REVIEW: THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH (Old Red Lion Theatre) ★★★
Creeping into the Old Red Lion Theatre just in time for the London Horror Festival, Hidden Basement’s The Shadow over Innsmouth brings one of HP Lovecraft’s lesser known tales to the stage. A story of isolation, uncertainty and dread, it has been hauled from the dark and murky depths of Lovecraft’s invention and reimagined into […]
REVIEW: FISHSKIN TROUSERS (Park Theatre) ★★★
Fishskin Trousers tells the stories of three lost souls, all linked by their relationship with the mysterious island of Orford Ness, just off the Suffolk coast. Mab (Jessica Carroll) offers a 12th century perspective on the arrival to the island of the ‘Wild man of Orford’. She tells us of his webbed feet, inability to […]
REVIEW: METROPOLIS (Ye Olde Rose and Crown) ★★★★
Metropolis was considered a flop when it premiered in London in 1989, closing after just six months. Director Tim McArthur was lucky enough to catch it on a trip to London with his mum, when he found two free tickets hidden inside the LP he bought of this new musical. Since that day, it has […]
Kristin Chenoweth visits the Theatre Cafe
This week Broadway (Wicked) and American TV star (The West Wing/Pushing Daisies) Kristin Chenoweth was in London for a special one-off concert at the London Palladium. On Wednesday, after lunch with Elaine Paige and before going to watch the London production of Wicked (for which she originated the role of Glinda on Broadway in 2003), […]
REVIEW: Song of the Earth / La Sylphide (Milton Keynes Theatre) ★★★★
Beautifully tragic, or tragically beautiful. Ballet epitomises the art of storytelling without words, losing its audience in a world of music and movement that captures the very essence of dance. This season, English National Ballet bring what seem to be two very different pieces together in this double bill of Song of the Earth and […]
Kander and Ebb Musical to be revived at Southwark Playhouse
Jack Maple Productions will stage the first London revival in 20 years of THE RINK by the Tony and Olivier Award-winning John Kander (music) and Fred Ebb (lyrics), the creators of musicals such as Chicago, Cabaret, Kiss of the Spider Woman, and The Scottsboro Boys, and a book by Tony Award-winning Terence McNally (Ragtime, Kiss […]
Goodness Gracious Me, Meera Syal to take over as Miss Hannigan in ANNIE
Producers of the West End production of Annie are delighted to announce that from 27 November 2017, Meera Syal will join the Company to play the role of Miss Hannigan for the duration of the run which concludes, as previously announced, on 18 February 2018 at the Piccadilly Theatre. Nikolai Foster’s West End production opened […]
REVIEW: MAMMA MIA (Sunderland Empire) ★★★★★
Telling the story of Donna and Sophie Sheridan, set to the music of Abba, Mamma Mia is a tale of love, empowerment and family. On the eve of her wedding to Sky (Phillip Ryan), Sophie (Lucy May Barker) confides to her bridesmaids – Ali (Fia Houston-Hamilton) and Lisa (Blaise Colangelo) – she has read her […]
Cast announced for the UK’s first all-Black production of GUYS AND DOLLS
This Christmas director Michael Buffong transports the smash-hit musical GUYS AND DOLLS up-town to 1939 Harlem in the UK’s first all-Black cast production of this iconic show. Celebrating the off-beat stories of Damon Runyon that made the gangsters and hustlers of New York City infamous, GUYS AND DOLLS is co-produced by the Royal Exchange Theatre […]
REVIEW: HAIRSPRAY (Curve Leicester) ★★★
The brand new tour of ‘smash hit’ musical Hairspray visited Curve Leicester last night to a warm reception. Massive songs such as ‘I Know Where I’ve Been’ and ‘You Can’t Stop The Beat’ create this masterpiece, which lives as comfortably on the big screen as it does on the stage. The heart-warming story we all […]