout it’s run, if my calculations are correct. On top of that you can not just buy a ticket, oh no, […]
REVIEW: Agent of Influence: The Secret Life of Pamela More (Drayton Arms Theatre) ★★★★★
It’s the mid 1930s, Edward VIII has unwillingly taken to the throne and England is in an uneasy time of rumours and political unrest. Amongst this clamour of uncertainty spreading throughout London is the elegantly dressed Lady Pamela More, socialite and fashionista extraordinaire. Largely disinterested by the topic of world affairs, she is content with […]