War Horse puppeteers bring The Hartlepool Monkey to the stage
The original puppeteers who helped bring War Horse to life, and went on to collaborate on Running Wild and The Lorax, are behind a new family-friendly play based on a 200-year-old legend. Fuel, in association with Stratford Circus Arts, presents Gyre & Gimble’s The Hartlepool Monkey, which opens in Stratford Circus Arts Centre on 19 […]
REVIEW: Derren Brown: Underground (Playhouse Theatre) ★★★★★
One of the first things Derren Brown said as he stepped on stage was for no one to share any specific information about the content of the show, be it a critic’s review or a simple tweet. Very #KeepTheSecrets Cursed Child much? Naturally, this makes my job much more difficult in not providing enough detail, […]
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 […]
Christian Slater returns to the West End stage in Glengarry Glen Ross
Christian Slater (Mr Robot, True Romance, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), Robert Glenister (Hustle, Spooks), Kris Marshall (Death in Paradise, Love Actually, My Family), Stanley Townsend (Girl from the North Country, The Nether) and Don Warrington (Death in Paradise, Rising Damp) are the ‘deal chasing’ cut-throat sales team in David Mamet’s masterpiece, Glengarry Glen […]
Joe Pasquale to star as Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em
Joe Pasquale will star as the loveable but accident-prone Frank Spencer in the first ever stage production of the classic 1970s TV comedy, Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em. Sarah Earnshaw will play his long-suffering wife Betty and Susie Blake his disapproving mother-in-law, Mrs Fisher. The stage adaptation has been written by Guy Unsworth, based on […]
Full cast announced for James Graham’s new play Ink
Sonia Friedman Productions and the Almeida Theatre have announced full casting for the West End transfer of Ink, written by James Graham (This House), which will play a limited season at the Duke of York’s Theatre from 9 September, following a sold-out run at the Almeida Theatre. Directed by Rupert Goold (King Charles III), the […]