Stars of the West End come together for a holiday charity concert
Holiday Charity Concert: West End Up Close at Christmas Relative Motion is pleased to announce our second annual charity concert, West End Up Close at Christmas in partnership with The House of St. Barnabas, a charity and notfor-profit members club in Soho. After two sold out West End Up Close concerts in 2016, we’re delighted […]
Alternative Christmas Shows to see this festive season
Not feeling the panto spirit this year? Fancy going to see something a bit different instead? Well here’s a round up of some of the other christmassy feeling shows in London and around the UK this festive season. Winter’s Tales Print Room at the Coronet, 6-22 December Well-known faces, Mel Giedroyc, Emeli Sande, Penelope Wilton, […]
REVIEW: VOICES FROM HOME (Red Lion Theatre)
Voices From Home is an evening of short plays by emerging writers from outside London (specifically the Home Counties) curated by Tim Cook, Artistic Director at Broken Silence Theatre. In seventy minutes we are presented with four short plays in the same small space, all featuring different actors. First up is ‘Asylum’ by Sevan K. […]
REVIEW: MAD ON HER (Arts Theatre) ★★
Turning back time to the decade that brought us some of the most universally loved pop tunes ever composed, Mad On Her invites us on to the dance floor for a celebration of shoulder pads, synths and scrunchies. The newest show from BlackDeer Productions, it’s a whirlpool of 80s classics. Stitching the songs into a […]
INTERVIEW: Charlotte Hamblin chats about MISS JULIE at Jermyn Street Theatre
Miss Julie is a ground-breaking masterpiece that still provokes and shocks audiences today. Award-winning playwright Howard Brenton brings Strindberg’s genius to life in this brilliant new adaptation – the first staging of Miss Julie in the West End since 2000, playing at Jermyn Street Theatre until 2 December 2o17. In a recent interview you mentioned that you first […]
My favourite Edinburgh Fringe Festival show SIX: DIVORCED BEHEADED LIVE! transfers to the West End
From Tudor queens to pop princesses, the 6 wives of Henry VIII sing their way out of the history books and into the spotlight in the London premiere of Six the musical at the Arts Theatre. With songs including Ex Wives, Haus of Holbein and Don’t Lose Ur Head, this pop concert remixes five hundred […]
REVIEW: Glengarry Glen Ross (Playhouse Theatre) ★★★★
Sam Yates’ revival of Glengarry Glen Ross is a watertight production of David Mamet’s beloved play. When Glengarry Glen Ross premiered in the ‘80s it won every award going, and was later adapted into a hit film starring Al Pacino. The glitzy cast, led by Christian Slater, do a lovely job with Mamet’s stylised dialogue. […]